Me too.....6 days in a cabin in N Central PA.
I'll have both the bow and the flintlock along.(bow for any rainy/snowy days)
Mhogan,
Same here with those cut Agate flints, between that a bored out touch hole, and FFFg powder down the tube my flinter goes off in a HEARTBEAT. In fact knock on wood here, but I have never had a misfire of any kind on game, and maybe a half dozen on the range just from laziness.......take care of things and with a few little tricks man do they go off!
One tip a buddy of mine came up with....get a can of that CRC "Electronic Contact Cleaner" and spray down your frizzen and wipe with a clean dry paper towel or cloth. It removes ANY AND ALL fingerprint residue or stray oils. You should see the dry hot sparks I get from my gun......looks like 4th of July! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
I'm shooting an older model .50cal T/C "PA Hunter" (w/ octagon stepped to round barrel) customized with a set trigger assembly replacing the horrid factory single trigger, and a fiber optic front sight, and a aftermarket touch hole.
100grs of FFFg and 295gr Hollow point "Power Belts"......hot load I know, but drives tacks which surprised me considering my gun's 1/66" twist rate. We all save an antlerless tag just for this late season where I think I've taken 5 so far? And its also accounted for 2 in the regular "OLD" doe season where I just couldn't bring myself to tote a rifle.
The thing just flat out shoots.
Edited by - Matt / PA on 12/23/2002 22:39:07