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I bought a Traditions flintlock kit for my grandson one year. He showed interest in wanting to try muzzleloaders but I didn't want to spend a lot of money in case he wound up not liking it. Turns out he did. We found the gun to be an OK shooter but it's dinky little lock leave a lot to be...

I don't think it's someone who hates guns, I think it's just someone who hates their job, and just doesn't give a rats ass! I worked for DHL for a year back in 02 after I got laid off from my regular job. Did so just until I got recalled back. While I was there I witnessed several instances...

I take my flintlocks out during the regular season whenever I hunt special regs areas because I find them to be more accurate than a shotgun shooting slugs.

I always stay away from lead if it's hard to scratch with my fingernail. I don't scrounge lead at the range anymore because of this. Yes, you can make balls from wheel weights, but they might not shrink as much upon cooling as pure lead does. You may think you've made a .490 ball when in...

I actually stopped taking my muzzleloaders to the public range I used to go to before I joined a club. Mostly people were ok with me shooting there, but many others would get upset at the "stinky smoke", or when they'd get hit by particles from the lock side, even after I warned them ahead of...

If I got a group like that for hunting, I'd not touch a thing.

Doesn't give me the warm fuzzies seeing their dirt floor production shop. OSHA would have a field day if they operated that way here. I've seen other videos how they reclaim metal from all kinds of sources, most of which is inferior to anything produced here or elsewhere.

I bought a possible bag kit from some outfit that sold them online. All leather and made a nice bag. Still use it. Fact, I bought one for my one son who still uses his.

I don't shoot in matches, but I do a lot of hunting and the .54 caliber is what I hunt with. Even with a light load deer don't do well once being hit with that big ball.

Taper your ram rod near the end that goes into the stock. Your forward lock bolt, or the main spring is the culprit. Tapering the rod may be enough to get it to slip past what's obstructing it. I have a .32 caliber flintlock built on a Pecatonica river stock. The ram rod hole wandered into the...

I tried BLO finish on one build. I absolutely hated it. Took forever between coats to dry. I hand rubbed it on each coat. I've been using Birchwood Casey True Oil on recent builds and I like it much better. Dries quickly and gives a more uniform hard finish.

I've always used liberal amounts of motor oil over the course of several days to stop the rusting process. It works.

That touch hole looks pretty bad. The threads look stripped or at the very least need to be chased with an appropriate tap to clean them up. Use a compressor and blow some air through the bore to remove whatever debris is in there. It does appear thst part of the liner is still there.

Where can one obtain this book?

Wow, I didn't know he had fallen. Seems like he had a rough time. Glad he's ok. I saw Mike at Dixons one year. I really wanted to approach him to say hi but he had several people around him talking to him, so I walked away. He's a celebrity in the muzzleloading world at least around here for...

My opinion is, any company that sells fully assembled, unvented "guns" are not doing so soley to get around whatever import laws there are concerning live firearms. Theyre doing so mostly to remove liability from themselves should somebody decide to vent their gun and attempt to fire it. That...

I use clp or plain gun oil on a wet patch as the last step after cleaning. Never have issues.

Apples to oranges. Actors are not shooting live ammo, (well most of them arent). And aside from that I'd be willing to bet what the actors are firing are weak squib loads, just for visual effect. A shooter on a range firing a live round with a much larger powder charge, is a different story...

Oh I'll be sure to, don't worry about that.

You could probably make all the parts yourself. Barrel could be chucked up and drilled on a lathe using solid rod. A serpentine made easily from thin rod, heated, bent, drilled etc. You can buy thin table legs at Lowes and fashion one into the shape you require. Might not look authentic but it...