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It seems I see some guys saying that when you prime your flint lock you are to keep the powder away from the touch hole. I myself have been shooting flintlocks since the 80's and never had much luck using that method using different guns. I would get far more flashes in the pan doing it that way. My guns fire just fine with the powder next too the vent,plus the fact when you carry your rifle it would be difficult to keep the powder from covering the vent with walking through the brush and such.
This is just something I'm throwing out there to get your thoughts.
I was on another web sight that some of you may have seen where they tried it in different positions in the pan. they were using a timing system to record ignition times and the powder that was against the touch hole set the charge off faster than when it was away from the vent.
They also experimented with touch holes being at different heights at the pans on flintlocks and I was very surprise at the results seeing it wasn't like what I've be hearing most of my life. They showed the powder going off in the pan plus looking down the barrel. It made me believe that alot of things I was reading were just plan wrong.
This is just something I'm throwing out there to get your thoughts.
I was on another web sight that some of you may have seen where they tried it in different positions in the pan. they were using a timing system to record ignition times and the powder that was against the touch hole set the charge off faster than when it was away from the vent.
They also experimented with touch holes being at different heights at the pans on flintlocks and I was very surprise at the results seeing it wasn't like what I've be hearing most of my life. They showed the powder going off in the pan plus looking down the barrel. It made me believe that alot of things I was reading were just plan wrong.