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Post by Loggy on Dec 20, 2017 20:44:54 GMT -5
Years ago I did the in the dark practice which an ole timer told me about. I see there is a video on this(see below) Comical but you'll get the point! lol. This really helped as in daylight the flash is mild in comparison. Plus main thing is to follow through. Keep the sight on target until you see bullet hit(figuratively speaking). Once you overcome the "flinch" you will be able to lay one on top of another!!
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Post by bushmaster on Dec 20, 2017 20:50:46 GMT -5
That's a good idea. It took me years to get over it, don't know how I did it but I did. I use a shooting stick as well, really helps with anchoring the rifle on target.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 20, 2017 21:12:57 GMT -5
Amen Bushy on anchoring rifle on the target!
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Post by davet on Dec 20, 2017 22:48:59 GMT -5
Lyman peep sight. It blocks the pan from your line of sight. No flash seen......no flinch.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 8:22:02 GMT -5
I never could conquer it.
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Post by dougell on Dec 21, 2017 8:50:32 GMT -5
I just close my eyes as soon as I squeeze the trigger.
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Post by ridgecommander on Dec 21, 2017 8:54:52 GMT -5
I haven't got over it yet. I miss low when I miss. I take shooting sticks with me now and my hit ratios have gotten better.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 21, 2017 10:30:41 GMT -5
I think the fact that some only just take their smokepoles out a week or so before season(at best) contributes to the "flinch".
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Post by bushmaster on Dec 21, 2017 11:15:52 GMT -5
I think the fact that some only just take their smokepoles out a week or so before season(at best) contributes to the "flinch". We have s Bingo!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 11:50:18 GMT -5
I always shoot low. So after missing a bunch of deer I got one close and I held on the spine and hit it perfectly. I sold the flintlock after that and will probably never go back to one. Mission accomplished. I was fine while resting the rifle and I had a fence post rest on a 120 class buck one year and the stupid thing wouldn't go off because it was damp out. POS.
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Post by ridgecommander on Dec 21, 2017 11:50:23 GMT -5
I think the fact that some only just take their smokepoles out a week or so before season(at best) contributes to the "flinch". Yep. I would be one of those folks.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 21, 2017 12:08:54 GMT -5
A number of years ago I organized a FLINTLOCK ONLY TN wild boar hunt with 11 members of another site. I was amazed how proficient all the guys got prepping for this hunt!! There were few misses and no cripples on boars weighing up to 500 pounds. I killed a 300 lb sow with my 54 caliber PA Mountain Rifle with the roundball penetrating the armor plate with ball found on far hide. Hog was virtually slammed down/dropped in its tracks. Most but not all of the hunters were seasoned smokers but by the time of the hunt...all were very proficient with their smoker. We all has a blast on the hunt!! Pic below of 6 wild boar killed on one hunt.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 12:15:51 GMT -5
My son wants me to come down and hunt wild boars. He'll be in Afghanistan for 2018 so by the time he gets back I hope to have a 50-70 single shot built for that and for the Bison hunt my wife has been on me for years to do.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 21, 2017 12:21:00 GMT -5
I would definitely take him up on it Mike!! I did 3 TN wild boar hunts...one with flintlock and 2 inline. Outstanding eating unless you kill an ole boar!!
If we could get enuff guys here...I wouldn't mind doing another one.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 21, 2017 12:39:23 GMT -5
This one topped 500 lbs!! Grey Bear JR(in orange)member here looking over. BerksCoFlinters Son Ken killed it with a 50 cal if i remember.
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Post by dougell on Dec 21, 2017 12:49:28 GMT -5
I know a handful of guys who are pretty good with flintlocks but they also only take sensible shots,making their shot to kill ratios pretty good.I've also hunted with a few groups over the years who's proficiency was pathetic on a good day.A good,well-tuned flintlock also makes a huge difference.I have an RMC with an l&R lock and while not exactly a finely tuned work of custom art,shoots much more reliably than any flintlock I've shot.I won't shoot much more than 50 yards with it but if a deer gives me a reasonable shot,it's in trouble.I killed a doe with last year while putting a small push on for two of my buddies.I came across some fresh tracks heading into a ravine and cut a small bunch bedded on the other side.I killed the one still in it's bed off hand at probably 50 yards or so.I wouldn't even have attempted that shot with my old renegade.I ended up killing a buck on the last day at about the same distance and I had no doubt about shot when it was time to shoot.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 13:12:48 GMT -5
I gotten a little better with the flinch by shooting with both eyes open and leaning back, then I didn't hunt as much the last few years with them so probably will flinch again.
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Post by davet on Dec 21, 2017 15:02:54 GMT -5
The flinch is an interesting thing. My 50 cal flint pistol has "ordinary" open sights. Yet, I don't flinch when I shoot it. I'm sure it's because.....being a handgun....I am holding it out away from my face when I shoot it. So, the flash is an arm's length away. On my rifle (or any flint rifle) your eye is about a hand's with away from the "explosion."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 15:26:51 GMT -5
Yeah I never had a problem with a flintlock pistol
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Post by fleroo on Dec 21, 2017 15:29:39 GMT -5
Sissy's flinch.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 21, 2017 15:38:02 GMT -5
Time at the range really helps. I know before our TN wild boar hunt I was shooting every day 2 weeks before the hunt. One reason was I just bought my PA Mountain Rifle and really wanted confidence when I pulled the trigger on a wild boar.
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Post by Dutch on Dec 21, 2017 16:26:38 GMT -5
I just never had an issue. I always kept in my mind to follow thru with the shot and only ever missed once, but then killed her on the second shot. Yeah, she stood there while I reloaded......
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 16:40:22 GMT -5
I just never had an issue. I always kept in my mind to follow thru with the shot and only ever missed once, but then killed her on the second shot. Yeah, she stood there while I reloaded......They commonly do when you miss with a flintlock for some reason I've never understood.
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Post by Dutch on Dec 21, 2017 16:46:45 GMT -5
Years ago, my brother was out on a foggy day when he saw a doe. He fires, the smoke clears, and in the fog, the deer is still standing there. He reloads, fires again. Deer is gone. He walks up only to see a doe and fawn, dead. He dropped the mom first, and the fawn was right behind her, unseen. They were a bit uphill and standing in a slight depression, so, he could not see that he killed the first one.
Thankfully he had 2 tags.
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Post by Loggy on Dec 21, 2017 16:51:06 GMT -5
Exactly why I have a few speedloaders ready to boggie!!
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