Happiness Comes In .50 Cal.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:30 am

I ordered and picked up a Traditions Pennsylvania Pellet Flintlock in .50 cal at the end of March and thought a few folks might be interested. Range day is looking to be near the end of April to give her a first firing, weather permitting. Thanks goes to The Duchess on SDN for recommending Traditions to me.

Shot of the pan, frizzen and jaws:

Pan, frizzen, jaws and touchhole:

Sabot (L) and some cheap bulk ammo for target shooting (R):

Now with flint installed:

I know the pictures suck, seem to have a problem taking decent ones.

Post by **Mikey** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:38 am

I don't know much about these things, but it's a nice-looking piece. Any experience w/ muzzle-loaders?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:43 am

Mikey wrote:I don't know much about these things, but it's a nice-looking piece. Any experience w/ muzzle-loaders?

Nope. Can't be to hard though, illterate conscripts used them for hundreds of years after all. I've been reading the manual and watching some "how to vids", so I have an idea. It'll just take some practice.

Post by **Teaos** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:13 am

Pretty. I am assuming that is not a traditional case to go with the traditional gun

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:18 am

Sweet. I bet that'll be fun.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:29 am

Teaos wrote:Pretty. I am assuming that is not a traditional case to go with the traditional gun

Nope, though I wouldn't call it traditional in anything but mechanism.

Sweet. I bet that'll be fun.

Should be, wish the weather would improve so I could try it out.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:32 am

Mikey wrote:I don't know much about these things, but it's a nice-looking piece. Any experience w/ muzzle-loaders?

They aren't to hard so long as you keep the barrel clean.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:57 am

What if you over or under load the weapon? I'm assuming you'll be using powder as they did, and not pre-prepared ammo

Post by **Mikey** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:42 pm

IIRC, you can get pre-measured paper cartridges of powder.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:01 pm

Mark wrote:What if you over or under load the weapon? I'm assuming you'll be using powder as they did, and not pre-prepared ammo

You can buy powder measures to avoid that problem. I will be using pellets, which are Pyrodex (modern black powder) compressed into a little round cake. They come in either 30-50 grains and using more then three of the 50's would be dangerous, so it won't be hard to keep track.

Post by **Mikey** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:24 pm

Yeah, I guess when the breech blows up, you know it's time to dial it back.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:33 pm

Do you plan on hunting or is it just for fun or the pending UFP invasion?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:20 pm

Just for fun.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:14 pm

How does it feel? It looks like its made from plastic instead of wood. That would feel weird to me too have a plastic blackpower weapon. To light which would lose its old world soul for me.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:25 pm

Deepcrush wrote:How does it feel? It looks like its made from plastic instead of wood. That would feel weird to me too have a plastic blackpower weapon. To light which would lose its old world soul for me.

Feels great, it's 7lbs (same as the wood stock model IIRC) so it has a decent weight to it. Certainly feels more solid then the C-7 I carried and the barrel is nice and heavy. My next one will be wood though, love that brass furniture.

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