So I found an estate sale Hawken. Rear sight needs replaced, but operates excellently.
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2Great find! I was at the range today, and one of the guys came up to the range officer and said "I want to shoot my 50 caliber on the pistol range" The range officer and I looked at each other, both wondering why the hell this guy would want to shoot a 50 BMG on the pistol range, didn't seem exactly sporting, when he said. OH! Meant my black powder 50 cal!
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4I learned real quick that I had to hold steady a lot longer when shooting my flintlock. Helped with shooting my other rifles. Tried dove hunting with my Borwn Bess musket once. Now that was a trip.
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6Try less powder in the pan, further from the touch hole. See if that makes ignition time faster.
Looks like a great find
Looks like a great find
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7Yeah, priming took some experimenting. I had read about less powder/far from touch hole. In practice, it took tinkering
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9On American Longrifles there was a group that did a test on flinters. They had very sophisticated camera equipment and a "slave" lock. the distance was not important to the side but the pile in the pan must be below the vent and the vent must be in the middle of the pan and when you look at the side of the pan the vent should look like a setting sun. Also you should maintain a space in the vent hole from the hole to the main charge so it does not act as a fuse when firing. My own experimenting has prooved to me anyways that 3fg is best for my uses both priming and main charge.Inquisitor wrote:Yeah, priming took some experimenting. I had read about less powder/far from touch hole. In practice, it took tinkering
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11A little history on 4f, it was not made and marketed till 1920, I have found 3fg is as good as 4f, for hunting I find 3fg superior because 4f is not graphite coated, it acts as a desicant and needs to be changed in 30 min intervals other wise it turns into black sludge. My flintlock ignites as fast as my Lyman plains rifle percussion.Inquisitor wrote:Yeah, when I found holy black last year, I got some priming powder as well.
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