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Well considereing we survived a series of serious floods and heavy rains (try 7 inches in 3 hours) and I now live in a Federal Disater area i've been think about how reliable the flinter is in wet weather.
Now trust me on this...I'm NOT going hunting in the weather we had last week, not without a boat, but to say it's damp outside is an understatement.
I just read on this link http://members.aye.net/~bspen/flintlockfaq.html
That black powder is NOT hygroscopic, that is, it will NOT draw moisture from the air.
This seems true as I was shooting last month in very humid weather, 90%, and even though water beads formed on the frizzen, the thing went "boom" right now anyway.
It seems the salts from buring black IS hygroscopic, but that should not interfere with ignition.
Besides the much heralded "cowsknee" how do you dedicated flinters hunt in wet weather and feel confident of click-boom instead of click awe manure!
Now trust me on this...I'm NOT going hunting in the weather we had last week, not without a boat, but to say it's damp outside is an understatement.
I just read on this link http://members.aye.net/~bspen/flintlockfaq.html
That black powder is NOT hygroscopic, that is, it will NOT draw moisture from the air.
This seems true as I was shooting last month in very humid weather, 90%, and even though water beads formed on the frizzen, the thing went "boom" right now anyway.
It seems the salts from buring black IS hygroscopic, but that should not interfere with ignition.
Besides the much heralded "cowsknee" how do you dedicated flinters hunt in wet weather and feel confident of click-boom instead of click awe manure!