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krazykat · June 30, 2011, 04:03 PM

i'm tired of going to the range and blowing off 3 or 4 hundred rounds as fast as i can pull the trigger...

also,there's always been something about the historical nature of guns in general that has always fascinated me, but never got around to owning one
of the old relics till i saw how accurate and worthy these guns from another time still are.

i had the false impression tthat flintlocks and percussion guns were all smoothbore and scatter guns accurate to just a few yards or so.

boy, was i wrong. from all the reading i've done here and on other sites these old guns are just as accurate using round ball as modern day open sighted rifles are using modern day ammo.

i havn't even got my first blackpowder pistol yet, but if i take to it like i think
i am, i can see adding a lyman great plains flintlock to my meagre collection.

June 30, 2011, 04:03 PM	#3
krazykat Member Join Date: June 24, 2011 Location: central florida Posts: 44	i'm tired of going to the range and blowing off 3 or 4 hundred rounds as fast as i can pull the trigger... also,there's always been something about the historical nature of guns in general that has always fascinated me, but never got around to owning one of the old relics till i saw how accurate and worthy these guns from another time still are. i had the false impression tthat flintlocks and percussion guns were all smoothbore and scatter guns accurate to just a few yards or so. boy, was i wrong. from all the reading i've done here and on other sites these old guns are just as accurate using round ball as modern day open sighted rifles are using modern day ammo. i havn't even got my first blackpowder pistol yet, but if i take to it like i think i am, i can see adding a lyman great plains flintlock to my meagre collection.