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Welcome from Louisiana. Plan a trip to the Jacobsburg near Nazareth to go to the J. Joseph Henry House and Rifle museum. We really enjoyed the history of that location.

Interestingly, while the 3F powder can is nearly empty, I had the 4F can below that is still nearly full. This appears to be 1981

Well, the rust covers some of the numbers but it appears to be 1980 canned powder

Having missed a dear due to a clogged touchhole and a fizzle in the pan, I now use a vent pick before priming on every shot - even at the range. During a hunt, I re-prime use a vent pick about every 1/2 hour or so - just in case.

My 94 year-old good friend and mentor here in Louisiana gave me his old muzzleloading shooting bag a few years ago. I was looking in it again and found this can of Goex Powder from the Moosic, PA Plant for $6.95! So this was purchased before Goex had moved to Louisiana. History in my hand.

Anyone looking for some roundball competition in Louisiana, come check out Bayou Muzzleloaders on the 3rd Saturday morning of every month at the Louisiana Wildlife & Fishery Gun Range in Woodworth, LA. Great group and shoot 6 targets - some offhand, some bench.

Mike, I hope your recovery goes well. Really enjoy your knowledge sharing with the videos.

I killed several deer with my Traditions Pennsylvania Rifle with the same touchhole situation. Also have some good competition scores. One thing to keep in mind when hunting is that you should periodically during the day pick the touchhole and re-prime the pan- even sitting in a stand. I had...

I do and I have since my kids (now grown) were little. Only flintlocks from various periods. I once had a concerned teacher call me to say that my son had told her I had a rifle hanging on the wall near my bed and she was concerned. I told her that if I ever thought that he could locate the...

Harbor Freight Car Jack as a rest for longrifle with significant drop. Covered with a sock. Steady as she goes:

Personally, I think I developed wiping between shots from reading something from Dutch Schultz about maintaining the approximate same barrel condition for each shot. Also, shooting a flintlock, a slightly damp patch that goes down, then flipped goes down again, help to make sure no lingering...

Yesterday, spent the morning shooting the March Roundball Match with Bayou Muzzleloaders and welcoming two new shooters to the club.

There is an article in the January 2023 Muzzle Blast by Fred Stuzenberger[?] about fixing Flintlock problems with photos of the jaws just like yours where he explains that the frizzen is bouncing back and the old lock makers fixed that problem with a small hump or ramp at the end of spring to...

I am 70 and began shooting flintlocks at 49 when I realized that Davey Crockett, the guy who inspired me in my youth to eventually get a flintlock, died at the Alamo at 49 years old. SO I figured I better get started!

Welcome Jack. I have a nice southern 40 cal flintlock you built that I acquired from Track of the Wolf back about 15 years ago. Its a great shooter and well balanced. I have spoken with you a couple of times about parts for other rifles. Glad you are here.

I have been for over 20 years. Helps our club, we have hosted Territorials etc. Muzzle Blast is one of the only mags I probably read every article in. And, you can order cool targets as well.

Besides the violation of the general safety principle of treating every gun as loaded, I seem to recall reading somewhere that at Friendship and other large shoots with a number of people firing off at the same time, that a person may have thought their gun went off, and so blowing down the...

Agree with the recommendation for a Lyman but I got the 1:66 twist for flintlock in 54 Cal and I did change to an L&R lock. Rifle shoots better than I can.

I had that same conversation with my son's second grade teacher years ago when he told her I had my flintlock hanging on the wall above the mantel. I told her about the same thing that Tim said - only I said he would have to find my powder horn that was stored with my shooting bag that had the...

Rest In Peace Dutch. When I first started out with a flintlock muzzleloader 20+ years ago, I ordered his system and read it, used it, but over the years just sort of incorporated his methods without remembering where they came from. Recently, when I read about Dutch here, I ordered his book to...