My new Pedersoli flintlock--but what model?

[Alden]

In the world of repros like your rifle, the single trigger are generally called "Kentucky Rifles" and the double triggers are called "Pennsylvania Rifles".

Nice find and enjoy!

Note though that in Pedersoli world the 36" gun is the Romanish-nose Kentucky, the Pennsylvania is a somewhat similar 42" version, and the 39" is the rather different Frontier. The Kentucky was traditionally a single but the longer ones are double set trigger guns, however, the Kentucky come with a double trigger now as the Cabela's special model sans patchbox.

 

[Chris Nolin]

You're absolutely right. I should make it my own. I've already started polishing. I don't know if it's German silver, silver-plated, or solid silver. (Alden, I wouldn't know about the smell--damaged that sense in Iraq) I guess it doesn't matter. I'm really happy with it.

 

[Rick Boylan]

I bought a similar rifle off of a guy on GunBroker. Mine looks exactly like yours except mine has brass instead of silver. They are great shooters. I bet once you get it out and shoot it you're going to have to have someone pry the smile off of your face. The boom. The shove from the guns recoil. The smell of the black powder smoke. The sparks coming out of the barrel as your shot flies down range and hits your target. The satisfaction of getting that first shot to go off. It's addicting.

One word of advice for you. For what it's worth. I wanted to test my gun for ignition before really loading it up. I put the powder down the barrel, put a patch over it. Primed the pan and then shot it like that. No ball or bullet. Just wanted to make sure that the gun would go off and not have to worry about pulling the ball if it didn't.

When it went off and woke everyone up at the firing range I knew my day was off to a good start. :grin:

 

[Alden]

Woke everyone up Iowa? Why!? I think that'd sound like a squib to most cartridge shooters...

 

[Rick Boylan]

I think the thing that woke them up is the different sound of a flintlock going off as opposed to all the 22s and smokeless powder that was being used. I actually had people gathering up behind me to watch the gun go off. One woman and her daughter sat on a bench behind me to watch me shoot. The daughter even took pictures of my gun. They both told me it was so much fun just watching it go boom. :haha:

There are not many black powder shooters at this range I guess, and sure not many flintlock shooters here in general. I'm tying to change that.

 

[Alden]

Wow. Lead and they shall follow...

 

[Rick Boylan]

The funny thing is, when I fired my first shot, it was just a blank (powder, patch and priming pan filled) and when it went boom I heard a few people say "wow, what was that"? Must have been the fact that BP goes BOOM instead of CRACK like smokeless does. And the smoke is another thing that people noticed too.

If anyone follows me, then I am frightened. Like Groucho Marx said, I'd never join a club that would have me as a member. :rotf:

 

[Alden]

Well, you are already leading. By example. Or from behind. Or something, but leading.