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I got up to the range this morning to test fire my Frankenflinter.
Setup a target at 25 yards, walked back to the bench and loaded up 60 grains [V] of Swiss 3f under a 490 ball with a .010 cotton spit patch.
I primed the pan with about 5 grains of 3f and took aim.
I squeezed the trigger, bang! The gun fired instantly. My shot struck the target about 2 inches low of the bull.
This is pretty cool, I thought to myself.
I reloaded, took aim and bang again. Shot # 2 hit a bit to the right of the first.
Shot # 3 was low again with a bit of a delayed ignition.
At shot # 4, no spark. The flint loosened up and shifted a bit. It also looked a bit dull now so I changed flints. Got that done and shot 4 went off with some delay.
Shots 4 and 5 struck very low with delayed ignition.
I should have called it a day because the wind was blowing pretty good but I wanted one more quick shot. I swabbed the barrel only once, ( mistake on my part) and reloaded. Shot # 6, flash only, no kaboom.
I took my nipple pick and poked the vent a few times, reprimed. The gun wouldn't fire. I tried several times, no kaboom, so I packed up.
When I got home, I pulled the barrel and unscrewed the vent and trickled some powder in the opening, reinstalled the vent and put the barrel back on. I primed the pan, took aim at a stump in the back yard. Kaboom, the gun went off.
I know that I pushed some fouling down the barrel and caused my own problems.
A lot of fun and a lot to learn yet.
Setup a target at 25 yards, walked back to the bench and loaded up 60 grains [V] of Swiss 3f under a 490 ball with a .010 cotton spit patch.
I primed the pan with about 5 grains of 3f and took aim.
I squeezed the trigger, bang! The gun fired instantly. My shot struck the target about 2 inches low of the bull.
This is pretty cool, I thought to myself.
I reloaded, took aim and bang again. Shot # 2 hit a bit to the right of the first.
Shot # 3 was low again with a bit of a delayed ignition.
At shot # 4, no spark. The flint loosened up and shifted a bit. It also looked a bit dull now so I changed flints. Got that done and shot 4 went off with some delay.
Shots 4 and 5 struck very low with delayed ignition.
I should have called it a day because the wind was blowing pretty good but I wanted one more quick shot. I swabbed the barrel only once, ( mistake on my part) and reloaded. Shot # 6, flash only, no kaboom.
I took my nipple pick and poked the vent a few times, reprimed. The gun wouldn't fire. I tried several times, no kaboom, so I packed up.
When I got home, I pulled the barrel and unscrewed the vent and trickled some powder in the opening, reinstalled the vent and put the barrel back on. I primed the pan, took aim at a stump in the back yard. Kaboom, the gun went off.
I know that I pushed some fouling down the barrel and caused my own problems.
A lot of fun and a lot to learn yet.