I need slapped.......HARD ! ! !

[FPDoc]

Ve get to old soon an to late smart.

Now THAT explains a lot! :rotf:

 

[kherring]

Sounds like your rifle is a tack driver. Hope it brings you many years of hunting and shooting enjoyment.

 

[DTCoffin]

Congrats on jumpin on board with a rockchucker, people up my way laugh at me for using one, heck they laughed when i had my caplock.most up here use an inline for hunting purposes only,sad.
As far as playing around looking for a load, I would suggest micing your patch and getting more, thats a decent target from what you say.I'd be happy with it

 

[Robert Scheffler]

Well, there Skychief, I guess we can expect to hear some hunting stories this fall about the exploits of you and your new rifle.

 

[cottonmouth]

Ain`t it fun? :thumbsup:

 

[Skychief]

Well guys, I did some more shooting with my first flinter. I had a ball, but, the reality of some flashes in the pan as well as some "no-flashes :rotf: " had me scratching my head. I need to learn more about how to knap my flint as it wears down. As of right now, I have very little idea about such things. Stay tuned :grin: .

 

[musketman]

I need to learn more about how to knap my flint as it wears down. As of right now, I have very little idea about such things. Stay tuned :grin: .

Does that mean we get to slap you some more? :rotf: :grin:

 

[paulvallandigham]

About sharpening your flint( Knapping). With the gun empty, and the flint mounted properly in the jaws of your cock, cradle the gun in your left arm. Use the outside of your Left Thumb to lift the frizzen up off the pan, while you manually lower the cock until the flint's edge is touching the Heel of the flint. ( Heel-- If you view the L-shaped Frizzen like a human foot, the heel is at the bottom of the face, where the vertical and horizontal parts meet.)

Hold the cock open at that height, making sure that your thumb is far enough back from the face of the flint that you won't cut the thumb with the flint. Then, cock the hammer back to full cock, and trip the trigger. This will cause a small thin flake or " spawl" to be broken off the edge of the flint ACROSS the entire width of the flint. In the process, it will " square " the edge of the flint to the face of the frizzen, and sharpen the edge, because that spawl will come off the bottom side of the edge.

Make sure the cock screw remains tight, and you are ready to shoot. You don't need a separate " Flint Knapping hammer", to keep your gunflints sharp in your gun. Knapping hammers are best reserved for working with larger chunks of flints, to produce Gunflints, arrow points, spear points, knives, etc.

 

[R.M.]

Now I'm not a long time flint shooter, but one way I was showed was to drag the flint across the frizzen on an up-stroke (cock the gun slowly with the frizzen putting slight presure on the flint). I have had decent results doing it this way.

 

[Skychief]

I need to learn more about how to knap my flint as it wears down. As of right now, I have very little idea about such things. Stay tuned :grin: .

Does that mean we get to slap you some more? :rotf: :grin:

What do you take me for, a sadist? Enough is enough! :rotf:

 

[Skychief]

About sharpening your flint( Knapping). With the gun empty, and the flint mounted properly in the jaws of your cock, cradle the gun in your left arm. Use the outside of your Left Thumb to lift the frizzen up off the pan, while you manually lower the cock until the flint's edge is touching the Heel of the flint. ( Heel-- If you view the L-shaped Frizzen like a human foot, the heel is at the bottom of the face, where the vertical and horizontal parts meet.)

Hold the cock open at that height, making sure that your thumb is far enough back from the face of the flint that you won't cut the thumb with the flint. Then, cock the hammer back to full cock, and trip the trigger. This will cause a small thin flake or " spawl" to be broken off the edge of the flint ACROSS the entire width of the flint. In the process, it will " square " the edge of the flint to the face of the frizzen, and sharpen the edge, because that spawl will come off the bottom side of the edge.

Make sure the cock screw remains tight, and you are ready to shoot. You don't need a separate " Flint Knapping hammer", to keep your gunflints sharp in your gun. Knapping hammers are best reserved for working with larger chunks of flints, to produce Gunflints, arrow points, spear points, knives, etc.

Thanks Paul! I now have a project for this evening. :thumbsup:

 

[Skychief]

Now I'm not a long time flint shooter, but one way I was showed was to drag the flint across the frizzen on an up-stroke (cock the gun slowly with the frizzen putting slight presure on the flint). I have had decent results doing it this way.

I will give this a try as well R.M. Thanks!

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Musketman would be the sadist. You would be a masochist. We welcome all kinds here as long as they are traditionalists. The whips must be leather and the chains of iron. Beyond that privacy is always respected! :rotf:

 

[Skychief]

:surrender:

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

I think you should be wavin' them thar drawers at Musketman.... :wink: