azsixshooter
36 Cl.
After spending about 3 years dinking around working on this build sporadically I finally got her finished last night and shot her today. Wow, I REALLY like flintlocks now! This is actually the first flintlock I've ever shot. I got back in the woods by myself and enjoyed shooting my first flintlock until daylight ran out. There is a state championship muzzleloader shoot here in Michigan next week, I'm excited to check it out and maybe meet some new friends.
Everything went well today, I started with 70 grains of 2F primed with 4F and went up to a 110 grain load. I have been told she should settle in somewhere between 70 and 90 grains so I mostly shot 70 grain loads today. Once I get a chance to shoot from a proper bench I'll work on getting her sights fine-tuned out to 100 yards I'd guess. I need to do some reading here on these forums about best ways to fine-tune the primitive sights. I had some problems with my flint not sparking enough to touch off the pan, I just remounted it in the hammer jaws a little further out and it seemed to work better. When that didn't work I turned it around to the fresh side. Maybe it was just worn out on that side and it was time to change the flint.
All in all, I like this rifle and I can't wait to shoot her more!
Everything went well today, I started with 70 grains of 2F primed with 4F and went up to a 110 grain load. I have been told she should settle in somewhere between 70 and 90 grains so I mostly shot 70 grain loads today. Once I get a chance to shoot from a proper bench I'll work on getting her sights fine-tuned out to 100 yards I'd guess. I need to do some reading here on these forums about best ways to fine-tune the primitive sights. I had some problems with my flint not sparking enough to touch off the pan, I just remounted it in the hammer jaws a little further out and it seemed to work better. When that didn't work I turned it around to the fresh side. Maybe it was just worn out on that side and it was time to change the flint.
All in all, I like this rifle and I can't wait to shoot her more!