It just followed me home!

[wilded]

I never should have gone to look at this rifle. Whether you like Austin and Halleck or not this flintlock followed me home today. After shooting percussion for 45 years I am going to give flinters a whirl. If you have any advice on fitting the flint or tuning the lock it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, ET

 

[ebiggs1]

That is real pretty. I am new, too, or I would give you some help. Flintlocks are another kind of beast!

 

[RC]

purdy! any flinter shooters round ya? that's the easiest way...if not you can learn bout everything here,,,,jus have patience,mite take a lil bit to get used to, but they are great! IO'd never go back ..good luck! :thumbsup:

 

[steelerzzz]

Sweet...I have its twin...probably my favorite flinter...If I may ask..how much?

 

[wilded]

Sweet...I have its twin...probably my favorite flinter...If I may ask..how much?

steelerzzz
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[Tom Compton]

Real purty rifle gun there Ed. What caliber is it?

Suggestions

1. Use real black powder. FFg or FFg as she likes for the main charge. I use FFFFg to prime. Some here say FFFg to prime and only carry one powder. Shoot 'em all changing one thing at a time to see what is happening and keep notes, targets or pics.

2. Get some flints not sawn immitations. I like the results I get with Tom Fuller flints from Track of the Wolf. Several here have recommended another's.

3. Get the gun (unloaded and un primed) up to eye level or your eye down to it and observe the angle of the flint to frizzen with bevel up, down, edge of flint almost touching the frizzen, corner of flint not hitting the barrel, etc. Magic angle of attack is about 60 degrees. Wear safety glasses and cycle the lock several times with flint in it and frizzen closed. OBSERVE!!

4. When frizzen is open and cock all the way forward, flint should be pointing at the center of the pan. Ive seen some flints gas cut by gasses from the touch hole. Dont worry if that happens, the rock is centered as it should be, just maybe a little long.

5. Drill the touch hole out to at least 1/16". I start mine at 5/64" and don't mind replacing it if it gets too big (POI drops and/or you start setting things on fire to your right).

6. Get Dutch Schultz's system (only $15).

Good luck and enjoy the trip.

TC

 

[colmoultrie]

I had one and liked it, but then I got a custom longrifle, and....

If I remember correctly, I was getting decent groups with 65 gr. of FFg, a .490 ball, and a.015 patch, spit-lubed. Your rifle's favorite load will vary.

The front sight needed to be filed down; the rifle shot very low at 50 yds. Nice rifle.

 

[wilded]

It is just a .50 caliber but our deer here are only about a 100 pounds on the hoof.

 

[Trench]

It is just a .50 caliber but our deer here are only about a 100 pounds on the hoof.

What a great looking rifle to break in to flintlocks. Nice buy. Did you say "Just" a .50? Don't worry about that. I took a Indiana White Tail with a .50 and a mild load and it dropped dead. The buck weighed in at 140lbs dressed out. You should do great with that rifle. Did I say it looked nice? :thumbsup:

 

[chance]

Real Nice Rifle!!

 

[Dirk Perry]

wilded,

my a&h liked a #6s flint (3/4x3/4) bevel down. that left about 1/8" of space between the frizzen and leading edge of the flint. mine was very fast and reliable.
good luck!

 

[Mulebrain]

Welcome to the flintlock world :thumbsup:

I would recommend patience most of all, as you work on the best combination. We have more moving parts, and greater room for error!

Working up that combination for fast reliable ignition, and achieving it :thumbsup:

You just cant do that with a caplock, and that is what make the flinter so rewarding!

Dont get discouraged, and we are alwyas here to help!

I would reccomend Bob's Black Powder Notebook. He has some great background, and shooting tips for running these fascinating guns!
http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/flintlockfaq.html

 

[dbiggers]

Boy she's purdy... :thumbsup: Congrats on a fine rifle, funny how they seem to just jump in our trucks and follow us to the house :shocked2:. Then out comes the ole lady with the frying pan, but some times these beautiful works of art are worth a few bumps on the head... :haha:

Danny... :hatsoff:

 

[Billnpatti]

That's a mighty fine looking gun. If it is your first flinter, plan to be hooked.

Just followed you home, huh? Damn, you gotta hate it when that happens. I know how it feels, I've had a couple follow me home, too.

 

[texcl]

Pick the vent before each shot, it will make a dramatic difference on some ml's no difference on others but at least you know the vent isn't blocked. I have been polishing the pans, frizzen lids, frizzen foot and the spot where the frizzen foot touches the frizzen spring and it seems to improve lock time quite a bit on some rifles as well. More important than that is to keep your lock properly lubricated.

 

[torn moc]

That thar is ONE NICE Rifle!!!Ya got to be Proud of it! Dont forget to wipe the underside of yer flint and the face of the frizzen after each shot!
Tell us how well she shoots ! ! !
I sure wish my A&H was a flinter... I would chang it out but the flintlocks are hard to find!

 

[cowpoke1955]

Welcome to the world of flinters :hatsoff: What did you have to do to get a beauty like that to follow you home? Whisper sweet nothing into fer touch hole? :rotf: That is one fine looking rifle :thumbsup:

 

[gbsclohn]

Ed,
You and 40 Flint live pretty close to each other.I betcha if you ask Tom nicely ,ya'll could meet and he could help you out.He really is a nice and very knowledgeable guy that I have known longer than I can remember.There are alot more flint shooters around your area that would be willing to show you the correct way to shoot your new flintlock.
Greg Lohn

 

[jamesthomas]

shoot and shoot some more it took around 100 shots before i quit flinching. one thing that helps is concentrate on the target! try not to look at the action of the hammer in the corner of your eye.

 

[renovato]

You got one of the purdy ones! Mine's kinda plain. It's my only flinter so far but I'm in love with it. Fires fast and reliably. Dang accurate too. A&H always had great bores. Congrats.

I'm curious what you paid also, as I have a NIB one that I'm considering selling and I don't know where the market went on them.