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I also prime with what goes down the barrel 2f
it is DARWINS THERY OF SELECTION OF THE FITISTEST!4f is probably the smoothest and fast.
This is a little trick that I think I have mentioned before. Two "WOODEN" spoons, preferably large or anything equal. I have a couple of wood cookies I hollowed out.
Take whatever grind of powder you have and put some in the hollow of bottom utensil and grind with the top. Just work it in a semi circle until you get the desired grind. Yes, I know sounds dangerous, but no metal involved and no heat. I was amazed at the difference it made in ignition and speed. The fine powder settles around the touch hole nicely. I have also got a cheap tumbler that I put powder in with led balls and regrind by tumbling for about an hour.
This has been my method for over 40 years to have powder for the priming horn.
To all you smokers out there, be very careful!!!!!!
Being that I use paper cartridges, I just bite off the tail and dribble some prime in. I also replace the frizzen stall after every shot,
Bigted:
As you admit to being a newbie when it comes to flintlocks, when Grenadier says "hammer stall", he's talking about the "frizzen stall" I mentioned.
Back in the day, the thing we call a frizzen was called the "hammer". In those days, the thing we call a "hammer" was called a "cock" back then.
I was just looking at 1812-era horns. One had that very type of valve. This could easily be reworked as a horn spout (if not offered as one already.)I use this as a pan primer, it’s made by Ken Netting and I beleive he said it was copied from an original. it’s filled with 3f goex, same as my main charge...I like it better than filling from my main horn due to the fact that it’s easier to control the amount of powder coming from the primer. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll fill from the horn when I need to.
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