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Our late flintlock season opens the 26th. Anyone got any tips or hints I can use to make sure Bettsy goes BANG instead of pfffft?
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<br>You guys with those damnable inlines- no smart remarks!:D
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I guess Bettsy is a flintlock. Not to worry, because dampness will put those inlines in the grave depending on how they are setup.
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<br>First of all I prime with the same powder I'm shooting whether it be 3F or 2F. I change prime powder often. I use a cows knee to cover the lock if there is any chance of rain. Lastly I put a small ballon over the muzzel to keep any errant water out of the bore.
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<br>Works for me.
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<br>Good luck

Spray it real good with Scotch Guard! I used to do that to my fletching to keep those feathers from soaking up rain water.
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<br>Seriously, change primer often, cover the lock ( a cut off leg from a rain coat is what I have used ), and hold it with the lock under your arm, and hope. Some times nothing will work. I missed a big Turkey Gobbler with my percussion rifle once. There was enough dew fall and humidity to screw up the cap. Since then I keep my caper under my jacket and change caps often. Flinters are even more vunrable, as you well know.

I've never tried it, but a friend of mine used to put a drop of candle wax on the cap/nipple. Care would have to be taken with an open flame around black powder...

I've used that trick with the cap lock revolver. Messy, but effective.

CVA makes a foul weather kit that includes "waterproof receptacles" for the muzzle and small sections of vinyl tubing that are forced over the cap and nipple to seal the joint. I'd think that a hardware store could sell a foot of vinyl tubing that would do the job.