Flintlock Fun

[Chris Pope]

You black powder guys are awful. It took almost a year to finally convince myself I need to sell all my black powder stuff (it accumulates) and now after reading this darn thread I'm thinking no and instead I'll take one on a quick quail hunt before the end of the season. Also used to enjoy turkey hunting with blackpowder...except when there's a drought and after you shoot you have to scramble to stomp out the burning leaves between you and the flopping Tom! And another thing- once you get used to the smell of burnt black powder you just don't appreciate the rancid smell of burnt smokeless powder- kind of like enjoying the smell of the exhaust of an old internal combustion engine using real gasoline compared to modern unleaded.... (:

[Daryl Hallquist]

Chris, I',too, enjoy black powder guns from that era of craftsmen using hammers, chisels, files, drills , and maybe gas lighting if they were lucky. Over the past few years I have enjoyed pinfires for hunting and fun shooting. That period seems to include the best examples of gunmaking art after the flinters.