Playing with the Flinchlock today

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

Did some shooting today with the Traditions Hawken Woodsman .50cal flinter. Nice and cold at 30 some odd degrees, no wind. Just a nice overall day to go do some shooting. My hands about froze stiff with the wet lube, but it was worth it. I did all kinds of **** trying to see what slows down my flinter. I figured that it does not like a full pan of 4fg goex nor does it like light seating pressure. If I seat the ball heavy with my upper body weight leaned into the ramrod, pick the vent and apply 2 small heaps of 2fg side by side and settle it, it goes off like you are snapping your fingers.

Even while testing different stuff, it still grouped nice and tight, I actually only had one that could be considered a flier and the other 3 shots were touching. If I could do that off hand, It would be even better :mrgreen:

I used 70gr 2fg Old Eynsford black powder, .020" patches, Buckskinners blend patch lube, .490 round balls and 4fg Goex pan powder, French Amber Flint.

Just some pics of my gear and the funny ones! They call them Flinchlocks for a good reason when you are playing around, learning more about your rifle!
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Left side group with the flyer was me messing around with pan charge amount, etc. Still a damn great group for jacking around and having my eyes closed due to the delay lol. Right hand group is normal shooting.
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[Themoose]

Great pics and shooting!!! and nice rig with accessories....

themoose

[NSB]

Your title "Flinchlock" is pretty appropriate for quite a few new shooters to these guns. That delay can definitely cause a flinch. I always found that too much powder in the pan created a bigger delay than using less. If the vents open, it doesn't take too much to fire it off.

[johnson1942]

i can see your having fun, and thats what it is all about.

[Wayne Smith]

Some sort of eye protection! Absolutely necessary whenever shooting.

[dverna]

Darn nice shooting for having your eyes closed! LOL

BTW shooting any firearm without eye protection is a bad habit. Even worse with Flinchers.

Don Verna

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

shooting glasses are a no go for me. They change my POI to shift badly from one shot to the next. I got a video put together of the rifle going off when I shoot it normally. Just got to get it uploaded later.

[Lead pot]

Nice captures there :) I like to use a down feather for a vent pick when I load. I don't think I would put all that weight hanging on a metal vent pick. The vents get to large as is to fast if you shoot a lot :)
My Southern with a Siler lock likes very little priming, 3-4 gr maybe. It is faster when I lean the cock on a 45 degree towards me and lightly slap the stock then when it is spread out or on the far side of the pan. I cant tell the difference between a cap or the sparker.

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

This lock seems to throw the spark more towards the vent hole, so I tend to keep the pan powder spread out evenly. Its all over place while you are hunting, so I always find myself carrying the rifle lock side down while hunting to keep the pan powder out of the vent hole LOL. Its tricky to remember to smack the stock to spread the powder before the shot.

Plan on taking this one hog hunting again in January!

[NSB]

shooting glasses are a no go for me. They change my POI to shift badly from one shot to the next. I got a video put together of the rifle going off when I shoot it normally. Just got to get it uploaded later.
Your POI will shift a lot more when you lose an eye. If your POI is shifting badly from wearing glasses, it's due to the optical center of the glasses not being in front of your eye center. A decent optician can adjust this with ease.

[Standing Bear]

shooting glasses are a no go for me. They change my POI to shift badly from one shot to the next. I got a video put together of the rifle going off when I shoot it normally. Just got to get it uploaded later.

Wrong choice and a bad example. I KNOW, I've been peppered in the face by both per suction and rock bangers too many times. Correct choice is to spend a little on correct glasses.
TC

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

Here ya go boys. I'm taking my Mountain Rifle Flintlock out tomorrow if its not snowing of course.

Firing the flintlock the way it should be done.
https://youtu.be/4H4chpPy1mE