Y’all are sorry…

[Tradbow]

It never ends, expect copius hours on the ***** box (computer) late nights wondering who to contact on a next build, how to source parts, lube recipes, patching material pros and cons, swiss powder vs. goex vs. should I buy it a pound at a time or many many lbs. do I cast balls or buy them where do I source suitable lead, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the list goes on. It will not stop a endless journey.

And add to that trying to build all the accessories for the gun and trying to rig up myself to start trying to do historical trekking here in middle Georgia and I’m glad I’m retired to try and get this part of my life started

 

[PathfinderNC]

Now pull up a seat and let’s talk Wheellocks

 

[deerstalkert]

Now pull up a seat and let’s talk Wheellocks

and cannons! don't forget cannons

 

[TDM]

Now pull up a seat and let’s talk Wheellocks

Nope, don’t think I’ll live longer my enough to dive into wheel locks. I still don’t have my flintlocks figured out.

 

[TDM]

and cannons! don't forget cannons

Cannons, yeah, I might have a weakness for that.

 

[SciAggie]

Now pull up a seat and let’s talk Wheellocks

And I thought we were friends…

 

[Silky921]

Flintlock are so much fun. There's something primal about the whole process. They really make you work for it.

 

[Crooked Creek]

Now you fellas got me thinking waaay back to the first time a friend handed me his looong .45 flintlock.....

 

[Brokennock]

"Sorryy,,,,,, not sorry," -Reeses

Take the cap gun and coat all the metal inside and out with something to prevent rust. Place the caps in a watertight container. Put all of the above (and maybe a container of powder too) in a PVC pipe and seal at both ends. Now you'll have it in the future when the government bans flints.....

 

[Bullit]

It never ends, expect copius hours on the ***** box (computer) late nights wondering who to contact on a next build, how to source parts, lube recipes, patching material pros and cons, swiss powder vs. goex vs. should I buy it a pound at a time or many many lbs. do I cast balls or buy them where do I source suitable lead, OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the list goes on. It will not stop a endless journey.

It's not the destination, it's the journey !

 

[SciAggie]

Ha! I found this quote over on another forum. I thought it was fun.

"If God had meant for men to shoot caplocks, He would have scattered caps on the ground instead of flint."

 

[tenngun]

and cannons! don't forget cannons

I would love a wheellock. But I put on my funny clothes and go play colonial. And wheelocks would require a whole new set of toys to go along.
So many choices so little time

 

[TDM]

Yep, it’s the whole thing of buying a new outfit that would keep me from diving in.

 

[ord sgt]

and cannons! don't forget cannons

Cannons are too difficult to maneuver around the trees and really make a mess when the ball hits a deer. Then, there is the real potential for starting a forest fire.

 

[M. De Land]

Alright you have taken the right off ramp, now at the next turn it’s a flint smoothie
( I think they put it better then’ if’n you had a hair youd’d be shoot in’ smoothies’)
It’s an unfathomable deep

I surely love my flint guns but don't believe I will ever get to needing or wanting a smooth bore except perhaps a dedicated double shotgun. My cousin has surely fallen under their spell though and has tried to talk me it loving them.

 

[M. De Land]

This has a horn I got from @PathfinderNC. The net bag was from @hawkeye hugo. I've really been enjoying this setup.

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Dang, what happened to the butt of your stock ? Weed shadow? I got heart palpitations for a moment there.

 

[SciAggie]

I had to go look. Yes, shadows. The stock is fine, lol.

 

[tenngun]

I surely love my flint guns but don't believe I will ever get to needing or wanting a smooth bore except perhaps a dedicated double shotgun. My cousin has surely fallen under their spell though and has tried to talk me it loving them.

When you hit the target with a smoothie an angel gets his wings, and givers you a warm fuzzy feeling
Smoothies are hot coffee in the morning, fine brandy with your dog beside you and the memory of your first kiss all combined

 

[M. De Land]

When you hit the target with a smoothie an angel gets his wings, and givers you a warm fuzzy feeling
Smoothies are hot coffee in the morning, fine brandy with your dog beside you and the memory of your first kiss all combined

I got my fill of smooth bores having to use my shot gun with slugs for deer in my youth. From that time on I've always wanted rifled barrels! Still I'm real glad many folks love and use them !