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  1. W

    Loose shot

    I got the privileged to shoot a 28ga Fowler over the weekend. Ergonomics were way better and just felt good to use. I don't think I'm going to change anything about the Kentucky just sell it and get a smoothbore. I appreciate all the feed back.
  2. W

    Loose shot

    That has also been my best performing set up as well. With the rifling in my gun the paper gets cut and sometimes looks like spaghetti. I'm just guessing that the paper gets cut when the shot column obturate's under the force of acceleration.
  3. W

    Loose shot

    The only reservation I have about doing that is somehow ending up with some weird 52 cal I can't buy stuff for.
  4. W

    Loose shot

    It very well could have been a cool story. At the time the story was unfolding it wasn't cool. The canoe had been on bottom a while. It was near a creek mouth and a third full if silt in 10-15m of water. It was a struggle to get to the surface. The previous owner of the boat had screwed a cleet...
  5. W

    Loose shot

    I'm located near Pembroke Ontario. I did know that the rifling though slow would affect pattern to some degree. The gun is fun to shoot, maybe eventually I will do something to smooth the bore or replace it with a smooth bore.
  6. W

    Loose shot

    By those quotes you are correct. I didn't buy this particular gun, I caught a canoe with my anchor while fishing then traded the vessel for the gun. It doesn't do anything my other guns can't do. The flintlock was a miserable thing to make work in the beginning (see the smashing flints thread)...
  7. W

    Loose shot

    Never was a big fan of physics, always holding me back. I don't need rifling for what I use the gun for, shots just aren't long enough. Iv been looking for a 20-28 ga Fowler for a while. I just don't understand why they are so expensive and can't justify buying one.
  8. W

    Loose shot

    Sorry iv taken so long to get back, work stuff. I do understand the "doughnut" shot pattern. I was just hoping somebody had fought the fight and had found a solution, or just make less of a doughnut
  9. W

    Loose shot

    Good day all I have searched through the forum to find anything on the subject. Iv been playing with loose shot in my Kentucky rifle with it's 1in 63-66 twist. Iv been using 50gr powder and equal part shot. Iv used cardboard, felt, patch material, for over powder and over shot. I have made pre...
  10. W

    Smashing flints

    How long is a frizzen supposed to last? I think the one on my gun is soft. It throws sparks but nothing like some of the other Flintlocks iv seen I recent days. Upon very close inspection my frizzen appears to be "cupped". I got out the hardness files and have determined that my frizzen is very...
  11. W

    Smashing flints

    I was lucky and got away with using vise grips. A spring vise is in my future now that I'm not contemplating selling it and getting a cap lock. Only compress it as much as required and learn from me and don't do the wiggle and jiggle to remove the spring. Vise grips will slip and just because...
  12. W

    Smashing flints

    Along with the cock being easy to use I noticed the trigger is also about half its weight of pull and smoother. I guess less tension on the mainspring=less tension on the tumbler and by default the sear bar is easier to move. As far as the amount of metal I removed was seemingly negligible. Move...
  13. W

    Smashing flints

    Rock home isle, I just spent the last hour messing around on my belt sander, I thinned the mainspring very slowly reassembling frequently. It's fixed. I just fired it 30x and the flint looks and sparks like it was just installed. I would also like to thank dgracia for pointing me towards the...
  14. W

    Smashing flints

    That there is something I never thought of or untill just now heard of. Iv been waiting on my package of flints from track of the wolf now for a while. Il give this ago and see what happens I still have a few stones in my possession. Thanks
  15. W

    Smashing flints

    Well I was given a phone with a working camera. I also acquired some interwebs for my phone but back to the problem. The flint is a 5/8x3/4 it sits .240 off the frizzen. When the flint contact the steel the gap between the top jaw and frizzen is smaller than my credit card. If the ridge on the...
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