Enough spark?

[French Colonial]

Is that the only flint you own?

Like some have said, the flint is too big for the lock, cutting a notch in the leather may help set it back a little.

It should be a little ways away from the frizzen when at half cock, not touching the frizzen.

The flint should make one long scrape mark down the face of the frizzen.

That hump is awful, it can be ground down by several ways even by using a belt sander, just make sure you use a dust mask, rock dust in your lungs is forever.

 

[hanshi]

I was unable to count every spark in that flash but it looked overall a very fine FLASH!
Shoot it loaded and see.

 

[Toast]

flint is too long

 

[springfield art]

New to flintlocks and having problems with first strike ignition, this video is after I squared up the flint and centered it up on the frizzen just wondering if the amount of spark looks about right or if I need to napp the flint? The video is at 1/4 speed

Looks good to me!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

New to flintlocks and having problems with first strike ignition, this video is after I squared up the flint and centered it up on the frizzen just wondering if the amount of spark looks about right or if I need to napp the flint? The video is at 1/4 speed

That looked solid, sparks directed right into the pan and bounced around a bit. Can’t really ask for more than that…

 

[bpd303]

One question that hasn't been asked is, how are you putting the priming powder in the pan, along with how much powder? If the prime is against the touch hole as filling the pan, it will many times not ignite the main charge or give you hang fires. It takes very little priming powder and not touching the vent to give fast ignition, if the vent is clear.

 

[wiscoaster]

..... If the prime is against the touch hole as filling the pan, it will many times not ignite the main charge or give you hang fires. It takes very little priming powder and not touching the vent to give fast ignition, if the vent is clear.

I try to load my pan powder so it's just covering the bottom of the pan and only just barely touching the vent hole, but not covering it. As @bpd303 says the vent hole must be open for the fire from the pan powder ignition to go through the vent hole. If the ignition from the pan powder needs to follow the pan powder through the vent hole and into the chamber to ignite the powder there, then it's acting as a fuse, and you still get ignition, but it's a pretty serious delay (aka hang fire).

Sorry if this mini-tutorial isn't needed. The OP did say he was new to BP muzzleloading, so I thought a little more elaboration might be appropriate. If not, all others, please ignore.