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you can make your own come to Kempton gun makers fair I will have gun flint demos

my wife made me a liner out off stiff canvas folded over 3 times , to make 3 big pockets and sewed one in half to form two smaller pockets . the advantage is durability and the stiffness stays open from collapsing in on to it's self without glueing to leather, I used leather laces to tie to bag...

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I Love his shop I've been there to drop off and pickup what a great smell of cutting oil and you should see his gun building cabin next door. :thumb:

do what our forefathers did(or fore grandmothers) use cedar chips or full chest the same moths eat feathers and other things we like cedar keeps the bug at bay

I like the 91 % dries very fast and removes all oil on all parts pan frizzen and barrel

as far as pitting in a barrel shoot it then decide

who cares what it looks like ,it what it shoots like that matters it's not the best looking car that wins the race it's the fastest. there are thousands of Hoyt barrels out in the world , North south ass. have him reline original rifles and hundreds of CUSTOM flintlock barrels and only one...

use a one size smaller jag 45 for 50 and a wet patch then when you hit bottom turn the rod to the right it expands the patching now pull the crud out, the smaller jag allows the patching to ride over the fouling turning to the right(tighty righty)expands the patch . a full size jag pushes the...

never ask permission ask for forgiveness and after nearly 50 yrs cheaper to keep her (instead of breaking in a new one) they may forgive but they never forget

Yankee doodle went to town riding on a pony:horseback: stuck a feather in his cap....... the feather was the touch hole pick and watertight touch hole sealer. or todays a round toothpick (I use to clean when not removing barrel) many southern rifles come with a feather hole in the stock to...

everyone needs a starting point and unless you have a mentor in the flintlock world you most likely get the sportsman or box store sales pitch( even cabelas is a box store now) it's a small world of flinters best advise is find a local muzzleloader club and watch/ask a lot of times they are...

yes live and learn (as long as the wife doesn't find out ) can be costly but my $$$ might save someone else

and as for polishing a .... this is for my grandsons and it plain out shoots 1-66 barrel not to bad after getting the lock fixedopen sights 100yrds sight in target shot the 2(under an inch) to the right then moved sights to aim point a good boys starter flinter

I did it made the trigger pull heavy then I had Brad at cabin creek fix the lock from L&R , cost me more than the lock (either way it was an improvement over the traditions lock)IT'S NOT A DROP IN now after this Brad told me he fixes the traditions locks to work as they should for the last...

As far as lapping a barrel I do what Mr Dixon told me years ago brass brush wrapped with 0000 steel wool and light oil 50-100 strokes, clean and repeat. It has shrunk my groups in every barrel I've lapped. If your barrel cuts your patch lap it

Just a note I only use the peep sights when working up the load (I want to find what the rifle likes) only group in the above posting shot with a peep was the green mtn all the rest are open sights bench rested

here's groups with reg twist barrels getz .50 green mountain .50 1-70hoyt .50 1-56 so any good barrel can shoot tight groups if you work up a good load

ok not their barrel but a Hoyt gain twist 54this one is a gain twist hoyt in 50 dead on at 50yrds a little high at 75 dead one low at 100 , my other Hoyts 1-56 are on at 50 high at 75 3-4 inches low at 100 with the same load 3f swiss 80 grns 490 ball .20 denim patch tallow lubeFLATTER...

today at Union county Muzzleloaders Frozen toe shoot ,Bobby Hoyt Middle and Fred Miller on the right , 2 of Penn Flintlock Legends with Mark Weader