Flintlock shooting
Believe it or not after you shoot these things for years you dont notice it at all.
You must learn to flint to be a complete rifleman. (I do have eyeglasses on)
Bob
It certainly teaches follow through! I'm getting the musket
ready for some practice.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
It certainly teaches follow through! I'm getting the musket
In the first photo the ball was somewhere moving out the barrel. Now its off to the target. With a flame like that you need a good lube. In this case its spit.. Best I've seen for target shooting. Until you dry up.
Bob
It certainly teaches follow through! I'm getting the musket
Spit works well, I have used a lot of spit. My favorite is the lube I make using 1/3 beeswax, 1/3 rendered beef fat, and 1/3 olive oil. Corn oil works just as well in place of the olive oil.
Is that formula good for greasing the externals?
Hope to see you again at CSA.
Is that formula good for greasing the externals?
It works just fine for all the steel externals as well. I hope to be at CSA, and I hope to see everyone there!
Thx!
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a variation is neatsfoot oil for the olive oil - -
the local BP competition shotgunners use it for felt wads, and it is useful on patches, as well. Heat the mix carefully [wives just HATE soot on the kitchen ceiling]and dip the wads. Lay them out to cool/solidify on waxed paper/tinfoil. Same with patches. Both wads and patches best carried afield in grease-proof tins like musket cap containers, etc. unless y'r aiming for that all-winter-worn, greasy clothing re-enactor look.
The rifle-loading block hung from a thong is handy, and there are available pop-top plastic tubes for the shotgun setup. Haven't checked Track of the Wolf in quite some time, so you might check and see what's new in lubes, carriers, etc.