Post by: RobD on August 31, 2015, 08:08:05 AM
how's the nipple quality? it's s'posed to be a 6x1 and was thinking of getting some hot shot s/s spare nipples.
how's that d/s trigger quality and performance? i heard it could a possible issue. anyone replace it with a good davis d/s?
any comments on the sights, in particular that rear buckhorn?
tia!
Post by: greyhunter on August 31, 2015, 08:18:07 AM
Post by: RobD on August 31, 2015, 08:29:00 AM
what new nipple didja get and how's it working for ya?
Post by: greyhunter on August 31, 2015, 09:19:21 AM
Post by: Hanshi on August 31, 2015, 03:59:06 PM
Post by: RobD on August 31, 2015, 04:24:22 PM
Quote from: "Hanshi"
I thoroughly enjoyed mine!
i really like yer new .32, too!
Post by: Two Steps on August 31, 2015, 09:06:37 PM
BTW...mine was/is capable of better groups than I could give it off hand
Al
Post by: hawkthrower on August 31, 2015, 10:15:27 PM
Mostly the more fun for LESS!!!!!!!
Post by: RobD on September 02, 2015, 08:18:26 AM
knowing that there are lotsa differences in both nipples and caps, what brand and size seems to work best in your crockett?
Post by: hawkthrower on September 02, 2015, 10:36:28 PM
Post by: Fletcher on September 04, 2015, 09:07:34 AM
I bought a brass rod and the patches get stuck if just a little too big.
The .30 - .39 work but I trim them down. Same with .22 LR square patches
Post by: RobD on September 04, 2015, 05:22:43 PM
anyhoo, the hammer's cup has a kinda "V" slice up front - is that a defect or is it intentional, perhaps to divert potential busted cap pieces?
(http://i.imgur.com/tMglNj1.jpg)
Post by: Two Steps on September 04, 2015, 06:58:37 PM
Al
Post by: Mike Arnett on September 05, 2015, 12:29:25 AM
Season opens back up in 10 more days I can't wait to get back out into the woods and try to get more bushy tails.
Post by: RobD on September 05, 2015, 06:24:32 PM
fwiw, cci #10 caps fit the stock 6x1 nipple and go off just fine! click the image below for the video ...
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lxousU5mD34/hqdefault.jpg) (http://https)
didn't like the orange anodized aluminum ramrod so i stained and clear coated a straight grained birch dowel, made it an inch longer for ease of use, added a tenon to the tip then glued and riveted on a brass jag cap. ah, mo' bettah!
(http://i.imgur.com/i77wUbW.jpg)
what a difference 'tween the .562's for the .58 musket (280 grains) and the .311's for the .32 (45 grains) .......
(http://i.imgur.com/rlG5nQu.jpg)
Post by: Fletcher on September 10, 2015, 07:28:19 PM
Post by: RonC on September 12, 2015, 10:24:46 AM
Ron
Post by: RobD on September 17, 2015, 06:09:29 AM
i'm not a fan of cap locks, but i heartily recommend that everybody needs this one!
click the image below to see the vid ...
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rdwiCpxManQ/hqdefault.jpg) (http://https)
Post by: Bigsmoke on September 17, 2015, 10:33:18 AM
Post by: RobD on September 17, 2015, 11:25:45 AM
Quote from: "bigsmoke"
You made a birchwood ramrod for that riflet? Out of what, a round toothpick? :rotf
no, a straight-as-an-arrow 5/16" arrow shaft. :Doh!
Post by: Bigsmoke on September 17, 2015, 01:00:09 PM
I'm sorry, here you are, trying to be serious and answer a silly question, and I am just going for the chuckle factor.
I know a toothpick wouldn't work, it isn't long enough. (Close to the right diameter, though.) I really hope you enjoy the little rifle. I also have heard good reports, although in years gone by when we sold them, there were some QC issues that bothered me about the guns, namely lineup of hammer-nipple, function of lock assembly, and fit and finish of furniture to wood. Hopefully, they have cleaned up those issues by now. I recall having to ship back a number of them then, probably in the late 1990's?
John
Post by: RobD on September 17, 2015, 01:26:41 PM
maybe i got lucky, probably so noting others with traditions firearms issues, but this one's a keeper for sure.
four little 32 holes and a pair of 58's @ 33 yards ...
(http://i.imgur.com/oilR3Nl.jpg)
Post by: Bigsmoke on September 17, 2015, 02:40:04 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on September 22, 2015, 02:34:21 PM
Does that make sense?
In fact, I am pleased that all those who dearly love the little three-two are pleased, and I suspects that's mostly because it makes me look a bit less silly when I personally praise the many values of this little rifle.
Short story on the little .32;
Years ago, in what would be the early days of muzzleloading for many folks, and that would have have been sometime around, or a bit earlier than 1976, I showed up at a match in Paso Del Norte packin a mighty little three-two flinter.
If I recall just right the laughter started long before the first shot was fired, but that laughter seemed to break into a rolling thunder after I fired the first shot....just the sound of that little pip-squeak sent laughter roaring through the Pass to the North.....unnerving at best! They had suddenly won the psychology of the match before it had gotten underway good.
It was a twenty shot match, five banks of targets, which was standard back in that day, ten off-hand, ten from a rest......
By noon of that same day there was no more laughing, no more cheap shots at my little "pea shooter", nothing but Oohs, and Ahaa's as I very calmly took their money, every last penny of it, as I had easily taken both off-hand, and the rest events...no arguing, no discussion, no measurements required!
Since that day I have been convinced that, for all practical purposes, the mighty little three-two is a winner in many many respects, none of the least being its power when needed, or its lack thereof.
Back in those days it was popular, albeit more than just a mite dangerous, to "load 'em till they crack"!
That "load 'em till they crack" happened somewhere around 43-45gr FFFg in that particular gun, and the tighter the better with the patch......couldn't afford a Chronograph back in those days so I have no clue what the little 47gr pill was doing velocity wise, but the sound was eerie similar to that of a cartridge rifle.
Shortly after this, and a few years before retirement, I was stationed at Ft. McClellan, Alabama...smack dab in the very heart of "Skwerl" country, and then, that same rifle, became the love of my life using 15gr FFFG, as I became a walkin, talkin, singin, hootin, hollerin threat to every Bushytail in the county....and Alabama has some big beautiful Grey Squirrels!
The bag limit back then was very generous, and "southern Skwerl recipes" were aplenty.....it was during this time that I became convinced there was simply nothing better that the gentlemanly art of Squirrel Hunting, which was indeed the Prince of the hunting sports, and that little three-two was that same Gentleman Hunter's choice of firearms.
And, nothing has ever come along to change that thinkin.
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on September 22, 2015, 03:16:21 PM
(http://muskratandholland.choppix.com/uploads/images/Gallery/Rifles/32-cal-Barn-Gun/Maple-32-001.jpg)
Post by: RobD on September 26, 2015, 08:07:56 AM
just found out that all of the traditions firearms sidelock muzzle loaders have "welded" breech plugs.
attempting to remove any of these plugs will destroy the barrel.
:shock: :Doh!
ymmv.
Post by: Hanshi on September 30, 2015, 04:27:00 PM
Quote from: "rfd"
ya know, unca russ, since i've been having so much 32 crockett fun i been thinking about a 32 flinter, too - and keb's got one coming up for sale ...
(http://muskratandholland.choppix.com/uploads/images/Gallery/Rifles/32-cal-Barn-Gun/Maple-32-001.jpg)
That's what happened to me. My Crockett caused me to love the .32 caliber. Wasn't too many years later that I started daydreaming of a .32 in a flint longrifle. Now I'm truly
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Post by: RonC on September 30, 2015, 04:30:24 PM
I want a pea-shooter 32 or 36 cal longrifle flintlock, as well!
Ron
Post by: RobD on September 30, 2015, 05:07:14 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on September 30, 2015, 08:26:30 PM
All ya gotta do is try it, it's that simple.
You guys that live in Skwerl Country are truly lucky, and those who do and still don't take a shot or three with the awesome little three-two, you are missing out on some of the very best hunting imaginable.
Other calibers will work just fine too. Never hunted with a .36 but I've shot a few of them over the years.
I have tried "barking" with a .45 but that didn't work out well with Deer loads. I tried a reduced load and after a few hitches I did take a few Squirrel with that.
Never tried a .50 or a .54, never had the need, but I have heard stories....if ya know what I mean.
It has been years now since I hunted the hardwoods, and just as many years since I drew a bead on ol' bushytail.
Hanshi, I totally agree, what with all this talk about one of my favorite calibers, that urge to hunt the mighty Skwerl again is powerfully strong.
To all you "wee-caliber" guys that live for Squirrel hunting, I salute you!
I have always heard, "it's the little things in life that count", well, I now feel quite confident the fella that first said that was most likely referring to the little .32.........
Have fun....that's what Muzzleloading is really all about!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: snake eyes on September 30, 2015, 10:59:36 PM
I agree 100%! :shake [/color]
Post by: RobD on October 01, 2015, 05:01:43 AM
Post by: Hanshi on October 01, 2015, 05:58:03 PM
Post by: Hanshi on October 01, 2015, 06:02:51 PM
I killed them with my Crockett and then with my SMR .36. The Tn longrifle is still in the dialing in stage.
I cut my hunting teeth on squirrels and still feel the magic of those days. I still do it even now, but just not as often.
Post by: RobD on October 01, 2015, 06:27:41 PM
Post by: snake eyes on October 02, 2015, 12:55:10 PM
Quote from: "RonC"
Now, you fine fellows have done it!Ron,
I want a pea-shooter 32 or 36 cal longrifle flintlock, as well!
Ron
I have a .32, .36 and a .40. My .32 is my squirrel gun almost exclusively. My .36 for
squirrel and about anything up to the size of fox. My .40 is pretty much a range gun because it has great paper shooting ability to 50 yards. I also have a two .45s that are about the
same as the .40 as far as being accurate that I use for deer hunting with much success.
They are all percussion,my ignition of choice although I do own two F/Ls both .50cal.M2C
snake-eyes
Post by: RonC on October 02, 2015, 01:45:15 PM
I never thought much about the .32, so I checked on ball availability for the .32 and I am now very interested.
After all, that little .32 is so......cute!
Ron
Post by: RobD on October 03, 2015, 07:24:09 AM
i have in mind pedersoli's pennsylvania .32, from DGW .....
(http://www.dixiegunworks.com/images/FR3040.JPG)
Post by: RonC on October 03, 2015, 08:22:32 AM
I have my eyes open for a used longrifle in .32 to pop up on one of the sites. After selling a dual-sport motorcycle, I have some expendable funds for the important things in life, like muzzleloaders.
Ron
Post by: RobD on October 03, 2015, 08:29:35 AM
Post by: Swampfoot on October 31, 2015, 06:44:06 PM