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I love shooting my Flinters so I may leave it loaded for a weekend then pick a target and squeeze through the shot.Unless huntin in damp or humid weather, then I will shoot after each hunt. Needed? Probably not but gives me piece of mind in a fresh load and offers me continued practice through...

It was a misty, cold drizzle of a afternoon. I had gotten off of work and ran to my hunting spot. Because of weather I primed with 3f out of my horn and slipped my cows knee into position. I had set only about an hour when this nice doe stepped into the cut corn field. She was only about 22...

Here's the thing, it never did it all the time. Again it would be 2 or 3 times out of 20 patches in the cleaning process. THIS TiME, I noticed a little oxidation in the barrel (had not shot it) so I ran a solvent patch down to clean it up. This time the very first patch stuck, hense when I...

Well tonight my cleaning rod broke off right behind the jag. SO I guess I'll have to get help pulling the barrel and get breach plug out to push it through

It actually is any where in the barrel. Halfway or all the way to the breach. Wet or dry patch.

I have a .62 cal smoothbore, and every time I clean it, EVERY TIME, I end up with patch and jag stuck! Can anyone one tell me why? I do not have this issue with any of my rifles. Thanks

.58 cal. Flintlock 75 yard shot, no tracking invalved. 80 grains of FFFg .570 roundball .020 patch.

AWESOME!! Congrats!!

118 lbs field dressed whitetail doe. .45 caliber Southern Mountin Rifle. 46" barrel, .440 round ball, .018 patch, lubed with boar butter, 70 gr. Goex FFFg powder. Primed with FFFG powder do to misty rain conditions. 63 yard shot center shoulder, complete passthrough, dropped in tracks.

Two big Fox Squirrels. 16 ga. Smoothbore, 36" barrel, jug choked. 60 grains Goex FFFG, overshot card, full cushion wad, 1 oz. #6 shot and typed off with full cushion wad. #1 30 yard, #2 about 20 yards. No tracking.

Is there a publication that focuses on hunting and shooting of Traditional Muzzleloaders? I'm not looking for living history lessons or historical facts, just good info and stories of shooting and hunting with cap and flintlock guns. Thanks all.

GREAT DEER!!

Beautifull gun and great deer!

AWESOME JOB!!!! GREAT Buck

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yep rebounding. you can see it when you slow the video down.

I am the proud owner of an older custom built .40 cal flintlock rifle. It has an L& R lock in it, and frizzen and pan show sighns of many shots. I have started having issues with the frizzen not opening completely with the fall of the hammer. Still getting great spark but It ends up resting on...

I've read on this in another discussion. this is a post from someone using Brass or copper roundballs in Cal. https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/295766/post/1499191/fromsearch/1/#1499191