yeah, didn't meant to step on your toes LH. as we all know shart happens and with mzl's a little moisture or oil can affect the primer and or powder and no fire is better than partial ignition with a round stuck in the bbl.
No toes stepped on here, Safety first.
Thats the best thing about these forums, If somebody misses or does not cover something, there is somebody to pick up the slack. LOL
As far as forgetting the powder? Never done tha.... Cant even type it with a straight face. Been there done that! At least with a in-line you can pull the breach plug and get it out, or as you said a ball puller.
I have a closet full of in-lines, havent shot one in years, (nothin against them) But this is my baby now, She is a shootin machine!!
I don't swab the barrel between shots to be able to get the sabot down. I can load multiple shots w/o cleaning. For me its an accuracy issue. I've bench tested mine and a super clean barrel will shoot much higher than a fouled barrel. I hunt with my barrel extremely clean, therefore thats the way I like to shoot it at the range.
Its a PIA and takes forever, but thats the way I roll with them.
I can't stress marking the ram rod enough. I use a piece of tape around mine to mark it. I like something I can feel and see, especially for reloading in low light conditions
LH, a Kentucky style flintlock? never tried a flintlock before, first a flash then a bang. must be hard to hold steady for that long and take a while to get used to. my bro has an original style Kentucky long barrel in 36 cal I believe we load with a 00 buck round ball and patch.we need to do some research as to who actually built it and when, Springfield or New Haven I'm thinking. it was converted to primer ignition whenever they came out and has some real good looking burly maple wood and was used in the movie the mountain men with Charlton Heston and Brian Kieth. the primer cup is now 1/2 gone but don't want to replace anything from original so it's retired. but still a dam good looking piece of wall art. about seating bullets they make a lot of devices to help push the ram rod down, but you need to keep at least one hand on the rod to get the feel, kind of like a finger on the fishing line to feel the bite.
Nacho, Its a southern mountain rifle, .50 cal
Flash then bang, naw, A properly tuned flintlock will fire just as fast as a cap lock. (even up side down)
Hang on to that .36 and you are doing right not to mess with it if you believe it to be an original.
Sorry Crock,
Guess we kinda high jacked your thread. Let us know what kind of groups you get from your new rifle. With a little load development, you should be able to get groups that will make a CF jealous!
