Finally got out and shot my Harquebus

Finally got out to shoot it. Have had it for quite some time. 62cal./20ga. 16" bbl. 33" long total. 60 grains 3f .600 ball,.010" patch. Match that I just made. Its not real pretty but seems to shoot pretty well.
25yds 3" bull. Got a 5" 3 shot group offhand just left of center. This is the first load that I have tried in it. Seeing there's no sights. A trigger pull of about 6" And it not going off without fiddling with the match. I'm sure with more shooting to get it dialed in it and I, will do alot better. I'm very happy!
Enjoy
Jerry

Now that looks like fun. Did you build it?

No I bought off the classifieds here.

jackley said:

No I bought off the classifieds here.

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Jerry,
Pretty dang cool!!
What cord did you use to make your slow match?
I've heard of people using round lamp wick

I used some of the hemp rope I made.

You could reduce your trigger pull length quite a bit by shortening the trigger (lower half). Anything that reduces the time it takes to fire will increase the accuracy. If there is no rotational friction, this will put the match closer to the pan due to the weight of the upper arm not being balanced which may be a safety issue.

Is the barrel just a tube or is it more intricate?

Way to cool! Does it poof like a flintlock?

Patocazador said:

You could reduce your trigger pull length quite a bit by shortening the trigger (lower half). Anything that reduces the time it takes to fire will increase the accuracy. If there is no rotational friction, this will put the match closer to the pan due to the weight of the upper arm not being balanced which may be a safety issue.

Is the barrel just a tube or is it more intricate?

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Barrel is octagon to round with a wedding band and a cannon muzzle

ppg1949 said:

Way to cool! Does it poof like a flintlock?

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I have not proofed it but the guy I got it from said he had shot it quite a bit.

I hate seeing threads like this. I missed a simple made match lock by a couple of days. I was seeing myself in the woods waiting for a rooster. Keeping matches in or letting them go out.
One would make for a good challenge.

Britsmoothy said:

I hate seeing threads like this. I missed a simple made match lock by a couple of days. I was seeing myself in the woods waiting for a rooster. Keeping matches in or letting them go out.
One would make for a good challenge.

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My goal is to shoot a whitetail with it this fall.

jackley said:

My goal is to shoot a whitetail with it this fall.

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That would be a hunt!!
I knew some guys in L.I. that were 17th C reenactors that had dog and matchlocks but don't know that they ever shot anything but blanks out of them.
They definitely didn't hunt with them...

Now THAT is all kinds of cool!