Red, just so you will know. Midway will discount products for your birthday. I generally make a list and the things I can wait on are worth the wait.
Ron, enjoying your adventure tremendously.
Ron, enjoying your adventure tremendously.
As much as I’ve ordered from Midway, and I didn’t know this??? I am definitely going to take advantage of this! Next month… BUWAHAHAHAHA (evil laughter)!!!Red, just so you will know. Midway will discount products for your birthday. I generally make a list and the things I can wait on are worth the wait.
Ron, enjoying your adventure tremendously.
Patterns are what we don't want to see. That's what shotguns are for. We are looking for groups, little bitty ones with all the balls going through the same hole!Looking forward to seeing patterns!
And now you got me walking around singing, “Crisco Kid was a friend of mine…” Thanks a pant load.Patterns are what we don't want to see. That's what shotguns are for. We are looking for groups, little bitty ones with all the balls going through the same hole!
You were right. Looking at it after shooting, the flint was striking the frizzen at such a bad angle that it started to notch it… after playing with it for a bit, I got it turned the other way, and like where it is striking the frizzen much better. It is still very close to the frizzen at half cock. I’m going to order some smaller flints and see if that helps.I'd turn that flint bevel down. It's striking too far down on the frizzen face. You're not going to get the proper amount of sparks the way you have it now. Plus, the way you have the flint now, it's not dropping in line with the touch hole. If as you say it's not working the other way, then you need to try a different size flint, one that will work.
This is why I don't like Traditions flintlocks. The locks are too dinky and dont allow for experimentation with flint positions or sizes.
I’ve got the notch in the leather, but I didn’t try a notch in the flint itself. I’ll grab one and try it this morning. I’m using a pretty thin piece of leather. I cut it from an old glove I had lying around.I have found flint sizing to be less than a precision measurement. Some are longer some are shorter. For my Traditions flintlock, I have been using the 5/8x3/4 from TOW. I notch my leather for the screw, and if it's still to long I "knap" a notch in the back of the flint to set it back even further. If they run short a tooth pick or match stick behind the flint shims it up. My leather pieces are fairly thin around .060" to .075" , to thick of leather can cause issues also.
Nice shootin’! I need to get these flints sized right, and then spend a full day on the range. I’ve got some smokeless guns that I’ve shot so much that it’s almost automatic knowing where the bullets will hit. Want to shoot this thing that much. When I first started in pistol competition, one of the things that slowed me down was transitioning from front sight to target and back, to see where I was hitting. My gun guru got me focusing just on front sight, and trust the gun and site picture to send the bullet where it’s supposed to go. Sped me up quite a bit. Now I’m getting “old man reflexes and knees”, lol! Every year I slow down a bit more… it’s a young man’s game. Hoping to slow down even more and enjoy this flintlock!flints can be sized with a pr of pliers nibble the back (can notch)the flint w safety glasses on
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