To pick or not to Pick
01-06-2008 | 01:23 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
To pick or not to Pick
Your vent hole on a flintlock. I came across an interesting disscussion on another site and thought it would be interesting to see wht you guy's do.
I pick my vent when I don't I get F.I.P.'s. I think it helps keep the liner clean thus ensuring a spark transfer from the pan to the charge. I also bank the powder to the outside of the pan. Basic geometry dictates that would be the preferred place for the prime IMO.
I did a little youtubing and found this Siler lock demo in slow motion. Be patient it is in Super Slow Mo
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GzgVnH6uEP0&feature=related
and another
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLHXwoClyo&feature=related
I pick my vent when I don't I get F.I.P.'s. I think it helps keep the liner clean thus ensuring a spark transfer from the pan to the charge. I also bank the powder to the outside of the pan. Basic geometry dictates that would be the preferred place for the prime IMO.
I did a little youtubing and found this Siler lock demo in slow motion. Be patient it is in Super Slow Mo
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GzgVnH6uEP0&feature=related
and another
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLHXwoClyo&feature=related
01-06-2008 | 04:22 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: To pick or not to Pick
ORIGINAL: HuntAway
Your vent hole on a flintlock. I came across an interesting disscussion on another site and thought it would be interesting to see wht you guy's do.
I pick my vent when I don't I get F.I.P.'s. I think it helps keep the liner clean thus ensuring a spark transfer from the pan to the charge. I also bank the powder to the outside of the pan. Basic geometry dictates that would be the preferred place for the prime IMO.
I did a little youtubing and found this Siler lock demo in slow motion. Be patient it is in Super Slow Mo
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GzgVnH6uEP0&feature=related
and another
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLHXwoClyo&feature=related
Your vent hole on a flintlock. I came across an interesting disscussion on another site and thought it would be interesting to see wht you guy's do.
I pick my vent when I don't I get F.I.P.'s. I think it helps keep the liner clean thus ensuring a spark transfer from the pan to the charge. I also bank the powder to the outside of the pan. Basic geometry dictates that would be the preferred place for the prime IMO.
I did a little youtubing and found this Siler lock demo in slow motion. Be patient it is in Super Slow Mo
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GzgVnH6uEP0&feature=related
and another
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLHXwoClyo&feature=related
01-06-2008 | 05:44 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: southwest Ohio
RE: To pick or not to Pick
When I shot a flintlock I stuck a round toothpick in the vent while I dropped the charge & seated the ball. That kept the powder from being right up against the vent where a single kernel of powder could plug the vent. ThenI'd pull the toothpick out and prime the pan about1/3 full, but keeeping the prime charge well below the vent and to the outside of the pan. Ignition was often as fast as my caplocks.
