Two guns in the mail today.

[Skinny 1950]

My first Flint Lock a Pedersoli Queen Anne reproduction in .50 smooth-bore... in near new condition. And a Colt 1849 Pocket in .31 with a 5 inch barrel it is a fixer upper.
Both guns showed up on the same day.

 

[Felix]

oooo, ahhhh, nice!

There's something about old guns that just look so good!

 

[Skinny 1950]

How else can you shoot .50 cal for two bits a round???

 

[Until the Angels Fall]

Nice sutff

 

[H Wally]

Love them!

 

[wr.sainsbury]

Two guns

cost to shoot that flinter should be about 21 cents per shot. using 30 grns fffg for about 10 1/2 cents, ball 5 cents-if you cast your own and patch 5 cents-store bought. working hard at it you should spend about 4.20- per hour. no wonder us retirees like this sport so much. cheers

 

[Skinny 1950]

I noticed that some flint locks have rubber or leather between the "jaws" of the hammer and the flint is this a good idea to keep the flint in place???
The flinter should be cheaper to run.....no pesky caps @ 7 cents each!!!

 

[H Wally]

Yep - allows it to grip the flint, especially when it isn't perfectly flat and might twist in the jaws. Originally they were leather or lead I believe.

 

[mooncoon]

A thin piece of leather is needed because the flint being hard, is not compressed by the jaws and would slip very easily. It would also stand a good chance of breaking. While some people like lead, I don't think it is good of a choice

cheers mooncoon

 

[Skinny 1950]

Thanks for the replies...I will be up and running with the flinter in about 2 weeks when the mold and flints show up. With a smooth bore and no sights it will be a challenge to hit the target.

 

[wr.sainsbury]

flinter

naw-not that bad. use standard 10 yds per usual RCMP close range practise and you can't miss. actually have seen some unusually accurate smoothbore pistol work at 25 yds. rgds