Small Bore Flintlock SxS
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I saw this contemporary build for sale and was just drawn to it. It is a .50 smoothbore, which would equal about a 36 gauge. Barrels are 30” and it weighs 5lbs 1oz. with a 14” LOP.
I have some vintage shot and powder dispensers that will work well with this gun. I am going to use 2 drams of 2f and 3/4oz of shot. That little white dispenser with the leather cord is full of 4F to prime the pans. This should be a fun little muzzleloader. We'll see if I can pull of a double with it the next time I shoot sporting clays. |
Cool. I have been being drawn to the black powder side recently myself. I just picked ip a new 20g pedersoli flintlock. I have not had the chance to shoot it yet.
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it s a beauty.....who could pass up a beauty like this one...charlie
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Brian, I think you will enjoy that 20 gauge flintlock. It is fun to slow down and take a step back in time. And when everything comes together and you hit a bird/target it is such a wonderful feeling.
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I have killed limits of doves with a 16 ga. percussion double, but a flinter would be just over the top!
Very nice looking gun! |
Stan, there a few more variables, but when everything is working it is wonderful. I have a few single barrel flintlock fowlers which are a lot of fun.
I also have an original percussion sxs, that really shoots as well as any modern gun. I did the muzzleloading shoot at the southern a few years ago and loved every minute of it. |
I have never owned a flintlock, just percussion, so excuse theis question as pure ignorance.
Was it common for period small bores to have such large lock systems? That is a beautiful gun, but it seems the entire gun is "between the hands" so to speak. Most percussions I have examined seem to have been more scaled to bore from end to end. I wondered if this is due to currently available locks or if this is a trait of period guns too. |
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Granted on a very smaller bore gun, a pistol lock could be used to reduce the size a little. Which it looks like Jays gun could have maybe benefitted from. |
I agree, I think the same locks with 28 or 20 gauge barrels would have been perfect.
In the early 1800s they would angle the locks/stock heads which helped too. I have a 10 gauge double, which looks huge where the locks are. |
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