My first flintlock

[ohiosam]

Well after many years of shooting and hunting with all kinds of muzzleloading rifles I got my first flintlock. .54 caliber, 35" straight barrel, signed by "A. Hunkeler"

Plan is to go shooting tomorrow.

 

[Hoser1268]

Wow!!! That is beautiful. Is he a custom maker? Good luck with it. Hopefully it shoots as good as it looks.

 

[David W.]

What did she cost? You can tell the group, PM me, or keep it to yourself! What barrel, lock, breach plug style (e.g., Nock)?
Looks like a nice rifle and the same rifle I have, only in .62. Shot her yet?

Cappers' been screamin' he can't find a LH rifle! :rotf: :thumbsup:

 

[ohio ramrod]

The lock is on the wrong side! :bow: Where in North Eastern Ohio? I am in Holmes county. :hmm:

 

[ohiosam]

I had to look hard to find a nice backwards rifle.

I'm about 30 mile east of Canton.

 

[chance]

Shes a BEAUTY!!

 

[hawk]

nice :thumbsup:

 

[ohiosam]

Wow!!! That is beautiful. Is he a custom maker? Good luck with it. Hopefully it shoots as good as it looks.

I haven't found out much about the builder yet. There is an Al Hunkeler that was an early member(1968) of a blackpowder club called the Cascade Mountain Men from Washington state. http://cascademountainmen.com/history.html

I did find one other person with one of his rifles looking for info on him.

 

[jdw276]

great looking rifle. The lock is on the right side

 

[ohiosam]

I got to shoot it today and it shoots as good as it looks. It likes 80 grains fff with a .530 rb and pillow ticking.

I do have some learning to do about adjusting the flints.

 

[Ken Cormier]

Nice rifle have fun REMEMBER 1 is not enough LOL

 

[wattlebuster]

Shes a beauty an flintlocks are like potatoe chips 1 will never be enough :thumbsup:

 

[Trench]

You certainly could have done a lot worse for your first flintlock. She's a good looking rifle! :thumbsup:

 

[Chilidog]

Fine looking piece, congrats. :thumbsup:

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: Nice,she's a real beauty.Griz

 

[CrackStock]

I haven't found out much about the builder yet. There is an Al Hunkeler that was an early member(1968) of a blackpowder club called the Cascade Mountain Men from Washington state. http://cascademountainmen.com/history.html

Give Mike Nesbitt a shout over at muzzleloader mag for info on that builder. That is Mike's locale and I think that he mentioned your builder to me once in a conversation some time back when we went to a show at Enumclaw. Mike is a very helpful fellow and knows a lot. I'll bet that he can tell you what you want to know.
Tell him CrackPot sent you.

 

[hoochiepapa]

Very nice!! Let us know how it shoots!

 

[ohiosam]

Very nice!! Let us know how it shoots!

Thanks for all the compliments. My photos don't do the rifle justice.

I shot it yesterday, shooting offhand I started at 25 yards with a 6 O'clock hold. First 2 shots were almost touching. 3rd shot was a center mass hold and I cut the X ring.

Moved out to 50 and had a misfire, adjusted the priming charge and this time it went off but I was low and to the left. Next 3 shots were touching in the 10 and X ring. Then I started having some problems, finally changed flints and the 5 shot was a bad hang fire. Fired once more and got it back in the black.

I have some learning to do about positioning the flints. I know there is a learning curve and I'm sure I'll be asking lots of questions.

 

[ohiosam]

I haven't found out much about the builder yet. There is an Al Hunkeler that was an early member(1968) of a blackpowder club called the Cascade Mountain Men from Washington state. http://cascademountainmen.com/history.html

Give Mike Nesbitt a shout over at muzzleloader mag for info on that builder. That is Mike's locale and I think that he mentioned your builder to me once in a conversation some time back when we went to a show at Enumclaw. Mike is a very helpful fellow and knows a lot. I'll bet that he can tell you what you want to know.
Tell him CrackPot sent you.

Thanks for the tip, I joined the board there and PM'ed Mr. Nesbit.

 

[Rhett Griffith]

Very nice looking gun! :thumbsup: