Originally Posted by
Semisane
If you're getting a WHOOSH-BANG, it should not be doing that. Too much powder in the pan may cause it, or too small a touch hole, or poor sparks from the flint. Dribbling powder into the touch hole is more likely to slow ignition than to speed it up. You don't want a fuse. You want a blast of hot gas through the touch hole to the main charge.
It's more a 'chunk-bang' I don't get a fuse effect.
Originally Posted by
Semisane
Powder in the pan should be below the bottom of the touch hole, not blocking it. In both of my flinters, a level layer across the entire pan seems to work best, and it doesn't take much. I would call my pans about 1/3 full. You should also consider some black English flints instead of the Agates. Some folks seem to have good luck with Agates, but I'm not one.
I am going to order a frizzen cover from TOTW and I'm going to order some flints as well. I'm open to trying anything. I will say, the English flint that came w/the gun sparks about the same amount as these Agates.
Originally Posted by
nchawkeye
Where is this touch hole??? I've even made touch hole liners, counter bored them
and drilled them off center so it would be in the right place...I'd also look at going
to a White Lightning liner...
I don't care much for those cut flints either, I prefer the black English flints...
Here's a pic of both what amount/position of powder has worked for me so far-but again I'm up for any suggetions you guys may have.
nchawkeye, here's a pic of the touchole position.
