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Old 12-27-2014 | 04:23 PM
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It's no wonder being a good shot with a muzzleloader takes lots of practice. You don't notice the delay that much until you slow things down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Y-hu36PpA
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Old 12-27-2014 | 04:45 PM
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That guy sure wasn't wearing a friendly video-taking face.
Yes, the slow-motion replay was pretty cool.
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Old 12-27-2014 | 04:56 PM
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Lol...that was me. Actually had a misfire right before that shot. I wanted to slow the video down to see how bad I was flinching.
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Old 12-27-2014 | 05:03 PM
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Neat video Windwalker. I don't see any flinch. Just a bit of eye blink at the trigger pull.
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Old 12-27-2014 | 05:52 PM
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Yep! no flinch. You done good. I noticed that rifle seemed to have a little recoil. What kind of load were you shooting?
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Old 12-27-2014 | 06:01 PM
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I didn't notice a flinch either. But I may have detected a bit of 'fusing' caused by too much powder in the pan. You might want to try a bit less - just enough to give you reliable ignition and not cover the flash hole.
But the video was cool.
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Old 12-27-2014 | 06:07 PM
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The load was 90gr of ff with a patched round ball. I'm thinking the slow motion exaggerated the way the recoil looked.
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Old 12-29-2014 | 07:56 PM
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It was slow enough that I would have considered it a "hang fire".... If you're using the proper vent liner (touchhole), your frizzen face is clean, your flint's sharp and you haven't banked the pan too heavy toward the vent, you shouldn't hear the "klatch" of the lock ahead of the report. It should just go BOOM!!

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Old 12-30-2014 | 03:44 AM
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Very cool. Thanks for posting.
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