Ok sounds good!
philo426 Nice!do you have to prime the frizzen with 4f powder?
Nice!do you have to prime the frizzen with 4f powder?
Typically I did. As a sport shooter speed in loading wasn't a problem so I had a separate flask with 4f priming powder.
Historically the Brown Bess like all military flintlock muskets of the time were primed with the same powder that was in the cartridge, usually the equivalent of modern 2f black powder. If the lock and the flint were good it didn't make much difference, if any at all, I've tried it myself and it works. Modern re-enactors prime with the powder from the paper cartridges they make themselves.
I have TWO Brown Besses! One original and one replica in carbine form.
My favorite flintlock musket, stocked like a modern shotgun it fits me perfectly and shoots reliably. Actually I haven't shot either one in some years, the passion's not there right now but it might come back. Who knows?
I used to shoot trap (claybirds) with the Bess carbine too! PULL!
Full disclosure, that's not me in the picture, it's one I downloaded.
Yes they were,is your rifle a Brown Bess?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bde2WKkfzr8
MTH Bantams are pullers all right, I've got an N&W Class J I call "My little baby 611" that pulls like a draft horse. Too bad they don't make those Bantams anymore, they and the starter sets they came in were a good deal!
I have it (MTH Bantam Blue Comet)pulling a pretty heavy train with no problems The Rail tank is on a Williams Heavyweight passenger car chassis and the tank unit alone weighs 2.5 lbs . Pretty cool! https://youtu.be/Bde2WKkfzr8
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