No spark from flintlock pistol

[ronnie_kennedy]

Let me tell everyone, the gun shot great!! I went out and put about 10 balls down range with no major problems at all. I did find that a .672 ball with a .18 patch would not fit, so i shot it unpatched. But it is a smoothbore, so i know this is fine. Also, it produced quite a bit of fouling when using 2f goex (that was all my buddy had) in the pan and barrel. I had to run a patch after every 2 shots or the ball was extremely hard to run down the barrel. Other than that, it worked wonderful. What a boom! Love the feel of it in your chest when it shot. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Many thanks to Wick Ellerbe for getting my lock in proper working order :thumbsup: :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[ronnie_kennedy]

Let me tell everyone, the gun shot great!! I went out and put about 10 balls down range with no major problems at all. I did find that a .672 ball with a .18 patch would not fit, so i shot it unpatched. But it is a smoothbore, so i know this is fine. Also, it produced quite a bit of fouling when using 2f goex (that was all my buddy had) in the pan and barrel. I had to run a patch after every 2 shots or the ball was extremely hard to run down the barrel. Other than that, it worked wonderful. What a boom! Love the feel of it in your chest when it shot. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Many thanks to Wick Ellerbe for getting my lock in proper working order :thumbsup: :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[Musketeer]

Nice! Glad Wick was able to get the gun up and running. :hatsoff: How was the lock time with 2f in the pan? Did it go right off, or did you notice a delay?

 

[Musketeer]

Nice! Glad Wick was able to get the gun up and running. :hatsoff: How was the lock time with 2f in the pan? Did it go right off, or did you notice a delay?

 

[ronnie_kennedy]

I did notice a good delay with the 2f in the pan, but that was all we had. Just for fun i put 3f equivalent of pyrodex in the pan and barrel without a ball. What a delay that had! Just to simplify and not have to buy 2 different kinds of powder, i think i am going to go with goex 3f in barrel and pan, instead of 4f in the pan. All in all, beautiful gun, and lots of fun!

 

[Zonie]

That sounds like a wise decision to me.

3Fg powder will work nicely in all flintlocks.

As I've mentioned a long time ago, I read all of the wondrous comments about 4F powder for priming so I bought a can of it.

I honestly couldn't tell the difference except I now had two different powder flasks to fool with.

I ended up going back to 3Fg powder and 3/4 of a pound of 4F just sitting there on the shelf.