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Post by fleroo on Jan 25, 2021 13:05:25 GMT -5
My "off season" lasts about a year. What position do you store the flinter ?
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 25, 2021 13:18:56 GMT -5
Fully de-cocked.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 25, 2021 13:22:04 GMT -5
1 vote for No-C0ck.  |
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Post by fleroo on Jan 25, 2021 13:28:13 GMT -5
Not sure I shared this some years ago or not, but... Some years back, my pal, Grumpy, was having issues getting his flinter to ignite the charge. Plenty of spark, good pan ignition, touchhole clear etc.. We decided to pull the ball. Pulled it, dumped the powder, and found "parts" of some sort of bug mixed with the powder. Got the ball puller, and scraped the breech area with it. A BUNCH of bug parts, and whole stink bugs came out.
I now whittle a widdle bit of cork and plug my muzzles.
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Jan 25, 2021 13:54:11 GMT -5
Full de-cock, and not a bad idea there fleroo. I usually shine a light into the touch hole and look down the barrel before season or range, but 🤔
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Post by davet on Jan 25, 2021 14:21:52 GMT -5
I "drop" my metal range rod in at the beginning of the season. Gotta hear a good "clink" to know there's nuthin in there. The barrel I mean.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 25, 2021 14:51:54 GMT -5
Until an eensy-weensy, itty-bitty, baby armadillo climbs in there, and you still hear the "clink".
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 25, 2021 15:03:58 GMT -5
Buddy of mine and I went flintlock hunting. He got a shot at a doe and his gun didn't go off. He re-primed the pan and kept hunting the rest of the season. At the end of the season we all would usually shoot to unload our rifles. His wouldn't go off after many attempts. We went to camp and took his gun apart. Found what the problem was. He forgot that he stuffed rag into the barrel soaked in bore butter at the end of last season after cleaning it. He put a load right on top of the rag, lol.
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Post by Dutch on Jan 25, 2021 15:09:58 GMT -5
I put a mark with a Sharpie around my wooden ramrod when my charge was in the barrel, that way i know that I have the right stuff in the barrel
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Post by westfieldjoe on Jan 25, 2021 16:26:06 GMT -5
Don't leave tension on the springs. Hammer all the way down.
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Post by davet on Jan 25, 2021 16:43:43 GMT -5
Don't leave tension on the springs. Hammer all the way down. What he said |
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Post by buzz on Jan 25, 2021 17:48:40 GMT -5
Same goes for your scopes, back both adjustment screws fully counter clockwise until they bottom out.
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Jan 25, 2021 17:53:27 GMT -5
I put a mark with a Sharpie around my wooden ramrod when my charge was in the barrel, that way i know that I have the right stuff in the barrel That’s what I was taught to do, by hard core muzzleloader. Actually once I found the load that worked best , I cut a grove in the ramrod. |
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 25, 2021 18:37:26 GMT -5
Yep, cut a groove in the ramrod with a knife, flush with the muzzle when loaded.
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Post by davet on Jan 26, 2021 8:22:05 GMT -5
Same goes for your scopes, back both adjustment screws fully counter clockwise until they bottom out. Now....don't start spreading false information!!  |
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