Talk me into a Flintlock

[Billnpatti]

As to what the allure is with flintlocks, it is a bit like kissing girls. At first it doesn't sound like anything you would want to do. Then later you become curious and start asking about what it is like. The big boys try telling you but you will never really know what it is like until you actually kiss a girl. Once you do, you find that you really like it and don't want to quit. Shooting a flintlock is a lot like that. Once you give it a try, you are hooked because, like kissing girls, it is great stuff. :thumbsup:

Now, don't get me wrong, shooting a flintlock is very addictive but........I still think kissing girls has an edge over shooting a flintlock. :haha: Shhhh! Don't tell anyone on the forum that I said that. :grin:

 

[SgtErv]

:rotf:

 

[Grenadier1758]

I think you have stumbled on why we have such a hard time keeping teen aged boys interested in shooting flintlocks.

 

[MSW]

BobinIL, congrats on your new gun - you're gonna have a huge boatload of fun!

Pretty soon, you'll be all excited about sharp bits of rock and weird little snippets of cloth soaked in some magic goop ... your co- workers will doubtless thing that you've gone 'round the bend.'

Ignore 'em - they just don't 'get it.'

 

[irishtoo]

little that i can add to what has been said here. i wanted a challenge. shooting a deer with a scoped .308 bolt gun qot to be to boring. i will take this one step further and suggest you build your own gun. the first one i got was a kit from cabelas, fairly easy. (cabelas or dixie gun works)that was 6 builds ago. that way that flintlock that you dropped a deer with is YOUR gun. generations from now that will still be pap's gun. you can also make what you need for this sport. good luck to you. irishtoo

 

[Crewdawg445]

Shouldn't be any convincing needed...

Let's put it this way, my first flinter was the end of all modern day firearms for me. Besides a few M1's and pistols all my boom poles are rock locks! :thumbsup:

 

[nchawkeye]

I love history, grew up watching Fess Parker, bought my first flintlock in 1975, have never owned a percussion gun nor a factory made muzzleloader...I wanted to know what it took to keep a flintlock reliable and accurate...If you don't like history, don't like tradition, don't like wood stocks then maybe a flinter isn't for you...

 

[nchawkeye]

 

[nchawkeye]

I made this one in the late '80s, took me about 200 hours and 2 years...

 

[jethro224]

As to what the allure is with flintlocks, it is a bit like kissing girls....

:thumbsup: Best explanation I've heard yet.

 

[don hepler]

One reason a flintlock can fetch a premium price, is the craftsmanship, the art work. Also a premium lock, that consistently throws down a shower of sparks, is what sets a higher dollar rifle apart from rifles that "Just Spark". A fine round ball barrel, with round bottomed rifling, is nicer, because it allows the fowling to be pushed down out of the way of the rifling. And....if the barrel is swamped, meaning it is large on the breech, small in the middle, and large on the muzzle, makes a long gun handle, like small gun.
The beautiful curl in a maple stock, is just beautiful to look at, and tough as nails. It's a lot about pride, and showing others, that taking a deer is not just about killing. It's the excitement of the hunt. And.... when all the practice and preparation is done, and the deer is lying there on the ground, you can say it was as much skill and less about luck. I've shot many, many deer, with both modern and cap lock rifles. I have trophies hanging on the wall, and not one has fell, to my flintlock, however I feel that day will be soon. A doe, with my flintlock, will mean more to me than giant buck, shot with anything else.

That's were the passion will take you, I hope.

Obsession, will overcome you, and the challenge to win will only be satisfied by taking a deer with the flintlock. I know, I've sadly missed two already. I probably flinched off the flash. I do not flinch anymore. Practice is more fun, than ever before.

Welcome to the club.

 

[PaulTBarton]

#3 picture, of course.

 

[BigAl52]

I like your response Zonie. I feel the same way about 1911's and revolvers AR's and leverguns. There all fun and it just depends on what mood I am in at the time whether a flintlock or a Hawken goes to the range. Al

 

[yardhunter]

If you are still not decided about owning a flintlock or not”¦..maybe the next 2 minutes below will persuade you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBnNJ4DS3c