Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Traditional Firearms => Flintlock Long Guns => Topic started by: Darren Haverstick on November 24, 2018, 10:33:43 AM
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A little over a month ago I had a feller, Mike Delougherty, contact me after reading my traditional muzzleloader article in the 11/18 issue of "Fur-Fish-Game" magazine. He said he had a left-handed 62 flinter that really wanted to go moose hunting and wanted to know if I could give it a new home. Mike had it custom made back in 1986 for elk hunting but was not able to do that sort of thing anymore and he wanted the gun to go to someone who would use it. He sent me some photos of the rifle and the first thing I liked about it was that the barrel was only 30" long. All my longrifles are truly "looong" and I thought this gun would be ideal for toting around in the brush, my preferred place to hunt. His price was certainly reasonable and since he lives about 3 hours from me, we set up a date to rendezvous so I could see the rifle in person.
I drove to his place yesterday and couldn't have been happier with what I found. The rifle is in excellent condition! Mike even showed me the antlers off the 2 bull elk he had killed with it. The bonus was all the stuff Mike gave me in addition to the rifle. I got several cans of different grade powders, balls, shot, ball molds, a melting pot, lead, and a bunch of tools. He even threw in an old rusty barrel and stock from the mid 1800's. They aren't anything usable but they sure do make a great conversation piece!
I still have a couple of firearm seasons left in Missouri that I can try this baby out in. I sure would like to christen it properly!
Darren
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Here are all the extras: two boxes of stuff, a big can of shot, and a bag of lead.
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Nice. That ought to make the elk nervous!
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I like that Darren! :hairy
Make sure you let us know how it shoots! :hairy
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Mike, the guy who had the rifle made, said he shot 80-90 grains of 2F under a patched round ball. He said that using any more powder would cause his groups to widen and patches to burn. I would have thought that 3F would have been better suited for that short barrel. That's what I'm going to try.
Darren
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That's terrific! :hairy
We really need to know how you do with it. Do I foresee another F-F-G article coming up, since that is why you were given the rifle to begin with? :applaud
~Kees~
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Don't know how I messed this post, but there ain't fleas on that dog.
Plus, all the "goodies" you got with it :o
Seems Christmas came a bit early in your neck of the woods.
:hairy
Russ...
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very cool darren, looks like a good brush gun. :bl th up
i'd definitely be using 3f for both tube and pan, and would start off bench testing with 65 grains and work upwards! :wave :*:
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You have a beautiful rifle...love the 30" size...hard to beat that. I have a .60 cal Jaeger just a little longer, and it's my favorite flinter. Grats on getting a great gun and getting that button buck with it.