Finally got to shoot

[Dogshirt]

My total disgust and loathing of the flint system comes from owning one and spending 9 months trying to figure the thing out.
I shoot for fun. The fun and excitement ended after the second day. After a month, anger and frustration set in. After the second month,
I just kept at it out of bullheadedness. But enough is enough.
As I said, I shoot for fun, and there was none! I have shot everything there is to shoot, with the exception of what the Army has adopted
since I left. I shoot on a small bore competition team and with "Match Grade" ammo I have more misfires than I have with my percussion
guns. I have more .22 misfires in one match than I've had in 2 years with my GPR. And I watch the guys in my club have misfire after misfire,
then tell me their flint is just as reliable as my caplock.
No, it isn't fun and I doubt strongly that I'll ever give it another chance.

[hotfxr]

My total disgust and loathing of the flint system comes from owning one and spending 9 months trying to figure the thing out.
I shoot for fun. The fun and excitement ended after the second day. After a month, anger and frustration set in. After the second month,
I just kept at it out of bullheadedness. But enough is enough.
As I said, I shoot for fun, and there was none! I have shot everything there is to shoot, with the exception of what the Army has adopted
since I left. I shoot on a small bore competition team and with "Match Grade" ammo I have more misfires than I have with my percussion
guns. I have more .22 misfires in one match than I've had in 2 years with my GPR. And I watch the guys in my club have misfire after misfire,
then tell me their flint is just as reliable as my caplock.
No, it isn't fun and I doubt strongly that I'll ever give it another chance.

Ahhh, do you still have the flinter? If you are tossing it on the trash heap, toss it south a couple of states.

[pathfinder]

It's unfortunate that you started out with a bad gun! If you are new to flintlock's,and you have a crappy one to start with,well,that's a recipe for disaster! And far be it from me to try and convince you different.

There are alot of interesting caplock's out there,and darn good one's too! Pick up Dave Byrd's book,"GunMakers of Buffalo Valley & Greasy Cove in Unicoi County Tennessee" Some GREAT rifles in there and most or percussion. Some of the Ohio fishbelly long barrel half stock's are some of the most graceful gun's out there!

Those who know me may find it strange talking of rifles,let alone percussion. I'm a die hard Trade gunner through and through,but the late percussion period had some awfully nice firearm's!

And dont forget Hawkin's,Vincent...........

[Dogshirt]

My total disgust and loathing of the flint system comes from owning one and spending 9 months trying to figure the thing out.
I shoot for fun. The fun and excitement ended after the second day. After a month, anger and frustration set in. After the second month,
I just kept at it out of bullheadedness. But enough is enough.
As I said, I shoot for fun, and there was none! I have shot everything there is to shoot, with the exception of what the Army has adopted
since I left. I shoot on a small bore competition team and with "Match Grade" ammo I have more misfires than I have with my percussion
guns. I have more .22 misfires in one match than I've had in 2 years with my GPR. And I watch the guys in my club have misfire after misfire,
then tell me their flint is just as reliable as my caplock.
No, it isn't fun and I doubt strongly that I'll ever give it another chance.

Ahhh, do you still have the flinter? If you are tossing it on the trash heap, toss it south a couple of states.

No, it is loooooong gone and good riddance!

[mongrel]

There are lots of good and interesting specimens of every type of firearm known to man, muzzleloading or modern. There are even models of in-line that I appreciate for their graceful and very businesslike appearance. Yes, I know, we don't discuss such things, here, and the mention wasn't made for the sake of discussion; just to make a point, which is that we all have our likes and dislikes, preferences and prejudices, and if something isn't to someone's personal liking there is no need to get negative about it.

FWIW I have precisely the same reaction of wanting to scold and lecture when someone starts in on how flinters are the only ignition system that a sane and righteous individual ought to deal with. That's nonsense. To a degree such statements make for lively discussion, so long as they're made in good humor, but when I don't pick up on any particularly good humor in someone's criticism or disagreement -- I'm a moderator here and along with that sort of thing ruffling my feathers, it's also my job to step in and correct -- in other words, to moderate.

Which I did, although admittedly I stirred it in with way too much educational and personal commentary that no more than maybe three other living persons on the whole planet, other than myself, are really interested in.

It's also my job to declare that it's time this topic returned to Hotfxr's newfound enjoyment of muzzleloading in general and flinters in particular, lest newcomers get the idea that that simple enjoyment can't be brought up without starting a squabble. If I contributed to possibly giving that impression, my apologies, and -- we'll move along now.