Flintlock Addiction, is there any hope?

[tnlonghunter]

The better question is, "Why would you want to stop?"

 

[Musketeer]

You just have to accept that this is your life now. There's no going back. Not only will you find yourself out looking for bits of flint, but you'll soon find strange tools showing up at your house, like pressure flakers, boppers, abrading stones, and hand pads. You'll also find yourself uttering phrases in a strange alien language. Words like conchoidal, debitage and preform will pop out at unexpected times. You may also find yourself dreaming of isolating the perfect platform and avoiding hinge fractures. Don't be afraid, just roll with it. It won't hurt you, though it can be disconcerting at first.

 

[Dryball]

Do not look at it as an addiction. It is now a necessity of life. Food in necessary to live, water is necessary to live, flintlock is necessary to "live".

 

[Grenadier1758]

And when you find others to help you address your addiction, all you find is a group of enablers.

 

[ohio ramrod]

My name is fly103 and I am an addict., Welcome to the group, we are here to support you and your treatment The only known treatment is to saturate your self in the black powder smoke until you can no longer find your way out. At which point you will admit your addiction and continue treatment until you reach the rendezvous in the sky.

 

[Critter Getter]

Sign over your paycheck and your checking account now to your significant other to guard your funds less you be broke in short order! These flintlocks multiply like no other !! But it’s all good so enjoy...........you only live once!! Greg

 

[Pete G]

Oh that’s just the start! Wait till you commission for a full blown correct custom!

...or start building

 

[rickystl]

I call it my hobby. My late wife called it a disease. With no known cure. Some, still infected over many years may even reach the lunatic fringe Flintlock pistols. A couple more have been added since,,,,,

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

...or start building

Yes! Better yet, build it yourself BUT if you aren’t so handy at it (me) there are handy guys that are great to do it!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Flintlocks are a powerful drug and i'm affraid i've become an addict.

LD

 

[Art Caputo]

Welcome to the addiction!

 

[Snooterpup]

Resistance is futile. You have been assimilated.

 

[Woody Morgan]

I call it my hobby. My late wife called it a disease. With no known cure. Some, still infected over many years may even reach the lunatic fringe Flintlock pistols. A couple more have been added since,,,,,View attachment 68028

I like how you lined 'em all up on a suitable background just for a picture. Braggart.

I'm jealous and now have a goal!

wm

 

[ord sgt]

You have reached through time and have shaken hands with your ancestors. Your flint rifle is the connection to the past. It's a great feeling to use the tools of our fore fathers.

 

[toot]

I call it my hobby. My late wife called it a disease. With no known cure. Some, still infected over many years may even reach the lunatic fringe Flintlock pistols. A couple more have been added since,,,,,View attachment 68028

remember not to leave them alone at night, we all know what happened when the light's go out???? they all look to be original's,? I rely like the RAT TAIL.

 

[toot]

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LD

OH, MY GOD! THEY ARE HERE!!!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

One of us
One of us
One of us
One of us...

 

[Whitworth]

I picked up a used CVA Frontier flintlock a while back that sparked my interest and I have been keeping my eyes open to upgrade to a shooting showpiece for the wall. The Baltimore Antiques Arms Show cancelation really stinks as I have turned some high dollar unmentionables into nice muzzle loader money. Money's no good if you can't trade it for toys .

 

[Musketeer]

edit: Sorry, I posted in the wrong thread...

 

[BP Addict]

Welcome to the “Darkside”!

As many of you know, I started out shooting Muzzleloaders in the mid-1980s. About 1995, I tried my first Flintlock but accidentally filled the pan too full and it sprayed burning powder across my forehead with each shot. I sold that rifle and faithfully shot cap-locks until recently.

I’ve been jealous of those guys in the club shooting their Rock-locks. For a while now there was this longing to try it again. Especially after reading a book which allowed the “lightbulb” to go on and realize my earlier mistake.

A good friend of mine told me “If you want to become a Great Flint-lock shooter, you have to sell all your Cap guns”. Not only that, but I’m selling my “Production” guns as well.

So, with a few thousand in my pocket (I also sold some modern ones I hadn’t shot in a while) I’ve acquired a 40-caliber pistol built by Hollie Wessel and a 40- caliber rifle finished by Jack Hansberry from a Chambers kit (traded my Herb Hazen 54 Lancaster for it). I didn’t want to wait to have them built. I already owned a Trade Gun with an extra 50 caliber Round Ball Barrel (for hunting). I have a 54 Astorian on lay-away. That should be all I need. I don’t collect guns that I don’t shoot, just for the sake of collecting.

Photos: Hollie Wessel Pistol; Jack Hansberry rifle; GRF Northwest Trade Gun with extra barrel (on bottom) and 54 Astorian (3rd one down).

Some of the guns I’ve sold needed work. A little bluing and browning here and there. One wouldn’t go to full cock so I had to remove some wood in the lock mortise. What I discovered is that I love this kind of work. I think, for me, the the next step in this “Addiction” will be to build a quality kit such as Kibler, Chambers or TOW. I might even sample a few, who knows. Eventually, I’d like to complete them and sell them to others who don’t want to wait either.