Low Maintenance Milestone for Flint Life Milestone...

[roundball]

Thought this was worth mentioning...

I shot a 50 shot range session yesterday with a fresh 3/4" black English flint...I flipped it over a couple of times during the session when cleaning the lock with an alcohol rag...never had a 'kerlatch', and never had to reposition the flint forward, it stayed all the way back against the jaw screw.

It still looked so good when I cleaned the rifle that I put it right back in, and shot another 50 shot range session with it this morning...I did have a couple of kerlatches and manually knapped it to clear those up and finished the session.

I've gotten into the 80's and 90's a few times in the past but this is the first time to hit the 100 mark without much attention at all, and it's still sitting back against the jaw screw now...still appears to have shots left in it...be interesting to see how far into another session it'll go before it starts getting too troublesome to bother with.

 

[musketman]

Keep it going, see if you can break Superflint's record...

From his second post:

The unbelieveable total ended up at 254 shots, it is a black English flint from October Country, made by Tom Fuller of Merry Olde England.

 

[roundball]

Keep it going, see if you can break Superflint's record...

From his second post:

The unbelieveable total ended up at 254 shots, it is a black English flint from October Country, made by Tom Fuller of Merry Olde England.

:grin:
It doesn't look like it has THAT much life left in it...

This one seems unusually hard...and it's a little lighter color than black, sort of a medium dark gray, like it's from a unique vein of rock in their flint quarry or something

 

[shmrck1]

roundball,
I think most flint shooters would be
very happy with 100 rounds on a flint. Keep us
posted on your final count.
snake-eyes :hatsoff:

 

[jtmattison]

roundball,
I think most flint shooters would be
very happy with 100 rounds on a flint. Keep us
posted on your final count.
snake-eyes :hatsoff:

I was lucky to get 20 shots out of the black English flints I ordered from TOTW.

I switched to the saw cut American flints and now I can shoot all morning without knapping/changing flints.

HD

 

[musketman]

roundball,
I think most flint shooters would be
very happy with 100 rounds on a flint.

Heck yeah, that is a 100:1 ratio compared to a percussion gun, wonder why they even bothered to invent anything after the flintlock... (that should stir the pot a bit) :grin:

 

[roundball]

Of course that was just using a raggedy old piece of leather to hold the flint in place...
:grin:

 

[musketman]

Of course that was just using a raggedy old piece of leather to hold the flint in place...
:grin:

Just think what it would be like if you used a lead wrap... :hmm: :rotf:

 

[soggy]

Of course that was just using a raggedy old piece of leather to hold the flint in place...
:grin:

Just think what it would be like if you used a lead wrap... :hmm: :rotf:

:hmm: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: I can see where this threads going :rotf:
Soggy

 

[roundball]

Of course that was just using a raggedy old piece of leather to hold the flint in place...
:grin:

Just think what it would be like if you used a lead wrap... :hmm: :rotf:

:hmm: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: I can see where this threads going :rotf:
Soggy

I considered lead but was afraid I'd get sunlight reflection off of it up into my eyes when I was aligning the patch threads on the muzzle and mess up

 

[xbowman]

Since shooting my York with 3/4" English Flints that are Light Gray in color, they are lasting a very long time. I haven't counted, but I know one lasted well over 100 strikes.

 

[fatboy]

I had good luck with some of the lighter color flints also seem to hold up well going on 80 or so shots

 

[Halftail]

I wonder how Lead wrap verses Leather will affect my accuracy in a 1:48 shooting only unofficial 3 shot groups? :youcrazy:

 

[Top Jaw]

Just curious what kind of locks you folks with the "long (flint) streaks" are using? I know some seem to be easier on flints than others.

Top Jaw

 

[Rebel]

I have a Large Siler. I got 93 shots out of the first flint i used in it and am on shot 45 with the second flint and it is still like new so far.

 

[roundball]

Just curious what kind of locks you folks with the "long (flint) streaks" are using? I know some seem to be easier on flints than others.

Top Jaw

Thompson / Center's new style locks

 

[fatboy]

Mines a large Siler wich was modified a little so the frizen would tip over nicer

 

[Mad Irish Jack]

My Early Lancaster has an L&R Classic. I use English Black flints held tight and back in harder leathers; simular to belt or wallet stiffness and about 1/16" to 1/8" thick and cut to fit the jaw area only. I usually get flints through two and somewhere into a third box of Hornady .530 RB unless I have a flint break. I don't over nap them. When I see a dull or rounded spot, I nap only that area. A well maintained lock :thumbsup: with rubbing (friction bearing) surfaces polished are a key to having successful and consistant fast ignitions.

 

[walruskid1]

roundball, you sure thats not a dangerous cva? just giving the kettle a little stir! :blah:

really, glad to hear that flints can last that long. i only have one rock lock and have'nt shot it that much. still need to learn how to knap flints. just been saving them.

 

[riarcher]

Thought this was worth mentioning...

I shot a 50 shot range session yesterday with a fresh 3/4" black English flint...I flipped it over a couple of times during the session when cleaning the lock with an alcohol rag...never had a 'kerlatch', and never had to reposition the flint forward, it stayed all the way back against the jaw screw.

It still looked so good when I cleaned the rifle that I put it right back in, and shot another 50 shot range session with it this morning...I did have a couple of kerlatches and manually knapped it to clear those up and finished the session.

I've gotten into the 80's and 90's a few times in the past but this is the first time to hit the 100 mark without much attention at all, and it's still sitting back against the jaw screw now...still appears to have shots left in it...be interesting to see how far into another session it'll go before it starts getting too troublesome to bother with.

Sounds like the way I've been going.
I'll NOT tell you how many shot I've gotten from flints this way.
I've heard of folks getting 80-120 from the same flint and how that's great. If I mentioned what I've come to honestly expect they'd say I was full of the Blarney (or something to that effect).
I now measure flint life by how many pounds of powder per flint. Easy math since I have a good idea of how many shots I get to the pound, of course this is not including strikes with out powder and ball for dry practice.
Expect "nay-sayers" with your tally. :grin: