Made smoke today
I took my recently finished Hawken stock with the new GM 1:66 flintlock barrel on it (.50 cal) to the range today. I was just doing some initial shooting to sight in and see what ball/patch combo worked best. It appears that .015" patches and .495" balls are just right. Going to try .490" balls with .018" and .020" patches next time out.
All in all it was a good day. The barrel is really accurate with 90 gr of FFFg putting the balls within about 1 1/2" groups at 50 yds. But it was hard to see the brass bead on the front sight. Going to have to put some white fingernail polish on it to brighten it up prior to next shoot.