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    The Enduring Percussion Muzzleloading Rifle

    Good point! Perhaps I should have clarified that the PMR remained popular as an everyday tool with some non-enthusiasts, people who saw their rifle in a light similar to their farming implements
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    The Enduring Percussion Muzzleloading Rifle

    About 14 years ago, I had a chance conversation with my maternal grandfather about my interest in muzzleloading rifles. He mentioned an old man by the name Applewhite that he knew in the 1920's. It seems Mr. Applewhite always carried a percussion muzzleloading rifle (PMR) everywhere he went. It...
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    British practices in priming Brown Bess

    The sum of my reading about these British tests in the 1830's-1840's revealed that under ideal conditions the misfire rate was 2/13 ( = 1/6.5 ), and 1/3 for "realistic" conditions. Consider that these tests involved some very old and worn out Brown Bess's, India Company Brown Bess's transferred...
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    British practices in priming Brown Bess

    I had read that the British trials to compare the flintlock Brown Bess (BB) to converted percussion BB's showed a 1/3 misfire rate for the flintlock BB. Those results, plus the usual practice of 4F in the pan led me to conclude that the 2F in the pan might have been a bit less reliable.
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    Where do you find black powder?

    Thanks, tg! Lately, everytime my wife sees me reading a book about flintlocks she stares at me through squinted eyes and asks if I'm planning on buying something.
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    British practices in priming Brown Bess

    I read that British troops were taught to prime their Brown Bess's with a bit of the 2F black powder in the paper cartridge. Wouldn't this cause a significant percentage of misfires?
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    Where do you find black powder?

    Thanks for the links and recommendations! Of course you realize that you have helped the flinlock bugs to bite me even more. :wink:
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    Where do you find black powder?

    Up until now, I've been an in-line and percussion shooter. Alas, the flintlock bug has bitten me so many times over the years that now I'm planning to get a flintlock! My concern is the availability of black powder. In-line is currently popular and gun stores in my area handle Pyrodex, 777...
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