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Wonder why he is wearing such a large glove.

Maybe I thinner sights, at 50 yards the front post seems to cover 1/4th of a black 12" target. I can't even imagine at 1000 yards.

Chris, I also feel like not a lot of people know about the shooting contest because its nestled away in its own section of the forum. I personally didn't know it existed in its own section for many many months after I joined the forum. Getting a signup for a reminder after a big push on the...

If you are standing to the side of a flintlock you will be peppered with something. I don't know if its sparks, powder, or bits of flint. I've never felt anything when I'm firing from the lock itself. Moreso I fire from the left a lot and that makes my face closer to the lock. I do wear eye...

I was lucky and had a ton of ignition problems with my blunderbuss. I was striking something like 30 times with a flash in the pan but not firing. Kept repriming the pan and pulling the trigger trying to fire over and over (ended up the breech vent was plugged by something I couldn't see)...

If you are good enough you can do it once and just claim the rest went through the first hole. Perfect score!

I agree with this, people could easily cheat with mail in targets. Or shoot multiple times and pick from the best pattern, or just push a ball through a piece of paper haha. Not having to mail it would make it more likely for people to participate I think.

For people near the city like me its probably range access that is an issue. Closest range is expensive and full of old grumpy range officers. Free ranges are 50 minutes+ drive one way. So pay money to shoot for an hour before sunset after work, or wait for a weekend which leads to problem...

Are you against a solid wood non-T handle? https://www.trackofthewolf.com/list/item.aspx/830/1 I have had nothing but good things to say about this rod so far.

This is useful, I'll look into getting one! Doesn't solve the issue of cleaning around the vent hole, but I could practice at that.

Ian is amazing. Just saw his video on InrangeTV where he cleaned up a brutality match placing 2nd. He has come a long way from his simple historian origins to being quite the marksmen as well!

Actually I don't know if the Kibler has patent breech anyways. Its just more pushing versus rinsing. 🤷 Not trying to convince anyone here of anything other than stating what I like to do. Its probably not the best. Pin removal isn't as dangerous as people make it out to be IMO.

Personally shoving a wet patch down a barrel cleans the barrel up to the breech, then just packs muddy fouling at the breech which seems to take some effort to remove 100%. Doesn't really clean it as nicely as I want. I use a water pumping method until the water shooting out of the vent hole...

How often do you remove the pinned barrel of your gun? See this post, guy says after 50 barrel removals he's never had an issue or loosening. I'm into computers and everyone says that the new Solid State Drives for storage have a limited "read/write" function and that you should be careful...

If you do it right it won't, I was told this by a rifle maker, who is very experienced that he removes the pins every time to clean it. I just use a simple punch to tap it out half way and remove with my fingers. There is no damage being done.

I guess my nervousness about any remaining BP fouling in the nooks and crannies overweighs my fear of a naked stock. Before I removed my barrel I felt the wood would get scratched and dinged and foul water would get in the grooves. My first BP gun still has worn away finish around the barrel...

I find it odd that so many veterans on this board are advising not to remove the barrel. Removing the barrel for me is super easy (I mean I can pull out the pins with my fingers after punching them half way). Unscrew the tang, flip the gun, give it a nice pat on the bottom and out comes the...

When Dave Person made my rifle he gave me an instruction on how cleaning and personally I find it genius. I take the barrel off the rifle (incredibly quick process when you know what to do, takes about a minute). Then stick the barrel Breech down muzzle up inside of a 5 gallon bucket with hot...

What a chunky boy. Comparing this to the petite later locks is amazing.

What firearm are you using them in?