*IF YOU STILL HAVE THAT RIFLE, YES, FFg double F or...better yet, FFFg Triple F 'real black powder' is easier to light. 80-85 grains {or a spent 45/70 cartridge full to the mouth} should be an adequate charge. FFFFg "Four F" makes good priming powder as it stays in the pan, while hunting, better than Swiss Null B. Null B priming powder is great for target shooting due to quicker flash to ignition time... However it might leak out of the pan if frizzen to pan fit is less than perfect fit or less than perfectly clean. As you mentioned, i can confirm, "REAL BLACK POWDER" is still the preferred powder for those. Pan half full or halfway covering the flash hole or touch hole, 'or some call it the drum' is ideal for proper ignition of Genuine Real Black Powder. Be safe and enjoy the hunt.*
Interesting gun. I think a number of years ago TC came out with a muzzleloader called the "Firestorm" A lot like yours, it was a flinter and had the removal breech plug. It, too, fired Pyrodex pellets, but did much better with powder. Sort of a quirky thing, but interesting. Of course, TC was taken over by S&W and that was the end of that. Thanks for another fine video.
I use half a pan with a normal flintlock and poke the touch hole with nipple pick like you say, read a great article on that but forget the author. This one is a different critter. For black powder only I use half a pan but I'll try 1/3rd later and see how it works. The pan and frizzen on this gun is larger than most. So far I am following the instruction that came with the gun for the most part. This is classified as an inline and is supposed to be able to use pellets and substitutes.
*IF YOU STILL HAVE THAT RIFLE, YES, FFg double F or...better yet, FFFg Triple F 'real black powder' is easier to light. 80-85 grains {or a spent 45/70 cartridge full to the mouth} should be an adequate charge. FFFFg "Four F" makes good priming powder as it stays in the pan, while hunting, better than Swiss Null B. Null B priming powder is great for target shooting due to quicker flash to ignition time... However it might leak out of the pan if frizzen to pan fit is less than perfect fit or less than perfectly clean. As you mentioned, i can confirm, "REAL BLACK POWDER" is still the preferred powder for those. Pan half full or halfway covering the flash hole or touch hole, 'or some call it the drum' is ideal for proper ignition of Genuine Real Black Powder. Be safe and enjoy the hunt.*
For someone who lifts his head and flinched at least you hit the paper!!!! Lolololol
Interesting gun. I think a number of years ago TC came out with a muzzleloader called the "Firestorm" A lot like yours, it was a flinter and had the removal breech plug. It, too, fired Pyrodex pellets, but did much better with powder. Sort of a quirky thing, but interesting. Of course, TC was taken over by S&W and that was the end of that. Thanks for another fine video.
Like any flinter, black is needed to set the charge off without hang fire.
Thank you for review!
My pleasure.
Interesting. How would you rate the trigger pull ???
It's actually decant, didn't check the weight required but I like it.
What size flints do you use
3/4”
After you fixed it what percentage do you get ignition
98%
Use black powder in the pan, not black powder substitute. It's ok to use black powder substitute in the chamber, but not in the pan.
That’s all I ever use in the pan, FFFF Goex.
I have the same rifle I love it. Thank you for sharing
Carl Gula My pleasure, it has a lot of potential for reaching out.
A good friend of mine has been trying to push me to order a rifle like yours
Keep in mind it doesn't work as advertised, using real black powder is fine but, like all flinters, doesn't like the substitutes.
I would recommend black powder only out of a flint. Poke your touch hole out with piece of wire and only fill your pan 1/3
I use half a pan with a normal flintlock and poke the touch hole with nipple pick like you say, read a great article on that but forget the author. This one is a different critter. For black powder only I use half a pan but I'll try 1/3rd later and see how it works. The pan and frizzen on this gun is larger than most. So far I am following the instruction that came with the gun for the most part. This is classified as an inline and is supposed to be able to use pellets and substitutes.
Pyrodex is less sensitive to fire than black powder