Flintlocks Anonymous

[deerstalkert]

Errr. If having 3 flintlocks is “crazy” then I am in serious trouble.

same here!

 

[Bushfire]

I got my first black powder muzzleloading rifle around 1986-7 . It was a Percussion cap kit rifle from CVA. A lot of years have pasted but just last month I got my first flintlock rifle. Wish I went flint years ago but better late than never.

What did you end up getting?

 

[APG]

What did you end up getting?

I got a Traditions kentucky flintlock and put on a L & R replacement lock. And I'm have a blast with it.

 

[Bushfire]

I got a Traditions kentucky flintlock and put on a L & R replacement lock. And I'm have a blast with it.

Glad to hear, nothing beats a flint fir enjoyment!

 

[Polecat_Tom]

I have 3 flintlocks and 4 caplock ML rifles and I’m pushing 83 years! None of grandkids interested in ML at all! Good quality stuff and all accurate shooters! I’m screwed!

I feel your pain, I have 5 flintlocks, 1 caplock and no kids and at 72 years old not planning on having any. I just hope the nephews get over those new fangled guns and learn to appreciate old time excellence.

 

[No Deer]

I have a flint trade gun, a flint double 12 ga. shotgun, 3 flint rifles, and a flint smoothbore pistol. In 50 years of ml shooting, I have never owned a caplock gun. There is just something about flint that is far more fun to shoot than a cap gun. One thing I have noticed over years of woodwalks, the guys with cap guns have many more problems than the guys with flint, especially in wet weather. I don't know why, other than the guys with flint know that they have to take care, and the guys with caps (generally) seem to think they are impervious to rain.

 

[Muddly]

Shot my .50 Renegade yesterday. Malarial swamp(100% and foggy)humid! She lit percussion fast every time. Good to know she'll do what I ask even if it isn't a bluebird day. Between shots, the pan was WET!
Can not mention the load, but accuracy and consistency were superb!
Put another .50 Renegade flinter on layaway today. Shows very little use.
These things grow on you.
Once you get the hang of them.
Or lose your mind completely...

 

[ord sgt]

I do like hearing of others gravitating toward flint. My first was a percussion but the second one was a flintlock longrifle.

That is the same progression that I went through. T/C percussion kit in .45, then I put together a .50 Pa longrifle flint. Now, I have more flinters than caplocks.

 

[springfield art]

I don't see anything crazy about that. I don't own, and have never even shot any percussion muzzleloaders, but I do have 5 flintlocks.

I got started into black powder with a flintlock and never found any reason to buy a cap gun.

Also never had to sweat the Great Cap Drought!