Swing and a miss!

[Ricky Bobby]

Got a shot at a big doe this evening during our muzzleloader season but this whole traditional black powder flintlock thing got the best of me and I completely whiffed! Haha. I need practice and since I’ve had it only a few days now and it’s been raining here that hasn’t been possible.
Anyway, I plan on hunting again tomorrow so since I fired it on this evenings hunt do I need to do a cleaning this evening before reloading it tomorrow or how do I go about this? Sorry but I’m completely new to both black powder and flintlocks. Dumb question but I’m green! Lol

 

[sb 54 cal.]

Wouldn't hurt to clean it and start fresh in case you don't get a shot tomorrow. Just my 2 cents worth

 

[Ricky Bobby]

Wouldn't hurt to clean it and start fresh in case you don't get a shot tomorrow. Just my 2 cents worth

Thanks. Yeah, I ended up just giving it a decent cleaning. Figured what can it hurt? Trying my best to not overthink all this but also don’t want a chance at something again tomorrow and get a hang fire because I didn’t clean it. Starting fresh in the morning!

This flintlock is a blast already!