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Bought another TC Pennsylvania Hunter flintlock yesterday. Nice piece of wood, a loose lock ( worst hammer/ tumbler fit I've ever seen)and a great barrel.
Basically bought it for the barrel on the off chance my issues with my original was due to a bad barrel.
Well...
Went to the range, after swapping barrels, with my usual load. A .490 ball, .015 patch ( mink oil for the lube) and 70 grains of 3f Swiss.
These loaded too easily. Hardly needed the starter. In the old barrel, I needed the starter. Accuracy was poor. 3 into 4 inches at 50. But the load was too loose.
Went today with some .018 patches. Needed the starter, ramming was not too difficult, but my 3 rounders at 50 were all under 2 inches! Point of impact overlap was practically perfect.
One range trip does not trend make. But. This seems to have been a chance well taken.
Ps. I have a spare flint hammer. But it won't fit on the tumbler. Too tight.
Gonna need to have somebody correct that...
Basically bought it for the barrel on the off chance my issues with my original was due to a bad barrel.
Well...
Went to the range, after swapping barrels, with my usual load. A .490 ball, .015 patch ( mink oil for the lube) and 70 grains of 3f Swiss.
These loaded too easily. Hardly needed the starter. In the old barrel, I needed the starter. Accuracy was poor. 3 into 4 inches at 50. But the load was too loose.
Went today with some .018 patches. Needed the starter, ramming was not too difficult, but my 3 rounders at 50 were all under 2 inches! Point of impact overlap was practically perfect.
One range trip does not trend make. But. This seems to have been a chance well taken.
Ps. I have a spare flint hammer. But it won't fit on the tumbler. Too tight.
Gonna need to have somebody correct that...
