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Larry (Omaha) said:
Diggin through some pics and thought I had better share this one! The photo was taken at a territorial shoot hosted by the Fort Osage Muzzleloaders in Missouri last Spring.
The club photographer, Gary Zumwalt, took the awesome shot! There was ignition too, incase anyone wonders 😂! I am shooting my early Lancaster 50cal. 38" Rice swamp with deluxe Siler lock.
Larry


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Nice pic! this one is of a young friend from Germany shooting my .58 Jaeger for the first time.
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Larry (Omaha) said:
Diggin through some pics and thought I had better share this one! The photo was taken at a territorial shoot hosted by the Fort Osage Muzzleloaders in Missouri last Spring.
The club photographer, Gary Zumwalt, took the awesome shot! There was ignition too, incase anyone wonders 😂! I am shooting my early Lancaster 50cal. 38" Rice swamp with deluxe Siler lock.
Larry


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Nice shot! In my case, it would be a splash of bleach spilling onto the photo. Great pic.!
 
tdoyka said:
thats a great shooting technique!!!!!

i am a left handed shooter. when i was 13yo, my dad got me a right handed flintlock in tc hawkins. i closed my eyes for the flash for 2 years until i got a left hand fl in lyman deerstalker. it took me about a year to keep my eyes open.
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When teaching young shooters some years ago, I would have them shoot but not tell them if the rifle was loaded or not. It helped them to realise they where flinching. Later I would sit next them with my finger on the trigger while they aimed. Since they never knew when the rifle would go off, they concentrated on aiming.
 
Brassbells said:
When teaching young shooters some years ago, I would have them shoot but not tell them if the rifle was loaded or not. It helped them to realise they where flinching. Later I would sit next them with my finger on the trigger while they aimed. Since they never knew when the rifle would go off, they concentrated on aiming.
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looking back over 35+ years, i should have. :doh:
 
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Pan flash is cool to see but but what really interests me is the spark shower before the flash. The one in the lower picture is spectacular and would probably light a stick of green hickory! 😄 Notice how all the spark shower is directed into the pan and does not have to ricochet around before hitting the pan powder.
This to me is the signature of a well tuned lock that will produce about as fast of an ignitions as a flinter is capable of.
Also notice how the base of the raised frizzen fences in and directs the spark shower inward toward the pan. Still the initial spark shower is directed into the edge of the pan powder as the flash hole position indicates.
 
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