Any flintlock hunters around here?

[wyogoat]

That’s a 43 inch Ed Rayl with a White Lightning liner. I use 120 grains for elk but only 75 for deer.

 

[HighUintas]

Here's one of mine from the Illinois season. The other one was at night so I didn't get any pictures.

 

[ElDiablito]

The other one was at night so I didn't get any pictures.

Can you put a thermal on that flinter?!

 

[HighUintas]

Can you put a thermal on that flinter?!

Haha I'd never blaspheme to that extent.

It was about 10 minutes before end of shooting light, if I remember correctly. It has been awhile since I've sat and watched whitetails, so that combined with the darkness coming on, I unfortunately filled my 2nd tag with a doe that's probably the size of a large dog! It will taste good though.

 

[RockAndSage]

Flint only for me on black powder for about 35 years. Here’s my custom 54. My dad is a professional gunmaker and grew up in that world shooting comps every week as a kid. View attachment 800491View attachment 800492

Man, what an absolute treasure of a family gun. I grew up doing the rendezvous too, this is neat to see.

 

[Clarence]

Yup, I've seen some people say they're plenty happy with their traditions, but that was after getting a replacement frizzen because the first wasn't hardened correctly.

I doubled up on the lock weatherproofing. I sealed around the pan with chapstick so I could take the cow knee off in the weather for a stalk if needed. The cows knee was primarily to prevent the lock from getting snagged in all the thick scrub oak. Hunting in Illinois from a stand, I'll likely just seal the pan w chapstick if needed and not use the knee.

I've got a white lightning liner in mine (come on inside) and a chambers ketland lock.... It's incredibly reliable and fast. The only time I have a misfire or delayed ignition is when I'm at the range and get 20+ shots in without wiping the fouling off the touch hole and using a really old dull flint. Keeping that hole clear and the flint sharp does wonders

Would you be able to post up your process for weather proofing with chapstick? I use a cow knuckle, but have been on some wet snow Pa hunts, where I have had fits with moisture. Pictures or video of this could be a rokslide treasure!

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[HighUintas]

Would you be able to post up your process for weather proofing with chapstick? I use a cow knuckle, but have been on some wet snow Pa hunts, where I have had fits with moisture. Pictures or video of this could be a rokslide treasure!

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Yes I'll try to remember to do this and get a few pictures or record a video next time I go shoot it. It'll probably be a couple of weeks

 

[cmwhitmoyer]

I started with a flintlock in 1983. First year off hunting at age 12. Used my dad's TC Hawken. Received mine in 1984 for Xmas, season started on December 26. So spent a good bit of time getting the sights aligned until I could hit a paint bucket. Traded that Hawken in 2000 for a Left handed Lyman Deerstalker after I learned I was left eye dominant. No wonder I kept missing deer. In 2001, I finally shot my first deer with my flintlock. I was using a 250 gr Hornady Xtp with a Harvester sabot. Now, I am using a Barnes 200 gr XPB. At some point I want to have a custom left hand flint built with a good lock and a faster twist 1:28 for shooting the longer copper bullets. There are quite a few builders in central PA but many only will do slow twist barrels for patched round balls.

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[Ditt44]

Have you talked with Mr. Hoyt? I am pretty confident he would do a barrel for you just the way you want it done. It would be worth asking. His contact info from the Muzzleloading forum:

Bobby Hoyt
Freischutz Shop
2379 Mt Hope Rd
Fairfield, PA 17320
ph# 717-642-6696

Call him early in the day, 8-9 o’clock. Don’t get discouraged if he doesn’t answer immediately.