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THE WAIT BEGINS!
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Thanks for your service, and keep your head on a swivel. I recently purchased a TC flinter for a really good price. Wanted to test the whole flint thing before I dove in too deep. Well its so damn much fun I don't take the caplocks out much anymore. Plus I am ordering the colonial kit from Jim Chambers tomorrow in 54. Just got RCR surgery so the wait will be more bearable.
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Earl, good luck with your deployment. I'm sure Afghanistan has changed since I left out of there on a C5 in 2010!
What a coming home present and something great to look forward to. I myself was/am a Genuine Hawken fan, but my last two builds were a Southern mountain and a Fowler. My pappy was a riflebuilder and built a rifle just like yours.
I have a feeling that this won't be your last flinter! Good luck to you and Gods Speed.
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What a coming home present and something great to look forward to. I myself was/am a Genuine Hawken fan, but my last two builds were a Southern mountain and a Fowler. My pappy was a riflebuilder and built a rifle just like yours.
I have a feeling that this won't be your last flinter! Good luck to you and Gods Speed.
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Flint is #1 for me, but on especially wet/rainy/melting snow dripping from the trees days I get lazy and take a cap-gun. I can keep a flinter running in the wet, but, "LAZY" being the key word here. And I'm a big fan of the Civil War rifles, and try to take them out for a hunt once in a while, so they don't feel neglected.
What I like about a flintlock, is that you can see anything that might cause a miss-fire. It's a visual thing. Unless you pull the nipple, you can't see inside the nipple, or flash channel, bolster, drum or whatever. With flint I can feel if the flint is loose, see that it's set right, see into the touch hole, stick a pick in it and feel if the powder is dry and crunchy, or wet and mushy, see if the pan charge is good, or wet, or absent, see if the frizzen is wet, etc. etc. etc. That is why, for me, the flinter is more reliable. Having said that, it's been 30 years since I've had a miss-fire with a cap gun, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. "Peace of mind" I guess.
What I like about a flintlock, is that you can see anything that might cause a miss-fire. It's a visual thing. Unless you pull the nipple, you can't see inside the nipple, or flash channel, bolster, drum or whatever. With flint I can feel if the flint is loose, see that it's set right, see into the touch hole, stick a pick in it and feel if the powder is dry and crunchy, or wet and mushy, see if the pan charge is good, or wet, or absent, see if the frizzen is wet, etc. etc. etc. That is why, for me, the flinter is more reliable. Having said that, it's been 30 years since I've had a miss-fire with a cap gun, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. "Peace of mind" I guess.
Watch your six and keep your powder dry...both here and abroad. Nice rifle you chose. I started to order a cap from the same source a couple of year ago but was talked out of it by Melanie. I love caplocks, love flints. You'll come home to a wonderful surprise.
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