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Le Loup
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chris123
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Le Loup
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frewen
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Le Loup
Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 91 Location: New England Australia.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 12 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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frewen wrote: |
I'm going to have to ask why - not that I disbelieve you. I'm just intrigued to know |
The flintlock is easy to service & repair if you carry a few spare springs & tools. IF you should run out of spare parts (though not likely because these guns are pretty robust), you can easily turn the flint lock into a matchlock & keep using it.
The lock can be used to make fire without using any gunpowder, but at the same time, gunpowder can be used with unprepared tinder to make fire with flint & steel.
A flintlock fusil or musket can digest round ball, bird shot, or swan shot (buckshot), or any combination of two of these together. You do not need to carry cartridges, but you can make cartridges for a smoothbore for faster reloading. Using a ball or bullet board also speeds reloading.
You can regulate how much charge you use IF you were getting low on gunpowder. You do not need to carry weighty reloading gear, all you need is a lead ladle & a ball mould.
Lead ball can be retrieved from shot game & is easily remoulded for use again. This fact means that you can carry less lead & more of the lighter gunpowder.
Apart from the powder horn, you can also carry extra gunpowder (black powder) in a powder bag. When a powder bag is empty of gunpowder, it is used to store spare tinder for fire lighting. Tinder stored in this manner is quick to catch a spark from flint & steel.
IF you were to run out of lead, other objects can be used in a survival situation. As the gun's ignition relies only on a hard sharp rock & a steel, suitable rocks can be found in most places should you run out of flints, but I always carry spares anyway. I think that covers it frewen.
Regards, Keith.
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frewen
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Le Loup
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oldish chris
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