Jackie Brown .40 lefty

[Sekiar]

I purchased a Jackie Brown .40 caliber left hand rifle from an ad on the forum and just now got to try it out. First thing I did was clean out some of the stickiest yellow gunk I've ever seen from the barrel and lock. Hornady .395 round ball and about 50g of 3f seems to shoot just fine, however I'm hitting slightly to the left of aim. Being a lazy sort I cleaned between the first several shots and then went back to an old habit of shooting some WD40 down the barrel after loading. This allowed me to shoot and shoot with out cleaning between shots. This also cleans out the barrel making reloading a snap. I'm lucky I guess as this is my second lefty flintlock and after shooting both a good number of times they have always went bang with out any miss fires. I do clean the pan after every shot, just not the barrel. My first experience with a flintlock about 40 years ago was not so good. I had built one of those easy put together kits and my first shot went into the ground about 20ft in front of me...it went shuuuboom with what seemed like a minute between the flash in the pan and the boom. That was enough of that so it has only been within the last two months that I'm trying once again with custom made guns and am having a real blast. I've learned much from this great forum. Thanks for all of the help. Charles

 

[ozark57]

We will have to get together on of these afternoons and make some smoke and compare notes. This forum is a great resource and I have enjoyed it.

 

[Sekiar]

That's a great idea!! Just give me a call and we'll get it done.