All,
Need a little advice from some of you more experienced smokepole handlers.
I've got a Traditions .50 cal Flintlock PA Long Rifle.
Beautiful rifle. Call her "Ol Cat".
Problem is I can't get consistent ignition from the priming pan.
I clean her with TC Solvent and swab with Bore Butter.
I'll get three or four good shots - good ignition, virtually NO hesitation
between priming charge and main- and then.............one flash in the pan
after another.
Go to the vent pick, no use.
Tonight, at the gun club, I had to take the lock apart twice, remove the vent
liner, clean it, put it back together. Got a good three or four shots, same
problem again.
Gets so bad that I've started flinching, waiting for the gun to go off after
the "flash-in-the-pan".
You know what that will do to a shooting score.
I use a wet (from my mouth) patch after every shot, followed by a dry patch.
Am I piling up fouling at the base of the barrel?
Please, no flames about flintlocks! I love flintlocks. I know that the
percussion rifle came about as a natural evolution from the flintlock
because of more reliable ignition. But, I've seen guys with flintlocks that
worked like a well-oiled machine.
Is there some sort of "high performance" vent liner like the "high
performance" "Spitfire" percussion nipple?
Help guys. I've won a silver shooting medal when "Ol Cat" is firing clean.
Tonight I had good groups when she was in rhythm.
All over the target when she's cranky.
Not being prideful. Just more enjoyable to shoot when I'm SHOOTING and not
constantly picking and cleaning.
Gary Burn'n Heart
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