how much powder and size of slug do you load in that cannon?

" I saw the smoke, I knew it was you before I saw ya" is what the president of my gunclub remarked to me as we met on the range one day.

Doegirl75...do you have many shooting black powder at the club?

Got the look a few times, sometimes will try to pick a bench so smoke
doesn't move across the lanes. I think my target gets more looks than
my ML. County Range"Master" likes to accuse me of too much rapid fire or remind me of "NO SMOKING" on his range.

Only the wife is allow to give me the LOOK . Any body else is asked to leave my property ASAP.

Al

My ML is a flintlock. It always gets "wtf"looks.Often times people willcome up and start asking all sorts of questions IE: "how come it has two triggers...?"

I don't mind it so long as it is during our range's "cease fire." I figure it is a good way to raise awareness in our sport, especially flintlocks.

I have had onlookers stand directly to the right of me while shooting-they are curious about the operation of the lock. I often wonder if they are thinking along the lines "is that thing really going to work...?" Having gotten dinged with plenty of hot .223 and 7.62 I always ask people to stand back a bit-it adds a bit to the mystique

MLs are fun, just be ready for looks and questions.

~Robert

Only took it personally 1x and that was in CA with a range officer that was full of himself. He took issue with where I stationed on the 50 yd range muttering about stink, smoke, ad nauseum and I took offense. Resutantly I called him on his attitude and he was about to bounce me when a friend that just happened to be a rock lock shootist and the senior range marshal at the range took offense with the younguns attitude and bounced HIM off the range...

Ive found more often than not, you give someone a chance to try what yer using you get less static in the long run from the balance of the folks nearby. Granted it takes time away from your shooting but ultimately it does create curiosity and sometimes a new shootist or 2 develops in the BP venue as the result...

D.

The only problem with people that take an interest in the traditional rifles or black powder rifles for that matter is.. when you shoot them you really need to pay attention to what you are doing. Other wise the rifle can be short loaded, or even misloaded. That is the time you see ramrods go down range. I have seen it.

I have found more mistakes people loading make when some one starts to question them or examine the stuff they have out in front of them. You need to concentrate and pay attention. While I like to share the experience, I would rather load the rifle (while they watch and stay quiet)and offer someone to take a shot or two with it. After which explain all that happen and then answer their questions.

At the range I frequent there are numerous people shooting ML's. Even though there are some sole bench rest shooters the vast majority are hunters so many take their ML's out for a ride.

With the load I shoot it is7.1 in low at 200 and26.8 in low at 300.
At 2440fps,with 250 sst.This was actually measured useing the cross hairs,but I use blistic dot type scopes,zeroed for 1,2 and 300 yds.It is a savage.Below is a few groups useing different powders.