Today I decided to play with my .54 caliber Lyman Trade Rifle Flintlock. The rifle shoots 100 grains of Goex 2f and a moosemilk patched .530 roundball. I use the traditional iron buckhorn sights on the rifle. I had set my bench at 50 yards yesterday and was too lazy to move it, so I taped up the same box, threw a 3"x5" index card on it and had at it.

I knew the rifle was shooting to the right a little bit, and it took me four shots to check where it was hitting. After that the rest was kind of easy. I would set the sight on the 8 o'clock position and touch it off. The rifle behaved perfect other then it fowled out a couple times. The flint actually never failed to fire the pan. I just forgot to pick the vent hole a few times, and it needed swabbing. I could tell by the patches I recovered and the condition they were in.

After punching holes in the cards long enough I went in the house and got some oranges and put them on a soda can. The trick was to shoot the orange and not hit the can. What a great time.... A good way to spend the afternoon.