[ATTACH] Pics of my latest flintlock and my first rust blue job[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I love those.
I’m drinking gin in a dirty Martini. I want to mention that on a trip to Scotland, we had a venison pizza. The meat was rather gamey, as if the...
I recently rust blued a barrel. The old way. If you have seen an older double, this is what was done due to the solder joints. It was surprisingly...
Double post
I might have shown these before. I am old and forgetful. Yet I feel a duty to bring culture to you rabble creatures. And this is Flintlock Friday....
It is a .50 caliber approximation of a rifle from Virginia circa 1760. It has a 1-70 twist.it shoots a patched round ball in .49 . I used .018...
My first with the a rifle I built. 67 yards. My son did a reverse sear on the back straps.[ATTACH]
As of late I have been building some flintlocks from kits. This is a .50 patched round ball. The impact seems to move left as the barrel fouls....
My wife and I took our first vacation to Bonaire in three years. We both got it upon our return. It has been 5 or 6 weeks. We still suffer from...
I gotta do one at night. I am assuming your barrel is 30”? Why the silk patch?
I had a cap and ball revolver when I was young but never was interested after that. I have a 100 yard range close by that allows black powder...
[MEDIA] Real time, This is have a well tuned flintlock work.
That was a .49 patched round ball pushed by 65 grains of Swiss Black Powder. Flintlocks are portrayed very unrealistically in movies. I will post...
The shoulder rig is uncomfortable and hot only useful for wade fishing and if you re old and go to the bathroom regularly…not there yet. Try to...
[MEDIA] This may or may not work. Make sure your sound is loud.
Sure, it can be done. Lots of the originals were converted. I built a Hawken style earlier this year. The flintlocks do have a learning curve when...
It is a blackpowder flintlock rifle similar to something from Virginia circa 1760. It is in .50 caliber and shoots a patched round lead ball of...