Using 3fg in the .62/20ga flintlock trade musket

[Britsmoothy]

I too don't buy into this notion that 2f will not blow a pattern in place of 3f!

I can see however how the faster 3f peaks sooner and is somewhat calmer nearer the muzzle than 2or1f!

B

 

[ncmtmike]

70 grains FFFg,,,,no problems what so ever :wink:

 

[Ft. Jefferson]

Rob; I shoot 3fg in all my guns. In my .62 fowler, i use 60gr-3f for small game and 75gr-3f for pheasants, and prb for larger game. 90gr-3f for elk w/ prb

 

[Dave K]

You have seen many different likes here. For me it is 2F. I like the felt recoil better and for me I get better patterns. But, I have spent much more time patterning with 2F as I did get better patterns with it from the start. YMMV.

 

[Brokennock]

Fwiw, I load 3f in all my B.P. guns. I find it shoots cleaner and needs less powder for the same performance. Your results may vary. I load 70 grains 3f with a .600 patched round ball in my Centermark Tule Fusil and 70 or 80 grain 3f with 1 and 1/4 or 1 and 1/2 oz. shot in the same gun depending on the game being sought.

 

[Rob Dorsey]

Wow, Thanks to all. This has been a very productive thread. I even got the answers I looked for in an earlier thread regarding 1 1/2 F Swiss.

I am not recoil sensitive so the quicker slap of 3f is not an issue. It sounds like 3f may be a tad more comprehensive load with a wider array of ball or shot applications with better ignition. Ignition is my big thing right now as I've been getting bloody terrible ignition in my Pedersoli Trade and this is using 4f in the pan. Right now I'm using those little two chambered tubes from TOW so I can load very exactly on the bench and then take them to the field. I'm a traditionalist too but trying to fumble in my possibles bag with gloves on and measuring out of the horn is great and I'll do that at meets but not hunting.

Enough of My Babble, Thanks Again,
Rob

 

[nit wit]

3 F in all of them.Prime with it too!
Nit Wit

 

[Brokennock]

As mentioned by someone else you can also prime with your 3f. In a pinch I've been able to shake some out of the flash hole and have the gun fire.
Try Plugging the hole with a round toothpick while loading, leave it in until you prime the pan.Keeps the hole from plugging up with powder and becoming a fuse.
I carry pre-measured shot in sections of bamboo closed with a cork. No reason you couldn't do the same with powder. I bought some 6 to 9 foot lengths of bamboo at a craft store and cut sections leaving a node at one end.

 

[Rob Dorsey]

Now, Brother Brokenock, being myself a purist (else why would I shoot flint?) I find your bamboo solution elegant and damned fine as well.:applause:

I'll be on the lookout for some.

Rob