Flintlock_Zoomer
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Back when I was just barely 18, I bought a Traditions Hawken Woodsman flintlock rifle in .50 caliber since I didn't want to bother going through the Canadian firearms licensing process, and flintlocks are considered antiques regardless of when they are manufactured. Anyways, although I bought it in 2019, it is now 2021, and I finally got a chance to drive up far enough north to some crown land to actually discharge the thing. I got two shots off and then stupidly used the wrong end of the ram rod to run a cleaning patch down the barrel... womp womp. I've since managed to get it out with a corkscrew taped to a marshmallow roasting stick.
Anyways, finally getting to shoot the thing has reawakened my love for firearms and now muzzleloaders. I've been eyeballing my 4.5mm copper coated steel BBs and wondering what kind of shot cup I would need to buy/make to spare the barrel. The rifle has a 1:42 twist rate I believe, so the dispersion shouldn't be too bad. I was thinking I would wrap some paper many times around a dowel until its nice and thick, and then use toilet paper as the over and under wadding. I want to use such a load for hunting squirrels at close range.
I know it's fairly specific which is why I made this account as I couldn't find anything on the internet, but have any of you experience with shooting steel BBs out of a rifled barrel? Or even just regular shot?
If not, I'll just make a matchlock pipe gun so I don't have to care about the state of the barrel.
Anyways, finally getting to shoot the thing has reawakened my love for firearms and now muzzleloaders. I've been eyeballing my 4.5mm copper coated steel BBs and wondering what kind of shot cup I would need to buy/make to spare the barrel. The rifle has a 1:42 twist rate I believe, so the dispersion shouldn't be too bad. I was thinking I would wrap some paper many times around a dowel until its nice and thick, and then use toilet paper as the over and under wadding. I want to use such a load for hunting squirrels at close range.
I know it's fairly specific which is why I made this account as I couldn't find anything on the internet, but have any of you experience with shooting steel BBs out of a rifled barrel? Or even just regular shot?
If not, I'll just make a matchlock pipe gun so I don't have to care about the state of the barrel.