If it's coming down like that proverbial double-equipped cow and the flat rock, I usually leave the pan empty with my role of red trade wool in to soak up anything that can get past the grease....figure in rain there's usually time to slip the small powder flask up to prime before Bambi figures I'm something serious. Surprisingly, it usually works! Go figure!!
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Carrying a flintlock?
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I have carried my flinter in the woods for many years. All I can say about my carry style is "carefully". A good flintlock will ignite under some very questionable circimstances. We tend to be very obsessive about amount, distribution, type of powder, etc. But, fact is, a good lock will make rifle go bang 99.999% of the time. I carry at half cock. My philosophy being the best safety on a gun is inside the skull of the guy handling it.
hanshi
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I carry mine in one hand at the balance point with a leather "hammer stall". I do check my prime, now, frequently due to an incident a few years ago that cost me a really fine buck. Unbeknownst to me the frizzen had somehow snagged something and popped open enough to dump the prime. When I aimed and pulled the trigger all I got was a clack. It was then I noticed there was no prime.
