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Going to try the flintlock for deer this year. Where do you flintlock shooters buy yours ?

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Have you done a Google search? Track of the Wolf is where I would start, but every traditional ML purveyor in the world sells flints.


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I have had good luck with the flints from Track of the Wolf.


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Thanks guy's I'll give them a try.

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I use Tracks flints as they are great quality and generally always available in stock!


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Real flints run much better than those manufactured ones. Only use those as a last resort.


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I've had very good luck with..."The Gun Works"... infothegunworks.com In Springfield OR I ordered 3 dozen last time, uniformly knapped , and I believe they were hand sorted.
As a sidebar, experts say that the best flints are a uniform gray. Don't believe it, I received about 20% that had a lot of cream color and some brown, doubting, I went ahead and tried them. Amazing, 50 or 60 strikes. My frizzen is really hard, sawn flints barely work, the frizzen just destroys them. My lock is an odd size for a .54 and I gave the lady, Suzy, the ideal dimension, and that's what I got. Not the cheapest, but the best I've had 30 years of flintlock competition.


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