FrontierMuzzleloading
11-30-2016, 05:24 PM
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!
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/flintch1.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/Flintch4.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/Flintch3.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/flintch2.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8232.jpg
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8240.jpg
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.
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8248.jpg
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8224.jpg
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!
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/flintch1.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/Flintch4.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/Flintch3.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/flintch2.png
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8232.jpg
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8240.jpg
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.
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8248.jpg
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w581/FrontierMuzzleloading/Traditional/IMG_8224.jpg