I will be toting the flinter! I kinda have a wild hair wanting to try one with the bow and no blind too...
I have a Colerain turkey barrel as does Matt. It is a 62cal that tapers to somewhere around 58cal the last few inches acting like a choke of sorts...Matt and I have compared a bunch of patterns...I know I'm "stuck" with patterns similar to his 30yd pattern he posted...Not a bad pattern for a flintlock..I figure I have a 35yd range and I'm very happy with that. 40 seems to open up a lot..
Last year I had a mishap...Shot it the day I got it and it went off like a champ...Cleaned and went hunting the next morning and called a big ole strutter into 15yds and the gun clicked like 12 times lol. Pan never ignited. Flint looked great..But she wasn't sparking...Knapped the flint and she went off like a champ....Lesson learned lol. After that I shot one with the 870..I was in big woods and it was supposed to rain...Which it did drizzle and then rained after I was at the truck...As you can see, I shot my 2nd bird with the flinter in the rain...Big confidence booster and lesson learned...Keep the lock dry and she's gunna go off...Gotta quit using modern guns as a crutch and making excuses lol.
I wanted to take mine squirrel hunting yesterday but came down with the flu...Gotta check to book... Maybe next week if they are still in..One of my rut stands has entirely too many squirrels...I need to think them out a bit!
I have a Colerain turkey barrel as does Matt. It is a 62cal that tapers to somewhere around 58cal the last few inches acting like a choke of sorts...Matt and I have compared a bunch of patterns...I know I'm "stuck" with patterns similar to his 30yd pattern he posted...Not a bad pattern for a flintlock..I figure I have a 35yd range and I'm very happy with that. 40 seems to open up a lot..
Last year I had a mishap...Shot it the day I got it and it went off like a champ...Cleaned and went hunting the next morning and called a big ole strutter into 15yds and the gun clicked like 12 times lol. Pan never ignited. Flint looked great..But she wasn't sparking...Knapped the flint and she went off like a champ....Lesson learned lol. After that I shot one with the 870..I was in big woods and it was supposed to rain...Which it did drizzle and then rained after I was at the truck...As you can see, I shot my 2nd bird with the flinter in the rain...Big confidence booster and lesson learned...Keep the lock dry and she's gunna go off...Gotta quit using modern guns as a crutch and making excuses lol.
I wanted to take mine squirrel hunting yesterday but came down with the flu...Gotta check to book... Maybe next week if they are still in..One of my rut stands has entirely too many squirrels...I need to think them out a bit!
