Rain & Black Powder

[Capn Jack]

Showers predicted for next weekend.

How will that affect the BP shoot at Green's?

Make it tough to keep mah match lit..

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[Roundball58]

"Alle Fähigkeit ist vergeblich, wenn ein Engel in Ihrem Notenloch uriniert."

Either you learn to deal with the rain or you stay home. Common sense about keeping things dry goes a long way.

One tip, watch your hat. Seen more than one charge dampened when somebody tipped their head down to look into the bore/pan/measure and a bunch of water came off the brim.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Flintlocks do work in the rain...
You just gotta keep the lock covered / cupped with your hand...and if loaded and primed for an extended time...change your priming at times...

As for matchlocks...don't have much shooting experience with those...so I can't really say...

The rain may indeed affect the turnout for the shoot at Greene's...
I still will be going , and Friday may be the best day to see my display...with it only being a one man show and weather , I will have a smaller display...8-10 guns and sundry items...
Andy

 

[Capn Jack]

Well Darn! I hope it clears up by noon...

 

[P7M13]

@AndyinEverson taught me, keep a cloth over your lock works and pan.
I spent a day hunting in pouring down rain with my flinty, used a thin watch of oiled leather, approx 8" x 12". I wrapped it around the lock.
Also keep your muzzle below level so water doesn't run down the barrel.

At the end of a hard driving day of rain, hiking through the foothills in the Lehigh Valley, my pan, powder and the charge in my gun were all dry. I shot out my flintlock because I was getting on a plane with it the next morning.

 

[Capn Jack]

Oh well....Next time.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Make yer self a nice leather lock cover, and lightly "Oil" it with tallow, will keep your lock work nice and dry, and your priming sbould also stay dry! Many old school shooters would also tie a leather cover over over the muzzle to prevent the ingress of water!

 

[Capn Jack]

Yer a better man than I am Gunga Din.

 

[Ura-Ki]

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Love that picture, little feller got his pride on!
One of yours little ones?

 

[EPS]

Mmmmm .
Pick the size you need .

 

[EPS]

Put one over the muzzle .
You can shoot it without removing it.

 

[Capn Jack]

Love that picture, little feller got his pride on!
One of yours little ones?

Not so lucky.
My, "Little Girl" is 44 with her own little boy about that age.

 

[turq]

90% isopropyl absorbs water and evaporates
Might help keeping that string smoldering...

 

[Longbeard]

There is a thing called a "Cow's knee" that is still available for sale to
cover the ignition. Muzzleloader Flintlock Supplies, Supplied By The Possible Shop
its called by several names. In past times they also had expandable
wooden plugs to put in the bore to keep the rain out; I just can't think
of the name at the moment...

Blessings,
Lobgbeard

 

[Andy54Hawken]

In past times they also had expandable
wooden plugs to put in the bore to keep the rain out; I just can't think
of the name at the moment...

Those are called "tampion" ...for the more historic minded , they were used mostly on military guns and weren't commonly used on civilian arms....
Andy