Flinters - lets see ‘em.

[Sagebrush1]

How many others hunt with flinters? I sure love mine - and I love lookin’ at others.

My go-to rifle. Lancaster style .58.

And my 20ga (.62) smooth bore.

 

[88man]

How many others hunt with flinters? I sure love mine - and I love lookin’ at others.

My go-to rifle. Lancaster style .58. View attachment 129998

And my 20ga (.62) smooth bore.
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I have a 50 cal renegade & a 50 cal Hawken. Are you shooting patched round balls outta of the .58cal ? 1-66 twist? or quicker?

 

[Kaitum]

I have a .50 cal Hawkin. Love that gun. Been far too long since I've taken it hunting, need to change that this fall. About every year or so I get the itch to buy a Pennsylvania rifle. One of these years I'm going to follow through on that urge.

 

[tarheel]

I have a .50 cal Hawkin. Love that gun. Been far too long since I've taken it hunting, need to change that this fall. About every year or so I get the itch to buy a Pennsylvania rifle. One of these years I'm going to follow through on that urge.

Drag that thing out and get familiar with it again. I did that very thing this fall after over 20 years in the safe. Our muzzy season opened with the start of the rut and after three weeks of only seeing bucks on camera after dark I settled for a middle aged doe and and am now enjoying the roasts, steaks and bratwurst.

 

[BrentD]

I only have one. But it goes everywhere.

 

[JohnCushman]

I'm using my CVA bobcat percussion rifle this fall on antelope. I got it on clearance at Kmart and it's a synthetic stock, but I love the thing.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

I only have one. But it goes everywhere.

That’s awesome man. Where do you buy these guns?

 

[BrentD]

You don't buy'em, you make'em. You can do it. If I can anyone can.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

You don't buy'em, you make'em. You can do it. If I can anyone can.

Cool, sounds like a fun project I could do.

 

[BrentD]

Cool, sounds like a fun project I could do.

You can. It isn't really hard, but it takes patience (not my strong suit) and strategizing. Three are good books to read and follow and probably a million videos and so forth now. Go for it and have YOUR rifle the way YOU want it.

 

[rwc101]

Anyone have experience with fowler kits? Been looking at TOTW, Sitting Fox, TVM.

 

[Sagebrush1]

I have a 50 cal renegade & a 50 cal Hawken. Are you shooting patched round balls outta of the .58cal ? 1-66 twist? or quicker?

Yah. 1-66. I shoot at .562 ball in a .018 ticking patch.

 

[Sagebrush1]

Anyone have experience with fowler kits? Been looking at TOTW, Sitting Fox, TVM.

I built that trade rifle from a TOTW kit. It was a fairly simple process, they have great customer service and can help you along the way too.

 

[HandgunHunter]

I took both of these with a 50 cal Lyman deer stalker flint.

 

[rmyoung1]

This is a full-stock Hawken that my dad made me (along with some help from Ed Parry of Black Hart Long Arms in Connecticut). When you think of Hawken rifles, you typically think of the half-stock percussion cap rifles. But I believe the earliest Hawkens were full-stock flintlocks, which this one was built to duplicate. I've taken a few whitetail and mule deer does with it.

 

[rmyoung1]

And here's Dad with one of his three Kentucky long rifles. As you can see, my dad gets into the entire "period authentic" experience. He made a Kentucky long rifle for himself and another for his father. He's had two others made by Ed Parry. This one is a Parry gun. Both the picture above and this one were taken along the Missouri River near Ulm, MT.

 

[BrentD]

If you can't wait to build one, they can be bought, but you will find that the venison is much sweeter from a rifle you built on your own. If you must, here are a handful of some available https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/487/1 There are other places too, but you will be happier with a rifle build, like mine, on the landing at the top of the stairs of my first house, 'cuz that's where I had space, using a quarter inch chisel, some files, a few other tools, and patience.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

If you can't wait to build one, they can be bought, but you will find that the venison is much sweeter from a rifle you built on your own. If you must, here are a handful of some available https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/487/1 There are other places too, but you will be happier with a rifle build, like mine, on the landing at the top of the stairs of my first house, 'cuz that's where I had space, using a quarter inch chisel, some files, a few other tools, and patience.

So if I’m going to make one, would it be better to buy a kit or do I make it “freehand”. Is there that big of a difference? Also, What is the difference between a percussion and flintlock rifle.

 

[Mallardsx2]

My proudest kill. Man was it ever cold that morning. I mean brutal col.d 0 without wind chill. I then proceeded to pull one of the horns off dragging him out....lol

Killed him with round-balls my grandfather had hand cast back in 84 a month before he died. The gun was given to me from a friend. It was his dads. His dad lived across the road from me until his death at age 90. He was a nice man and was very influential to me growing up. Almost like a second grandpa to me.

I should note that it was so cold outside (5 degrees not counting the windchill) that I had a bad hang-fire and the deer saw the flash and lunged forward and I hit the deer in the guts. This was about 5 minutes after daylight and I tracked him for 5 miles on a drop of blood every hundred yards.. I shot at him 3 more times, broke 2 ramrods and finally killed him at 4:00 in the afternoon in re-growth clear cut at a distance of about 15 feet while he was covered in snow. It was quite a Chinese fire drill of epic proportions....Not my cleanest kill but certainly one of my more memorable and best tracking jobs I have ever done.

The deer was aged at 7.5 years old...I have a buddy that ages teethe.

 

[rwc101]

What is the difference between a percussion and flintlock rifle.

Percussion rifles were a later development. Not widely available until 1830s-. They use a hammer and percussion cap filled with shock-sensitive explosives to spark powder in the bore. Flintlocks have a chunk of flint in the lock that strikes steel and creates sparks that first ignite powder in the flash pan and travels into the bore to ignite the main charge. Flintlocks were popular 1610-mid 1800s.