I thought PA was all Flintlock.So does it have to be a sidelock? The no primers thing is confusing, would caps be considered a primer?
I thought PA was all Flintlock.So does it have to be a sidelock? The no primers thing is confusing, would caps be considered a primer?
We have two blackpowder seasons one in October any blackpowder ignition doe only and one starts the day after Xmas and goes about a month, more in some areas, it's flintlock only, buck or doeI thought PA was all Flintlock.
The white hots just don't like the flinters, although you could prime the charge with a couple grains of 4F then the white hot pellet but I don't shoot pellets out of any of my sidelock rifles, I like that I can work up a load to the grainI recommend IMR’s “White Hots” a little cleaner burning thus less fouling and hold the same zero for me as my triple 7’s did. Clean up is a snap with hornady’s solvent. A little goes a long way too. However I shoot inlines. TC Impact and one of their first inlines’s a Thunderhawk Shadow. Both like 100 grains or two pellets (50gr each) pushing a 240 gr. Hornady XTP .45 cal bullet with a green sabot. These bullets mushroom handsomely and drop everything they hit like a pole axe.
I really like the Hornady PA Conical, the thing is just a hammer, I shoot it out of all my 50 cals both inline and traditional. I wish they made them in 54 as well. My go to inline is a knight MK58 it's nothing special but it shoots well.I recommend IMR’s “White Hots” a little cleaner burning thus less fouling and hold the same zero for me as my triple 7’s did. Clean up is a snap with hornady’s solvent. A little goes a long way too. However I shoot inlines. TC Impact and one of their first inlines’s a Thunderhawk Shadow. Both like 100 grains or two pellets (50gr each) pushing a 240 gr. Hornady XTP .45 cal bullet with a green sabot. These bullets mushroom handsomely and drop everything they hit like a pole axe.
+2 with the TC Bore Butter I’ve had one yellow and one Green tube for decades. When you put a pea size in a patch and start working it n and warming it up it really goes a long way. What’s great about the modern inlines is you can remove the breech plug and clean from the breach out. I use the hornady solvent to clean everything including the breech plug etc and then wipe dry and then coat the barrel with the bore butter for storage. When iIm ready to hunt I heat up the barrel a bit with a hair dryer or put it next to the wood stove it makes the butter liquify and then I swab the barrel dry with dry patches. Usually takes about three or four. Then I load(but not near the wood stove)!!!!What for grease after cleaning the gun?
The renegades are shooters, I have a .54 cal renegade! Work up a load for it, and she'll eat. The TC always had tighter tolerances than others, much better the The pa pellet. You can put a little time in the traditions to tighten it up and finding a load it really likes but those renegades are well made rifles and easy to work with in my experience.Picked up a TC Renegade the other day. I have a Traditions PA Pellet, but wanted something a bit nicer.
Didn't get to hunt at all this year, and haven't gotten a deer with a flintlock yet, so I might put more time into it this year,
Are you looking for a flinter or percussion?What for grease after cleaning the gun?
flintAre you looking for a flinter or percussion?
Ok, I recommend NOT using cut flints, only get hand knapped flints. Cut flints dig heavily into Frizzell, the don't stay sharp long, and you can't really knap a good edge back onto them.....flint
That traditions pa pellet rifle is a flinter right?Ok, I recommend NOT using cut flints, only get hand knapped flints. Cut flints dig heavily into Frizzell, the don't stay sharp long, and you can't really knap a good edge back onto them.....
I know you don't understand what I mean yet, but trust me and look for hand knapped flints!!!
They have both flintlock and percussionThat traditions pa pellet rifle is a flinter right?
Moved up near Moraine state park.The renegades are shooters, I have a .54 cal renegade! Work up a load for it, and she'll eat. The TC always had tighter tolerances than others, much better the The pa pellet. You can put a little time in the traditions to tighten it up and finding a load it really likes but those renegades are well made rifles and easy to work with in my experience.
Where about in swpa are you??