7-shot flintlock

[laufer]

interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_hnC6x036Q

 

[Millermpls]

Since I first saw this a few months back, I have 'wished' for a replica.

The little I have found online indicated that the design lasted for some time, including a funky looking rifle dated just before the American Revolution.

Expensive, heavy, complicated, and some posit dangerous (think smoldering powder in the barrel when you dump the next charge in). Considering that a pistol was a last resort (sustained fire would come from long arms), it just wasn't the better mousetrap.

But the cool factor...

 

[cynthialee]

Certainly would be cool but I would only want a modern reproduction made to exacting standards. An older model may have seen too much wear and tear over the years to be safe.
I like the idea of a multi shot flintlock, but I don't relish the idea of the extra powder in the magazine blowing...

 

[M. De Land]

Does it also charge the pan or is that done independently?
The reason I ask is one of the chambers in the charging drum seemed to have a divider and I wondered if that was the pan primer or at least flash hole primer? Mike D.

 

[Davemuzz]

That's pretty cool!! :thumbsup:

 

[David W.]

Either the touch hole is big enough for powder to trickle through, or it have to be manually charged. What ever the case, it would still be quicker to reload than the simple single shot.

Does it also charge the pan or is that done independently?
The reason I ask is one of the chambers in the charging drum seemed to have a divider and I wondered if that was the pan primer or at least flash hole primer? Mike D.

 

[Rusty_Nail]

Does it also charge the pan or is that done independently?
The reason I ask is one of the chambers in the charging drum seemed to have a divider and I wondered if that was the pan primer or at least flash hole primer? Mike D.

Thats cool!

If you watch the pan when he first cranks, the shaft comes out and is the bottom of the pan. When he started cranking, you could see where a little tube or divit was maybe for the pan charge.

 

[David W.]

Here's a repeating rifle.
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/03/12-Shot-Repeating-Flintlock-Rifle/#!saQJ5

 

[David W.]

Another repeater, of sorts.

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interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_hnC6x036Q[/quote]

Yes it was... :wink:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/272383