RE: I'm thinking of getting a flintlock.
 

Thanks for the report cayugad,

I got to thinking about the 4f powder sticking in the flask problem
last night. The priming flask just came on a card with no instructions.
So it came to me, that they may have used some type of light oilor
lubricant on the spout to keep it from seizing up during storage.
So I dumped the powder out on a paper towel, and washed the flask
good in alcohol and now letting it dry. We'll see ifthat helps.

My wife works at wal mart, and she is suppose to bebringing some of the
blue stripe pillow ticking home tonight. I'll try it and see if it helps my
roundball grouping. Is there any difference between the (Red and Blue)
stripe pillow tick?

What type of lube were you using with the Minnies? (Soft or Tacky)
Just curious is all.

RE: I'm thinking of getting a flintlock.
 

Thanks sproulman,

That's some great advice. I use to put my front sight dead on the
target to shoot,but my eyes won't let me do that now. Especially
at 50yrds. So I'm trying to get use to putting the target on top of
the front sight nowdays. The target above should have been 3-1/4"
across. "Sorry I typed thatin wrongon the pic"What I was doing
therewas, following the post upand putting thecat head on top of
my front sight and using the gap between the ears as guide for center.
I can seethe gap at a distancebetter than a scope line on the more
modern targets. Works for me anyway.

When we go back out to the range we'll setup at 25yrds this time.
That fifty yardswas kinda hard to pull off, but the shooting table
was already there from shooting some of my other riflesand we
were in kind of a rush to shoot that day. We waited till late afternoon
for the wind to die down, but it didn't cooperate as usual. We were
swabbing the bore about every third shot. I may swab more often
next time out and just see ifthathelps too.

Really appreciate the help!

Here are thetargets I've beenusingif anyonewants totry them
just for fun.

Small Target
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e355/777ffg/Blackcat.jpg

Large Solid
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e355/777ffg/Blackcattarget5.jpg

Large White Center
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e355/777ffg/Blackcattarget2.jpg