Help-Misfires

[Rebel]

Mike and Superflint, yep i wore out my welcome at the undisclosed sight ok, but it was over the owner wanting the members to buy Chinese cleaning patches on a Bulk Buy, not Elephant powder. But your right Mike, i think the board owner must have had stock in the Elephant company. But i am happy here with all you fine folks, and hope to be around for quite a while, so i am trying not to wear out my welcome here. ::

 

I jest naturaly figgered "Elephant powder",.... shot best in Africa!! :: :hmm: ::

YMHS
rollingb

 

[Arkie]

Shawn

another thing to think about is a good vent pick. run it through the vent before you prime and it cleans out any gunk that builds up between shots. i second all the advise about real BP not pyrodex. i guess i stink because i have shot goex, elephant, swiss, and shutzen and don't see much of a diff. :redface:

 

[Rebel]

Rollingb, well, that would be a good place for all of it now wouldn't it. :crackup: It almost made me give up on flinters. I had always used Pyrodex in my caplocks and when i got my first flinter i bought a cse of Elephant and split it with a couple guys. I had more problems with ignition with that junk. In fact, i sold the flinter and figured if that was what black powder was like i didn't want to mess with it. Thankfully i am a bit hardheaded, and wanted to shoot flintlocks, so i got some Goex. A whole new world. Went off good, cleaned up easy, not much fouling to speak of. I could actually fire 10-15 shots without having to CLEAN the bore like i did with the Elegunk. Glad i didn't give up on flinters because of it.

 

[BLAHMAN]

Guess I was lucky, Rebel, but your right...it fouls like %^$$% about the third shot...works great in a smoothbore though. That's what I'm doin' with the rest of the powder. By the way care for an empty can just for fond memories?

 

[Rebel]

No thanks on the empty can, i just gave a full one away. :: I don't think i would even use it in a smoothbore, and i know i wouldn't if it was a flinter. Most of the game i shoot at won't stay still long enough for the stuff to go off. Pull trigger, go get lunch, come back, hold gun as it finally fires. ::