Getting ready for the Traditional Flintlock (PA) Deer Season.

[Adam Helmer]

skeet,

Sure, you are an expert.

At the bench my flinters are some days Very Good and some days "fussy." We all get an occasional "flash in the pan" even though we ran a piece of wire into the touch hole before priming the pan. We all fire along in fine fettle and then a "Clunk" of the flint on the frizzen and no spark. The flint got dull or the frizzen needed to be "freshened" to produce more sparks.

Now, if we add in a rainy or windy day, the odds go up against us.
I would estimate (NOT debate) that my flinters are in the 75% to 85% reliability range on good days. I have never read that flinters had 100% reliability even when serviced by experts because of the many variables in the equation. That is what makes flinters fun.

Adam