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It might help to define follow thru technique. For me it is a three count of continued aim after the trigger breaks. This prevents head lifting and a host of anticipation problems. BJH

Please remember you need to trim the threaded drum end to match the rifling diameter of the barrel. Or face cleaning troubles later. I prefer to add 10 or so thousandths shim under the barrel and tang while fitting a drum. This allows good support of the drum by the lock plate. Remove the shims...

If it were me I’d be using a tanner mold for non lead alloy casting. The molds are available in any diameter needed. Spruce cutting with modified wire cutters eliminate wear and tear on aluminum molds. Just my two cents.

I agree I’ve cast thousands of round ball using a bottom pour furnace. Minee bullets might need a ladle. I cast a few and had a ton of culls. Don’t bother with them any more.

Too cool the Scrat comes to mind from the ice age movies. When I saw those eyes and whiskers. LOL. BJH

I’d love to meet you having read your many posts. I expect to be around the ALR gang, and will probably be wearing a ALR shirt. BJH

In my personal expierence iv never seen a accidental discharge with a flintlock gun, however in percussion guns ive seen two. This in pa which is a hot bed of flint shooters. I do see a possibility of more safety issues with the typically crappy foreign made flintlocks, due to the crap I’ve seen...