Tried my old flintlock

[arilar]

Out on the range today and managed to shoot my old flintlock. Little bit careful so easy load with 24 grains Swiss fffg and a patched bullet I could press into barrel with my thumb.
This was before:

After:

Result (25 meters offhand):

Reward:

Regards,
ARILAR :grin: :hatsoff:

 

[patch knife]

Not bad Arilar :thumbsup: . I would guess that the holes in the black were the last shots , after you found out where to hold your aim . Nice reward , too :winking: .

 

[renovato]

Hey that's great! I bet that was a lot of fun. I always love seeing one of the originals being put back into service.

 

[spitfire]

Nice shooting :applause: !

 

[kaac1221]

Hi Plink, I know what you mean about getting old guns shooting again; just something about it. I have SEVERAL replica cap n ball revolvers that I shoot but every once in a while I break out one of my orig '51 Navy's. Just "something" there that the replicas can't touch. Maybe a real big dose of nostalgia!!

Take care

Dryball

 

[cdg]

Just as a quick sidenote- I always regard old firearms as being a way to experience the past. In the same way, I enjoy exploring ghost town sites. You can imagine the tales surrounding the ruins of a ghost town, or the scarred and pitted finish of an old firearm.

You can hold an old firearm in your hand. You feel the quality with which it was made, and you can sense the pride that the designers and builders took in making these firearms last. You wonder if the person who assembled this arm would be proud or surprised that the firearm they assembled would have passed many many generations of use and abuse. You see a cracked buttstock on a Civil War rifle, and you wonder what caused that crack; whether there was a heroic struggle of life and death, or merely a drunken soldier accidentally falling over a rock. When you stop to consider the human element of any artifact, you can better understand history.

Well, that's my sidenote- no intention of hijacking the post. What a cool thing to experience such a thing as an origional flintlock from back in the day. :thumbsup:

 

[kaac1221]

CDG, don't apologize for "hijacking" the post! Your comments were welcome and appreciated and I know exactly where you're coming from. I feel the same way you do but you put it in better words than I can.

I was fortunate in acquiring my old guns over 40 years ago when you didn't have to sell the children into slavery in order to afford to buy one. And I seem to appreciate them more and more as years go by. Don't you sometimes think that if those old guns could talk they would hold us spellbound for hours?

Take care,

Ken-----------or Dryball---whatever

 

[renovato]

There's just something special about shooting the real thing. A gun with history, even if we don't know what it is. I was just looking at some Springfield muskets recently found in India. They were selling for like $300. I'm seriously wishing I had bought one. Might be safe to shoot or might not, but either way, it'd still be a tangible piece of the past.

 

[cdg]

I for one think it's even cooler when you don't know what the history of a given object (firearm) or place is. In this manner, you can make it up yourself. Sometimes it's fun just to let your imagination wander a little from time to time I think...

 

[renovato]

CDG, I think I'm with you on that. I'm not sure I'd want a long list of provenence. I wouldn't mind some background, but I think I'd just rather shoot it and wonder. If I knew it had some major historic significance, I would be hesitant to put as much as a fingerprint on it, and I don't like collecting things under those circumstances.

I'm still looking for my affordable piece of history, and will probably always kick my own butt for not taking advantage of deals that I've passed up.

 

[arilar]

Thank all for inputs. :bow: Really wanted to share my feelings last Wednesday when I alone (as normal) on the range had the opportunity to try my old pistol. Actually I spread the "hits" evenly during the session put that was of no importance.
I share actually all the feelings you have expressed but I dont hesitate to use the guns I am the owner off, no matter their value or shape (as long they are safe to use).But next time I will use a little bigger bullet and thinner patch . :hmm:
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[Bob Riegl]

:bow: What should be noted is that the target looks like the 25 metre Standard Pistol and also for Precision (slow) fire for Women's Standard Pistol and Centre fire pistol ( all 25 Metres ). By anu stint of imagination tha is not the easiest target with iron sights. Arilar, you are to be complimented for that target with a flintlock pistol. You must have a beautiful trigger on the gun, to be able to hold and squeeze a delayed action shot from a flinter. :applause: :hatsoff:

 

[arilar]

You must have a beautiful trigger on the gun, to be able to hold and squeeze a delayed action shot from a flinter. :applause: :hatsoff:

Thanks Pasquenel :redface: but the ignition is fast, real fast. Not slower than many of my cap-locks.
Regards,
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup: