Mr. Longbeard

im new to flintlock ing... But I'm pretty sure I've got it down...buddy of mine gave me his dad's lefthanded Lyman's GPR...At first I was getting miss fires and bad hang fires then after a little research and you tube I've finally broke the code...

Now I'm having instant ignition and put 54 cal round balls in about a 3" group at 50 yards...

Ready for sat after Christmas!!!

Muley Hunter

Good luck.

I had the same gun, and kept loosing the pan charge when walking. Make sure to check that yours doesn't do that.

cayugad

Good luck. You have a great rifle there.

rafsob

I have that gun, but never hunted with it. I keep saying I will, but don't follow through.

Nice gun:

quigleysharps4570

Best of luck to you on your hunt.

bronko22000

Hey Longbeard Good Luck. I shoot my flinters all year long so I know they're ready if I do my part.
As for your hang fires - if you don't have a RMC vent liner order one and put in it. Also, don't put too much powder into your pan to cover the vent liner hole. That's where you get the fuse effect. Set your flint to just touching your frizzen or just off it. I like having mine to where I can just see daylight but not quite touching.
I've also heard on here that using FFFg in the pan in lieu of FFFFg gives you better ignition in damp weather due to the larger surface area. I haven't tried that yet but the guys that said it seem to be pretty reputable. So take that for what its worth.
You can seal the edges of your flash pan with Chapstick too to hold the powder and to help seal it from the weather.

Mr. Longbeard

Good tips man thanks!!! I'm really thinking that I may just keep my pan MT until I'm ready to shoot and then charge it... I'm sure I still have a lot of little tricks to learn lol but I'm ready to get after em!!!

Johnmorris

The RMC flash hole liner really helped me but if you get one put some nipple grease on when you install it they can seize w/o it

MountainDevil54

Good luck! be sure to take some pictures if you can.