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    Enfield shoots WAY too high!

    I've had a pretty nice Enfield reproduction (Parker Hale) for 8 or 10 years. Don't shoot it nearly enough, but it's a blast when I do. Lots of fun. I'd shoot it more if it didn't shoot so high. I understand it's set, more of less, for longer ranges. I can shoot out to 230 yards on my range...
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    Using Bess for shotgun?

    Okay, I've shot my new Pedersoi Bess enough to know my way around it and that it works well. What a hoot! Shoots great and is surprisingly reliable and accurate, as long as I can refrain from the flint lock flinch! But I'm ready to try buckshot! Somebody who's done that with a Pedersoli Bess...
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    Proper flint installation?

    Well, I was going to post a pic of my "leaded" flint. Guess you can't do that here. Anyway, it seemed to work well with leather during my first shooting session, and lead seems to work well, too. The cool thing about using lead is, I was able to get my hands on twenty round balls that were...
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    Hello from Tennessee

    Yeah, Shifty, Twin Oaks is five miles up the road from my house. I make about all their shoots, especially the big traditional shoot each May. I'm 6'8" and would be shooting either a recurve or hybrid longbow (Hummingbird). Hollar at me if you notice a big ugly old guy that fits that...
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    Range report: my first flintlock

    Well, I bought the Bess carbine/trade gun Friday, but it was yesterday (Saturday) evening before I got a chance to take it outside and try it. All in all, it was a blast! On my first shot I admit to missing a twelve-inch plate at twenty yards as I anticipated the pan flash, the delay, the...
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    Hello from Tennessee

    Hi, I've had a Hawken or Enfield (percussion) around for thirty years, but today I purchased a Brown Bess. I have lots to learn about flint and such ( I've never owned a flintlock or a smoothbore), so I wandered on over here and have already gotten some great help the last couple of days. I...
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    My first flint lock & smooth bore

    Thanks a bunch; that's the stuff I need to know. After calming down from opening my gorgeous new Bess, I decided to wait until tomorrow to actually fire the thing. I wanted to see the responses here, and I like to shoot for a few hours when I dip into the Holy Black. It was getting late, and...
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    Proper flint installation?

    Just bought and got home with my first flintlock, a short version of the Brown Bess, as per my posting over in "smoothbores." What's the best way to pad the flint? How much or how thick should the leather be around the rock? I'm very new to this endeavor and just started reading threads on...
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    My first flint lock & smooth bore

    Nope, just had my heart set on a 75 caliber Bess. In fact, I just got home with it and have already degreased it so that it can become like all my other many guns, a Ballistol gun. Big question: how do you properly install the flint? I bought some English flints at Dixie. So, I need to wrap...
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    My first flint lock & smooth bore

    Rusty, Do you know the difference between the Pedersoli Trade gun and the Pedersoli Carbine? Are they about the same size? When I visit Dixie, I will hold/fondle both the long Bess and the short Bess. Who knows, I may change my mind when I see them and hold them. Even though I generally...
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    My first flint lock & smooth bore

    scalper, In perusing the Dixie Catalog, I see the Charleville would also be an option in terms of what I'm looking for. I suppose historically more colonists carried it than the Brown Bess. I'm right that both were pretty popular in the colonies,though, right? There's just something about...
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    My first flint lock & smooth bore

    Hi, I'm brand new to this forum. The reason I sneaked in is that I'm beginning to have fantasies (in addition to the ones involving Cindy Crawford) about a big caliber flint lock. I've had a range out my back door for 25 years, and I shoot all sorts of guns almost daily, but currently my only...
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