Out with a fire lock.
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Out with a fire lock.
Me and Jess smashed some flint yesterday morning.
I pulled a shot on a squirrel. I hastily tipped a little powder and shot down and got the wounded squirrel down.
Jess did the rest!
https://youtu.be/e4IEXzrGSBU
Spent some time with family and then got a call about a lamb killer!
Had some fortune and made a 74 pace shot after a stalk to halve the distance.
N.
I pulled a shot on a squirrel. I hastily tipped a little powder and shot down and got the wounded squirrel down.
Jess did the rest!
https://youtu.be/e4IEXzrGSBU
Spent some time with family and then got a call about a lamb killer!
Had some fortune and made a 74 pace shot after a stalk to halve the distance.
N.
Psalm ch8.
Because I wish I could!
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Good girl Jess! Looks like you had some fun Nath!
Don't your foxes know they belong in the hen house and they aren't supposed to eat lamb!?
What rifle do you use for fox?
Don't your foxes know they belong in the hen house and they aren't supposed to eat lamb!?
What rifle do you use for fox?
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Re: Out with a fire lock.
Well done on Charlie.....
Glad to see Jess gets in on the action too, I love good squirrel dogs....
Glad to see Jess gets in on the action too, I love good squirrel dogs....
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WMR.
I only have two rimfires now, rifle wise.
Interesting.Ray wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2017 6:44 am Ironic you mention smashing flints.....that is exactly my problem......i am working with an incorrigible T/C Hawken .45 that absolutely eats flints......the fit and geometry of the relation between the frizzen and hammer seem o.k. and the frizzen moves readily but the hammer must be hitting too hard.....have read almost every reference and watched dozens of videos on the subject of flint selection and adjustment.....a 1" x 1/4 " ferrocerium fire starting rod in place of the rock sparks well and seems to last longer than any of the different flints i've tried.....even a toy paper cap glued with spirit gum to the front of piece of clothes pin used as a proving dummy sets off a pan of priming.....i got that idea from reading an account of u.s. army trials in the firelock to percussion transitionary era referencing "fulminate pills" as pan priming several years before the maynard tape.......
I usually experiment with frizzen spring weight and or the shape of the heel.
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Gotcha, rimfire. Can't beat them, they are more capable than most think. in the right spot a 22 will kill well beyond its means!
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Lookin' good Nath. Warmed my heart to see a man and his dog in action.
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Outstanding, Nath !
I'm glad to see that Jess has worked out.
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Outstanding, Nath !
I'm glad to see that Jess has worked out.
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Good show Nath! I'd like to see you shooting some Texas coyotes