![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 | ||||||
|
![]()
Wow I get smug with the usual tacticool vermin at my local club when I’m shooting a 135 year old hammer gun and they have a Benelli vegamatic or some such . But shooting a 206 year old gun would be very neat
![]()
__________________
Parker’s , 6.5mm’s , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s and my family in the Philippines ! |
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to CraigThompson For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 | ||||||
|
![]()
I think it’d be quite intresting to take a couple quail a couple Partidge and a couple pheasants with the little gun ! Heck a couple mallards would be Intresting as well
![]()
__________________
Parker’s , 6.5mm’s , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s and my family in the Philippines ! |
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to CraigThompson For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 | ||||||
|
![]()
My hunting buddies and I have bird hunted with black powder shotguns quite a bit. However, these were modern reproduction caplocks, not the real thing. Always wanted to hunt with a flintlock and wondered- would that slight delay in ignition mess up my lead?
Congrats and I, too, would like to hear back with photos about your bird adventures, what load and shot volumes you use, how it patterns, etc. So envious! Thank you Jay. |
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Chris Pope For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 | ||||||
|
![]()
An exquisite gun. The next time you shoot it please get a photo from the side of it firing.
|
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following User Says Thank You to Daniel Carter For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 | ||||||
|
![]()
...and for goodness sake, don't forget to duck down quickly after shooting so you can look under the smoke cloud and see the the bird falls. If you can't see it then the bird's still flying behind the smoke...
|
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Chris Pope For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 | ||||||
|
![]()
What a beutiful presentation.
|
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Dan Steingraber For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 | ||||||
|
![]()
I was using 2 1/2 drams of 2f Swiss and 7/8oz of shot. I do need to pattern it. There wasn't any perceptible delay in ignition and main charge. This is perhaps the quickest flintlock I have ever fired and was cutting edge back in the day. John and Joseph Manton had this perfected.
My timing was a bit off on crossing shots, but that was me not the gun. For some reason whenever I shoot black powder I always lead too much, and then realize, you can pretty much shot it like any other shotgun. I am going to take it on a Preserve pheasant hunt in the next week or two. I would like to take her to shot clays one more time before that. I should pattern it and also try a 1oz load. I would love to take it grouse hunting in the fall too. I have shot and hunted with original percussion guns too. It is a lot of fun. I didn't do it last year, but I remember there being a muzzleloading event at the Southern, but I didn't see it on the schedule for this year. the one year I did do it, I really enjoyed and learned a lot from the participants. |
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to Jay Oliver For Your Post: |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 | ||||||
|
![]()
Oh man that is so cool. I think everything I have would take a backseat to that
__________________
"I shall pass this way but once. Any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." |
||||||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Keith Sirmans For Your Post: |
![]() |
|
|