Traditional Muzzleloading Association
Traditional Firearms => Flintlock Pistols => Topic started by: Paulk on November 11, 2018, 03:44:16 PM
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I jumped into the flintlock pistol world and picked up a .50 cal Hawken flintlock, Siler lock, 10" Oregon barrel, poured pewter nose cap, single set trigger, maple stock. Should be fun working up a load and learning to shoot it. [ Invalid Attachment ]
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That's a nice looking pistol, Paul! :bl th up Let us know how it shoots. Siler Locks are top locks! :hairy
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What's the twist rate in that beauty?
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What's the twist rate in that beauty?
It's a 1-20 twist. Gonna shoot it tomorrow for the first time.
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That's certainly a nice one.
Hope ya got to shoot it today.
Let us know how you like it, it Looks like a ton of fun to these old eyes. :bow
Russ...
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Nice looking belt pistol, should shoot good too.
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Nice looking hog leg! Did you buy it like that or have it made?
Darren
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I bought it like that from the folks at the gun works. I forget who they had make it but he did a nice job.
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The people there at the Gun Works (OR) are good people and know their stuff.
Looks like a good transaction.
John
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beautious! how she shoot??
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It's really a pleasure to shoot. I did change the front sight to a silver blade. I seem to see this better. Been in the middle of deer season so haven't so been through all the load combos I want to try. I do know it will take a lot of practice to get accurate off hand.
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I'm still practicing with my Rendezvous pistol, Paul - and I've had it 20+ years! I'm getting closer each year (I think)... :P
They are fun to shoot, and they can be a tester for folks like me who's shooting is 99.9% rifle. We've got monthly postal matches this coming year with some pistol shoots, so I'm hoping to solve "my" front sight woes that simply have confounded me for years. If the matches don't help,,, well I'll keep trying. :toast :shake
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We've got monthly postal matches this coming year with some pistol shoots
Joe, Are revolvers acceptable in the postal matches or not?
Inquiring minds need to know, you know. I know you know, y'know.
John
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We've got monthly postal matches this coming year with some pistol shoots
Joe, Are revolvers acceptable in the postal matches or not?
Inquiring minds need to know, you know. I know you know, y'know.
John
No reason why not. We should incorporate the "As Issued" sight rule to keep everything on an even keel. :bl th up
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YaY!! That means I can use the famous patented Col. Colt's disappearing rear revolver sight.
That's the hammer. :applaud :applaud
Pull the trigger and the rear sight disappears. :Doh!
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YaY!! That means I can use the famous patented Col. Colt's disappearing rear revolver sight.
That's the hammer. :applaud :applaud
Pull the trigger and the rear sight disappears. :Doh!
It worked quite well for Hickock and Hardin... :bl th up :toast :shake
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Yeah, but they knew what the heck they were doing.
By contrast, I've kinda forgotten about all those skills.
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By contrast, I've kinda forgotten about all those skills.
Heck John, I never had 'em! :laffing I'm still a learning 'em... :bl th up
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Back to the original post, how have you made out with this fine piece, Paul? Inquiring minds need to know....
~Kees~
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Kees, sorry for not replying but I just saw your post now. I’ve had a long layoff from shooting so haven’t made any progress at all. I did get back to shooting the past couple days and shot the pistol today. I can tell you it’s going to be a long learning curve. I’m going to focus on shooting just the pistol this year so hopefully will make some progress.