ORIGINAL: yakfisher
I couldn't stand it anymore, I finally pulled the trigger and ordered a Left Handed Lyman GPR 54 cal Flinter. It should be here next week!!! I will have to wait until next week when I get my bonus money to buy the accessories I will need. I should be shooting in a couple of weeks!!! I have been back and forth for the last year or so talking with Cayugad about Flinters. I just couldn't stand it any more, I had to have one!!! I would like to personally thank Dave for all of the info and advice he has given me in helping me to finally take the plunge and buy my first flinter. Now all I need is somebody to come show me the ropes. I will post pics of the gun when it arrives and also post range reports.
Without a doubt the greatest education I received about fl was this. I had a fl that my brother lent me, I tried to shoot a doe with it at about 50 yards, the doe just stood there and stared at me in a tree stand. I "shot" about 10 time and the rifle never went off. we were in a rather dark garage, and my brother took the barrel off the gun and proceeded to shoot it without the barrel and he showed me via comparison how this gun was sparking and how a gun is suppose to spark. My gun was barely visible when I shot it, but his gun, also with the barrel off to prevent any stupid things happening was a "shower of sparks". So I recommend you take your barrel off, after you shoot it a few times, get in an almost dark room and shoot it a couple of time to see for yourself the "shower of sparks". Whenever you have problems, with a loose flint, a misaligned flint, what happens is the "shower of sparks" is a lot less and you can see it. That is the greatest tip that helped me. I also take the piece of leather out that holds the flint, and flatten a bullet and wrap it round the flint, it holds a lot better and then the flint can't drive back into the hammer so easily. Chap