Can a Flintlock pistol beat all the Caplock pistols to win the championship?

[No second place]

NMLRA national pistol championship... 2024 results.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Nuthin’ there bubba …

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

NMLRA national pistol championship... 2024 results.

"Can a Flintlock pistol beat all the Caplock pistols to win the championship?"​

Why not? It isn't the gun it is the shooter!
Larry

 

[deerstalkert]

NMLRA national pistol championship... 2024 results.

haven't looked but you could win even if I was shooting a scoped unmentionable!
give us the lowdown.

 

[No second place]

haven't looked but you could win even if I was shooting a scoped unmentionable!
give us the lowdown.

My new Caplock was giving me some trouble and used my Flintlock for both, Cap and Flint Championships. Winning the Revolver championship put me in the company of only 5 ever to win all 3 Championships since 1948...nsp .... https://www.nmlra.org/scores

 

[deerstalkert]

way to go. if i were 30 years younger i would track you down and pay you for lessons.
I have several BP hand guns but never had much use for one.

 

[No second place]

way to go. if i were 30 years younger i would track you down and pay you for lessons.
I have several BP hand guns but never had much use for one.

Our Senior championship division is about as popular as our Open type championship division. Most winners are over 70. The Senior allows any sights and two hands hold as do some other matches...nsp

 

[Larry Akers]

what is your classification?

 

[No second place]

what is your classification?

High Master

 

[nick_1]

Congratulations. That's quite a weekend.

 

[45D]

High Master

Yap, congratulations!

Mike

 

[Bad Karma]

My new Caplock was giving me some trouble and used my Flintlock for both, Cap and Flint Championships. Winning the Revolver championship put me in the company of only 5 ever to win all 3 Championships since 1948...nsp .... https://www.nmlra.org/scores

Congratulations !!!

 

[Bad Karma]

High Master

(Psst! Guys! Are we sposed to call him that or will plain old “Master” suffice?)


Really, well done.

 

[Relic shooter]

I'm building a .45 cal. flintlock pistol with fast twist rifling to shoot in competition &
also in the market for a .45 cal LePage flintlock by Pedersoli ,
if one of you has one to sell please PM me.

At 82 my competition days are likely well behind me but trying keeps me young
Relic shooter

 

[Scott Jones]

Not a High Master by by any means, but I do have a drawerfull of NMLRA pistol medallions. Never got classified in NMLRA, just NRA. And I also have a flintlock that can shoot 100s in the hands of a better shooter; age & arthritis has opened up my groups. I will admit that I always shot caplocks at the Territorials.

 

[Erwan]

"Can a Flintlock pistol beat all the Caplock pistols to win the championship?"​

It can, the rifle doesn't make all, and if the interface ground/weapon is bad nothing'll be good...

I'm no longer a good shooter; I'm too old for that now (77 years old and tired), but I would have answered you "Certainly" ten years ago...

 

[Erwan]

Sorry for the double answer: small INTERNET failure...

 

[Relic shooter]

At 82 with several health issues I'm also too old to seriously compete anymore.
In my younger days the Pedersoli Harpers Ferry flintlock pistol fit my hand well & won many matches after a few modifications.
I turned a fast twist ,54 cal barrel to match dimensions of the .58 cal barrel & inlet a rear sight into the tang & installed a very fast well tuned flintlock that came very close to fitting the Italian lock.
Note; The hammer angle on the Italian Harpers Ferry lock can be corrected by cutting a little out of the front of the hammer's bow & bending to correct angle into the pan & the tig welding the mod shut.
With some tuning, polishing & tweaking the factory HF lock can perform pretty well.

These days I compete mostly against myself & enjoy shooting original flint & percussion pistols.