Ian
Notorious member
I'm sitting on plenty of stuff like a lot of us. However, because the inner "squeak" in me knows cost of replacement right now, it kinda sucks the fun out of volume shooting. I'm not interested in recharging primers or caps. When life is giving you lemons, make lemonade: Shoot the flint locks! I have plenty of chert just for walking outside and can knap a serviceable gun flint. I also have the means to produce proper charcoal, and the other two ingredients I can get at the feed store. Powder for less than $5/pound and free primers litter the ground. Lead balls can be trapped and used over and over again. Less supporting equipment than PCP guns and a lot classier IMO. Anyway, I'm having fun and the current continuing shortage/gouging state of metallic cartridge reloading components has pushed me to get involved in something I always wanted to do anyway. Percussion black powder stuff is okay and I have a few pistols and a rifle, but the dang caps are more flighty than primers (no military or commercial ammunition demand for them, ya know) and all the twitchy doomers grab them up every time anything at all happens that they perceive is the end of whatever. Never did much with flinters before and now's my chance to really focus on it. Supplies are cheap and readily available, but holy crap have you priced guns lately? That's ok, it's an "investment". At least that's what I tell my wife....