Good day all. I live in N.E. Tennessee at the feet of the Appalachians and have been into shooting in one form or another for most of my life. I actually moved here from Illinois back in 2006 and it was the best thing that I have ever done.
I am an RSO at our local gun club which I enjoy as it lets me meet members, keep a safe environment and see what others are shooting. Last Wednesday, the black powder guys were out in force shooting silhouettes. The black powder cartridge shooters ended their "season" a couple of months back. These were the muzzle loader black powder guys and they were having a blast. IIRC they all had flintlocks and some were even antique ones too. I was offered a chance to shoot pretty much every firearm that they had. They love sharing the smoke experience. Anytime one of them would knock over one of the long range silhouettes, they'd cheer. The cheers caused some new club members to think that something was wrong until I assured them that all was fine.
I've not been shooting much lately due to the well know supply issues. Heck I can't even get #10 percussion caps for my Colt Walker replica. but I can get lead and black powder and after observing the amount of fun that they were having, I started looking into entry level flint lock muzzle loaders.
Military Heritage has an 1806 Baker rifle due in here in a couple of weeks, but it is a smoothbore. A rifle that is a smoothbore? Their replicas are capable of firing; however, they require drilling out the vent hole to make them capable of being fired. Not too big of an issue.
Anyway, I opted for a Traditions Kentucky .50 flintlock kit which is on it's way. It was reasonably prices and allows me get familiar with the assembly and to personalize it a bit.
So... That's what brought me here.
ETA... Finishing the barrel will be one of the first tasks.
I am an RSO at our local gun club which I enjoy as it lets me meet members, keep a safe environment and see what others are shooting. Last Wednesday, the black powder guys were out in force shooting silhouettes. The black powder cartridge shooters ended their "season" a couple of months back. These were the muzzle loader black powder guys and they were having a blast. IIRC they all had flintlocks and some were even antique ones too. I was offered a chance to shoot pretty much every firearm that they had. They love sharing the smoke experience. Anytime one of them would knock over one of the long range silhouettes, they'd cheer. The cheers caused some new club members to think that something was wrong until I assured them that all was fine.
I've not been shooting much lately due to the well know supply issues. Heck I can't even get #10 percussion caps for my Colt Walker replica. but I can get lead and black powder and after observing the amount of fun that they were having, I started looking into entry level flint lock muzzle loaders.
Military Heritage has an 1806 Baker rifle due in here in a couple of weeks, but it is a smoothbore. A rifle that is a smoothbore? Their replicas are capable of firing; however, they require drilling out the vent hole to make them capable of being fired. Not too big of an issue.
Anyway, I opted for a Traditions Kentucky .50 flintlock kit which is on it's way. It was reasonably prices and allows me get familiar with the assembly and to personalize it a bit.
So... That's what brought me here.
ETA... Finishing the barrel will be one of the first tasks.
You might as well read this and come to terms right off the bat with the fact that there's no going back: 
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