Out with my long lost flintlock today

[Frontier's]

Testing my reworked ( Originally was 2fa Artillery powder ) 3fg powder today. 50 yards with my Traditions Hawken Woodsman .50cal. 70gr 3fg, .020 patches and .490 round ball.

Happy? You can't wipe the smile off my face!

4fg Gearhart Owen in the pan. Instant ignition.

Its been a long while since I last shot the flinter. Mostly because my powder supply is always down. Shouldn't be an issue for a while!

 

[Griz44Mag]

(SHOW OFF!)
Great shooting!

 

[Silky921]

Heck yea man. Keep it up.

 

[rdlowe]

That’s a very satisfying shot group!

 

[Frontier's]

1,452fps for that 70fr 3fg load.

 

[William O.]

Testing my reworked ( Originally was 2fa Artillery powder ) 3fg powder today. 50 yards with my Traditions Hawken Woodsman .50cal. 70gr 3fg, .020 patches and .490 round ball.

Happy? You can't wipe the smile off my face!

4fg Gearhart Owen in the pan. Instant ignition.

Its been a long while since I last shot the flinter. Mostly because my powder supply is always down. Shouldn't be an issue for a while!

Happy? You can't wipe the smile off my face!
Thumbs up!

Its been a long while since I last shot the flinter. Mostly because my powder supply is always down. Shouldn't be an issue for a while!
That's a good way to be! Great grouping too!

 

[Britsmoothy]

That's fantastic for off hand shooting. Have you ever benched it?

 

[Col. Batguano]

Now move out beyond 5 yards with a machine rest and see what it can do

 

[user 43911]

Now move out beyond 5 yards with a machine rest and see what it can do

?

 

[Eterry]

The Colonels just messing with the OP, I think.

That's one heck of a group. What WAS the distance to the target? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[user 43911]

50 yards is on OP

 

[Frontier's]

yep on the original post, 50 yards. And I know hes just jackin around

 

[Col. Batguano]

My point was satirical; that most mortals can't shoot that tight of a group beyond bean bag tossing range, and not with normal eyes, and solid resting, and even at that, I would still need a goodly dose of luck.

 

[Frontier's]

15/20 vision. Just had my contacts updated it's not the first group ive shot that were 3 touching, just the first time for this rifle now that I had time to work with it more.

 

[Daryl Crawford]

Wow! How tight is that load going down the barrel? I've tried .18 patch with .490 round ball and it loads hard but groups fairly well. A .10 patch is easier for me to load but the group opens a bit.

 

[Frontier's]

Loads nice and smooth.

 

[McClura]

Outstanding! That is some great shooting! Looks like you found the right combination for your flinter. Now it's time to put some meat in the pot.
Do you know what twist your barrel is? I load all of my muzzleloaders with a pretty tight ball/patch combo. My target flintlock has a .54 Cal Ed Rayl barrel and I load a .545 ball and .015 patch. I use a rubber mallet to start the ball/patch combo. It will produce great groups if I do my part.
Good job.

Mike

 

[Boomerang]

That group would make me smile too!

 

[Tanglefoot]

Who's that using the title of Grissom's book Buckskins And Black Powder in his posts? Frontier's? Have you read the book?

 

[MSW]

wow - that's one mighty fine group!