Mountainman56
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Okay all you rocklock shooters”¦”¦..here I come. I can’t stand it any longer. I’ve already changed my mind three times on what my winter build was going to be. Been reading and re-reading all the totally un-biased posts :rotf: on the forum of how flintlocks are the only way to go and how once you get one you’ll never go back and so on and so forth. Also, I invited a new forum friend out deer hunting this year and he brought his GPR flintlock and let me shoot it. It was surprisingly fast and not anything like the unpleasant experience I had 30 some years ago when I thought my hair was going to catch on fire and I had time to light a smoke and take a slug out of my beer before the main charge went off. I was stubborn enough to shoot it several times until I hit the target but it was a less than enjoyable experience. Of course sometime later I realized that fella obviously didn’t know any more about flintlocks than I did but by then I was stuck in a rut. So after being a dedicated caplock shooter for 32 years (it has been said on more than one occasion that I’m kinda slow to change), I guess it’s time I took another step forward into the past. Who knows”¦.perhaps in another 32 years I’ll be shooting a matchlock.
So I’ve got me a rough-cut stock (the barrel channel has been pre-inlet as I’m too lazy to try inletting a swamped barrel myself). There’s plenty of meat on the buttstock so I’m going to be able to carve in a little cast off the way I like. It’s a great piece of fancy maple with beautiful fiddleback the whole length. It will be a Hans Wilhelm style stock (my great-grandfather and the only other one in my family who was a certified gun nut). Similar to an Isaac Haines from the wrist forward but with more drop at the heel and narrower in the buttstock. I can guarantee all the PC guys that this is exactly how great-gramps would have built it because he learned the style from his grandfather”¦”¦honest. :v :grin:
I am going to order a Colerain 38” Isaac Haines “B” profile barrel in .45 calibre. For the last couple months I’ve been adamant that I was going to get a gain twist barrel for my winter project. I thought it would be advantageous due to the fact that I like to shoot conicals in my caplocks. I still plan on getting one eventually despite all you guys who went to the trouble of writing to me with your opinions on the folly of gain twist rifling. Unfortunately I’m just as stubborn as I am slow and I’m just as curious as I am stubborn. Since I don’t know anybody who actually has one coupled with the fact that I did hear an awful lot of good things as well, I guess I’ll just have to find out for myself. What the heck”¦its only money. I’ve never liked to colour inside the lines anyway. However, that being said, I promise I am NOT going to put a gain twist barrel in my flintlock. I would be afraid of drawing down the wrath of the flintlock gods if I were to build one capable of shooting conicals. I swear guys, it will be just PRBs in this one.
As for everything else I have pretty much decided on a Jim Chambers deluxe siler lock, the rifle will (most likely) be trimmed in iron with double set triggers and I am almost certain it will NOT have a patchbox. I just don’t think I can bring myself to cover up all that pretty wood.
So now that I’ve made this decision I’ve been spending all my spare time this week doing research. I found the article on the forum by paulvallandigham titled; Flintlocks: How to Shoot Them. Paul I have to tell you that is the most informative 10 pages of flintlock information I have ever read. I have it printed out and sitting on my desk and I’ve read it three times so far. As for all you other flintlock gurus your comments on my choices will be welcome and appreciated and thanks in advance for all the help because I know I will be hounding y’all frequently with annoying questions.
So I’ve got me a rough-cut stock (the barrel channel has been pre-inlet as I’m too lazy to try inletting a swamped barrel myself). There’s plenty of meat on the buttstock so I’m going to be able to carve in a little cast off the way I like. It’s a great piece of fancy maple with beautiful fiddleback the whole length. It will be a Hans Wilhelm style stock (my great-grandfather and the only other one in my family who was a certified gun nut). Similar to an Isaac Haines from the wrist forward but with more drop at the heel and narrower in the buttstock. I can guarantee all the PC guys that this is exactly how great-gramps would have built it because he learned the style from his grandfather”¦”¦honest. :v :grin:
I am going to order a Colerain 38” Isaac Haines “B” profile barrel in .45 calibre. For the last couple months I’ve been adamant that I was going to get a gain twist barrel for my winter project. I thought it would be advantageous due to the fact that I like to shoot conicals in my caplocks. I still plan on getting one eventually despite all you guys who went to the trouble of writing to me with your opinions on the folly of gain twist rifling. Unfortunately I’m just as stubborn as I am slow and I’m just as curious as I am stubborn. Since I don’t know anybody who actually has one coupled with the fact that I did hear an awful lot of good things as well, I guess I’ll just have to find out for myself. What the heck”¦its only money. I’ve never liked to colour inside the lines anyway. However, that being said, I promise I am NOT going to put a gain twist barrel in my flintlock. I would be afraid of drawing down the wrath of the flintlock gods if I were to build one capable of shooting conicals. I swear guys, it will be just PRBs in this one.
As for everything else I have pretty much decided on a Jim Chambers deluxe siler lock, the rifle will (most likely) be trimmed in iron with double set triggers and I am almost certain it will NOT have a patchbox. I just don’t think I can bring myself to cover up all that pretty wood.
So now that I’ve made this decision I’ve been spending all my spare time this week doing research. I found the article on the forum by paulvallandigham titled; Flintlocks: How to Shoot Them. Paul I have to tell you that is the most informative 10 pages of flintlock information I have ever read. I have it printed out and sitting on my desk and I’ve read it three times so far. As for all you other flintlock gurus your comments on my choices will be welcome and appreciated and thanks in advance for all the help because I know I will be hounding y’all frequently with annoying questions.
