Intervention please!

[IronHand]

way back my first flintlock was a Lyman Hawken in 50 cal. it shot as good as about any custom gun as far as grouping and a reliable lock. i had no problem with it at all. i killed a doe with it at about 70-80 yds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

+1 for the Lyman

IronHand

 

[Cattywompuss]

Shhhh... just let it happen.

 

[Muddly]

IF you can find a TC Pennsylvania Hunter (.50 caliber 32 inch 1-66 half round/octagonal barrel)flintlock you'll REALLY be done for!
Decent barrel length, carries nicely, excellent accuracy and really is a very nice rifle. I'm unreasonably fond of mine.

 

[rusticbob]

Well I bought a flintlock from a member here, he gave mea great deal, helped me with loading, round balls, mold, parts, everything. Thanks Pete!
Its a 14ga, fusil de chasse, with a cut down and jug choked 24” barrel. I was having trouble with patterns until I went heavy. Went to 2oz loads and 95 or 100g FFG. Both these targets were at 25+ yards, one was with 8 shot, one was with 5 shot. Both would kill a bird! I also shot one .672 patched round ball and it is dead center in the last picture, I quit right there.

 

[MTFURY]

I just bought my first Flintlock from BigSkyRambler on the for sale part of this website. He had other ones for sale. He is a great person to deal with so you don't have to worry about having problems with the transaction, check him out to see if he has what you are looking for.

 

[rusticbob]

It’s too late for me, I have the flintlock fever baaaad!
Just bought my second flintlock, just a Pedersoli .50 cal Frontier Scout. Great spark, went off every time, great shooter so far.
I cannot think of a better starting gun.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

So far, I have built one caplock Hawken and the following six have been flinters. With a good lock and a well position touch hole, they seem to be nearly as fast as the caplock and a lot more fun. I'm working a .58 Lancaster as we speak. I have taken quite a few whitetails with the Hawken and it is a fine rifle. But there is a certain appeal to the flintlock that is difficult to explain. Its a bit like comparing a stick bow to a recurve.

 

[Jaeger]

Flintlock muzzleloading won't be a monkey on your back, it'll be a GORILLA....

 

[smo]

A Silver Back for sure….

 

[ebsails]

Flintlock muzzleloading won't be a monkey on your back, it'll be a GORILLA....

That's what I'm afraid of. Just starting to do some parts fitting in a Traditions Woodsman flint I got. My first flint.
Decided to go easy on the pocket with an inexpensive kit, and also makes me learn and understand all the parts and pieces.

I freakin can't wait to shoot it !

I'll post some pics in the next few days. It'll be slow going, I work way too much.

 

[granth]

I shot my first flintlock yesterday! There I got it off my chest!
I didn’t mean too, never thought I would, but nevertheless , I got hooked.
It started simple enough, I met a friend at the local rifle range, to shoot some black powder. I have a new to me .54 Hawken that I just picked up and it is my new love. My friend had a new to him , .45 LH flintlock. I expected to hear lots of psst! and swearing from the other bench. I was very surprised when his rifle went off ever time, and made nice small groups in the target, he was shooting a bit low, so he would take a few shots, file down the brass front sight, and repeat till the group was mostly centered. I was so interested in his process that I almost forgot to put in powder twice!
Then it happened! He asked me if I wanted to try it! I could not resist, I looked over at his gorgeous long rifle and abandoned my Hawken. Ya, you guessed it, now I ‘m hooked. I went home last night and scoured the websites for flintlocks for sale, then I dug out all my old issues of Muzzleloader magazine and drooled over the beautiful flintlocks on display. I know many of those pictures are professionally made of custom guns, but I could not tear myself away! Then this morning I went on this website to learn some more about flintlocks, and I found a thread called , Flintlock ****! Now I’m hooked for sure.
Any suggestions as to what would be a good .45-50 cal flintlock to start with? All I see on the websites are Pedersoli, are they a good place to start? I’m not good at waiting, so a custom made gun is probably out of the question. Help me please!

I recently shot my first flintlock, and now I'm addicted! Since my birthday is coming up, I chose on getting the .50 Cal Traditions Mountain Rifle Kit off Dixie Gun Works. I've shot the percussion version of this gun, and it was awesome, and I hope the flint version is just as good! I'm extremely excited to build it and go out and smack some steels!

 

[ebsails]

So far, I have built one caplock Hawken and the following six have been flinters. With a good lock and a well position touch hole, they seem to be nearly as fast as the caplock and a lot more fun. I'm working a .58 Lancaster as we speak. I have taken quite a few whitetails with the Hawken and it is a fine rifle. But there is a certain appeal to the flintlock that is difficult to explain. Its a bit like comparing a stick bow to a recurve.

I thought you only built Peeps...... Haha.

I have one of yours, and plan to try it on my flint build.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

I thought you only built Peeps...... Haha.

I have one of yours, and plan to try it on my flint build.

Guns I've made

 

[BlazingIron]

Hi, my name is Mike and I'm a flintlock addict.

This is how it started for me. I had a variety of modern guns that I enjoyed shooting often and I reloaded all my own ammo for them. When the great primer shortage hit I was concerned about being able to keep enough primers on hand even though I still had a good supply of both primers and loaded ammo. I'm sure I'm not the only shooter who gets nervous when their ammo supply falls to the last couple thousand rounds.

I'd never shot any black powder gun at that point, but thought it would be a good way to keep shooting if I couldn't get ammo for my modern guns. I quickly realized that percussion caps were just as scarce as primers so I bought a flintlock rifle.

Many here are familiar with the rest of the story. Now my modern guns pretty much gather dust while my growing collection of flintlocks take turns making range trips a couple times a week. And the thing is I'm not the least bit interested in kicking my addiction. I embrace it.

Hi Mike. Lol

 

[frankie]

I shot my first flintlock yesterday! There I got it off my chest!
I didn’t mean too, never thought I would, but nevertheless , I got hooked.
It started simple enough, I met a friend at the local rifle range, to shoot some black powder. I have a new to me .54 Hawken that I just picked up and it is my new love. My friend had a new to him , .45 LH flintlock. I expected to hear lots of psst! and swearing from the other bench. I was very surprised when his rifle went off ever time, and made nice small groups in the target, he was shooting a bit low, so he would take a few shots, file down the brass front sight, and repeat till the group was mostly centered. I was so interested in his process that I almost forgot to put in powder twice!
Then it happened! He asked me if I wanted to try it! I could not resist, I looked over at his gorgeous long rifle and abandoned my Hawken. Ya, you guessed it, now I ‘m hooked. I went home last night and scoured the websites for flintlocks for sale, then I dug out all my old issues of Muzzleloader magazine and drooled over the beautiful flintlocks on display. I know many of those pictures are professionally made of custom guns, but I could not tear myself away! Then this morning I went on this website to learn some more about flintlocks, and I found a thread called , Flintlock ****! Now I’m hooked for sure.
Any suggestions as to what would be a good .45-50 cal flintlock to start with? All I see on the websites are Pedersoli, are they a good place to start? I’m not good at waiting, so a custom made gun is probably out of the question. Help me please!

 

[frankie]

I shot my first flintlock yesterday! There I got it off my chest!
I didn’t mean too, never thought I would, but nevertheless , I got hooked.
It started simple enough, I met a friend at the local rifle range, to shoot some black powder. I have a new to me .54 Hawken that I just picked up and it is my new love. My friend had a new to him , .45 LH flintlock. I expected to hear lots of psst! and swearing from the other bench. I was very surprised when his rifle went off ever time, and made nice small groups in the target, he was shooting a bit low, so he would take a few shots, file down the brass front sight, and repeat till the group was mostly centered. I was so interested in his process that I almost forgot to put in powder twice!
Then it happened! He asked me if I wanted to try it! I could not resist, I looked over at his gorgeous long rifle and abandoned my Hawken. Ya, you guessed it, now I ‘m hooked. I went home last night and scoured the websites for flintlocks for sale, then I dug out all my old issues of Muzzleloader magazine and drooled over the beautiful flintlocks on display. I know many of those pictures are professionally made of custom guns, but I could not tear myself away! Then this morning I went on this website to learn some more about flintlocks, and I found a thread called , Flintlock ****! Now I’m hooked for sure.
Any suggestions as to what would be a good .45-50 cal flintlock to start with? All I see on the websites are Pedersoli, are they a good place to start? I’m not good at waiting, so a custom made gun is probably out of the question. Help me please!

All my Pedersoli's are great

 

[Redlemur60]

Try f.l. anonymous?

 

[TFoley]

I've been a member of our club here in UK since 1996, and during all that time, I've seen ONE flintlock - a Peter Dyson-made replication of the Baker Rifle made, I bleeve, from components supplied by Track of the Wolf. Costing a tad over $7000 here, you might be able to judge why they are thin on the ground.

I'd love to have a flintlock - like my original Peter Gonter Lancaster rifle I owned for a short time before it got stolen - but my gun-safes are currently creaking with percussion and unmentionables. Heck, for a start, I have seven of the .22cal unmentionables, and I'd probably be required to sell something I love to own in order to be authorised to get another - it really is like that.

 

[Redlemur60]

I've been a member of our club here in UK since 1996, and during all that time, I've seen ONE flintlock - a Peter Dyson-made replication of the Baker Rifle made, I bleeve, from components supplied by Track of the Wolf. Costing a tad over $7000 here, you might be able to judge why they are thin on the ground.

I'd love to have a flintlock - like my original Peter Gonter Lancaster rifle I owned for a short time before it got stolen - but my gun-safes are currently creaking with percussion and unmentionables. Heck, for a start, I have seven of the .22cal unmentionables, and I'd probably be required to sell something I love to own in order to be authorised to get another - it really is like that.

It doesnt work like that! My "rights come from YHWH! Like straight from!
No middle mngmnt! Defended by ME!
AND WHEN YOU GITZ, TO MY HOUSE, YOULL BE A LONG WAY FROM YOURS!

 

[Redlemur60]

It doesnt work like that! My "rights come from YHWH! Like straight from!
No middle mngmnt! Defended by ME!
AND WHEN YOU GITZ, TO MY HOUSE, YOULL BE A LONG WAY FROM YOURS!

Merca!