7 Tips to Ensure Your Flintlock will work better.....

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Happy Resurrection Day.
I'll leave you with some tips to ensure your flintlocks will work better.
Please share this with your friends that is new into flintlock shooting.
I'll be back in a few weeks...

 

[deermanok]

Thanks for putting this up.
A lot of good information for new flintlock shooters like myself.

 

[user 49399]

Cool! Thanks for the bonus tips! You musta knowed us ole boys from Tennessee couldn’t count past seven!







Just kidding! Great video!! Keep’em coming!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Good timing posting that! I had a couple of issues today that cleaning off the flint would have made a difference. Thanks for taking the time to post this for us new flintlock guys.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Sometimes those of us that have been shooting for a long time can benefit from reminding us of the hints that we should know and sometimes often practice almost automatically. I was sort of hoping to see some hints at keeping the flint sharp, a tip often put out by @Loyalist Dave to notch the flint leather, perhaps some simpler ways to keep the flint sharp. Still a good video, Mark.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Sometimes those of us that have been shooting for a long time can benefit from reminding us of the hints that we should know and sometimes often practice almost automatically. I was sort of hoping to see some hints at keeping the flint sharp, a tip often put out by @Loyalist Dave to notch the flint leather, perhaps some simpler ways to keep the flint sharp. Still a good video, Mark.

Never thought of the leather idea. Guess I can't think of them all.
Hope this one will help.
Here is a way to handle those dull flints:

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Fellow member rusty mentioned to me about notching the flint leather and it worked great. Good to get tips from experienced shooters.

 

[UndeadPoet]

Great video, Mark (even though I don’t own any flinchlocks - not yet, anyway)!

‘Poet

 

[frankie]

Happy Resurrection Day.
I'll leave you with some tips to ensure your flintlocks will work better.
Please share this with your friends that is new into flintlock shooting.
I'll be back in a few weeks...

You are the man. I really needed this and I thank you very much. you are one of the main reasons I want to get a flintlock.

 

[DuncNZ]

You had so much ffg in the pan the first time you tried it ,that the frizzen did not close properly and it still went off just fine I prick my flash hole after loading , it removes any powder grains blocking the hole and allows the flash a bigger internal surface to work with , I use a filed down horse shoe nail as a pricker , it is soft iron and easy to file and easy on the flash hole and could even be historically correct , I also heap my prime up under the flash hole but not over it ,more than one way to kill a tin hog . Keep up the good work

 

[deerstalkert]

next time you are in a fancy restaurant collect some of those little wet wipes they give to clean the chicken grease off your fingers.
work great for cleaning a flint.

hadn't watched BPM's video. he beat me to it! we must go to the same eateries!

 

[dave951]

next time you are in a fancy restaurant collect some of those little wet wipes they give to clean the chicken grease off your fingers.
work great for cleaning a flint.

hadn't watched BPM's video. he beat me to it! we must go to the same eateries!

So do the little alcohol swabs the doctors use before giving a shot. Cheap and available at finer drug stores near you.

 

[barracudadave67]

Thanks Mark.
Keep up the good work. I'm one of your fans. Great video, as always.
Thos boxes of eye glass cleaners (little towels) from Wally world should work, also.
Dave

 

[BadDaditood]

Flints are a ton of fun to make and shoot.
Like golf they can be frustrating, but there’s always a reason or two why it won’t fire.
Deduce the cause from the symptoms and it’ll fire.
No spark? Dirty or dull flint. Flash in the pan? Touch hole clogged or dryball (see 47,000 other pages for that!)
Whereas with golf you can do everything perfectly and still duck-hook your ball into the lake for absolutely no reason!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Whereas with golf you can do everything perfectly and still duck-hook your ball into the lake for absolutely no reason!

Absolutely RIGHT! LOL
I can do that well too...!!

 

[SDSmlf]

Sometimes those of us that have been shooting for a long time can benefit from reminding us of the hints that we should know and sometimes often practice almost automatically. I was sort of hoping to see some hints at keeping the flint sharp, a tip often put out by @Loyalist Dave to notch the flint leather, perhaps some simpler ways to keep the flint sharp. Still a good video, Mark.

Kind of like teaching beginners marksmanship in the military. Do you focus on best practices for snipers shooting at 1000 plus yards? Or make sure everyone knows how to safely handle and load their gun?

Good video.

 

[toot]

next time you are in a fancy restaurant collect some of those little wet wipes they give to clean the chicken grease off your fingers.
work great for cleaning a flint.

hadn't watched BPM's video. he beat me to it! we must go to the same eateries!

it seems that all CHANESE restaurants give them to you after the meal to get all of the sticky goo off of your fingers after eating the finger food!

 

[Festus]

As always, great video! Your enthusiasm makes my day every time I watch your videos. You are an inspiration to many. Thanks.

 

[Flintlock]

One thing that bugs the snot out of me is that so many don't have the sense to clean and OIL the lock a bit. A little oil once in awhile goes a long way.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Also, don’t fire your gun from behind or over the loading table, ever.