My two cents on ignition speed

Ignition speed doesn't matter.

If you don't have proper shooting technique nothing else matters.

Your flintlock can fire as fast as a centerfire (yeah right!) but if you don't have follow-through you won't have good groups or dead deer.

All the talk about ignition speed is pure poo in my opinion.

Now let's hear it.

:v

HD

"pure poo"


POO!....and absoluetly correct, but why take away one of the best things to argue about? I just love those page long posts that go nowhere.

Huntin Dawg said:

Ignition speed doesn't matter.
If you don't have proper shooting technique nothing else matters.
Your flintlock can fire as fast as a centerfire (yeah right!) but if you don't have follow-through you won't have good groups or dead deer.
All the talk about ignition speed is pure poo in my opinion.
Now let's hear it.

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I can't believe the timing of this post...just yesterday I had begun searching for match cord and components so I could convert my Flintlocks backwards...they're just too darn fast and who needs all that!!

I agree! Follow-through seems to be number one over lock speed with me.

I betcha some matchlock shooter somewhere is looking at detonation cord with a 35,000 Ft/sec burn rate just to speed up his ignition. :rotf:

All the talk about ignition speed is pure poo in my opinion

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There goes all my excuses! Thanks! :rotf: :rotf:
I do think you're correct, though.

Cow poo or horse poo? And which is the most pure?

Bakeoven Bill said:

Cow poo or horse poo?

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Poo is a bear, not a cow or horse, of course, of course.

Cow poo or horse poo?

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Cow poo burns faster! :grin: :grin:

So.. Cow PooPooPoo g for .50 and under and Cow PooPoo g for over .50cal? What about Prime? :rotf:

FPDoc said:

So.. Cow PooPooPoo g for .50 and under and Cow PooPoo g for over .50cal? What about Prime? :rotf:

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Mouse, of course. Smaller grains translates to faster burn rate.

Zonie said:

I betcha some matchlock shooter somewhere is looking at detonation cord with a 35,000 Ft/sec burn rate just to speed up his ignition. :rotf:

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Well I'll bet he won't light it off but once.

"OK" I'll be the first to sort of disagree. When you get my age, I need all the help I can get and the faster the ignition the better.I sort of time my shakes and try to pull the trigger between shakes.If I don't have fast ignition, I could shoot the cow standing about twenty yards away from the deer :surrender:

My wife thinks I should only be allowed to shoot the "BULL" and leave the smoke stick at home!

What does she know? She would prob. agree with you :grin:

FPDoc said:

What about Prime?

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Poo from a newborn mouse should be roughly equivalent to null B, however, the PC shooter will prime with whatever goes down the barrel. :blah: :rotf:

For pure speed of ignition cat poo is best. Only use Cheetah poo ,no subsitutes. :thumbsup:
Goose poo is what I use on my patches. :bull:
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Amazing! 15 replies and only about 3 of them are remotely serious. The rest are rambling about poo.
:shake:

HD

Huntin Dawg said:

Amazing! 15 replies and only about 3 of them are remotely serious. The rest are rambling about poo.
:shake:

HD

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Kind of makes your moderator's work seem worthwhile, doesn't it. Imagine what beginners think when they read this stuff? :shake:

I guess ignition speed is alot like life and golf, it is about the follow thru. I just hang on my stance and position and don't break until after I see the cloud out the front.

Follow through is critical--regardless of how fast the lock is. With today's higher quality locks, the difference between a fast lock and a slow one is so small that even an experienced shooter isn't going to notice the difference. I'd certainly rather have a fast lock than a slow one like anyone else, but it is keeping a steady hold on the target that is going to put the ball into the black or into the deer's vitals. :v

Huntin Dawg said:

Ignition speed doesn't matter.

If you don't have proper shooting technique nothing else matters.

Your flintlock can fire as fast as a centerfire (yeah right!) but if you don't have follow-through you won't have good groups or dead deer.
HD

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I agree that follow through is a key element in shooting techniques, shot placement ranks high up there too, what good is a fast lock time if you hit the animal in the wrong spot?

In my opinion. I think people should learn to master their shooting skills before trying any short-cuts to enhance their weapon's performance. (but that's just me)