>32 Crockett Rifle Hare Hunt

[muskrat trapper]

I want a small game Bp gun just can't find one left handed.

I use a right-handed run, I just reach over the breech with my left hand and pull the hammer back.

[muskrat trapper]

I was out again on Saturday with a few other hare hunters. They thought I was nuts until I showed them the accuracy of the .32. Even shooting with their .22s with scopes my .32 held a tighter group with open sights at the same distance. This proved itself when I popped a hare at about 20 yards - one shot, one kill. Eventually I want to get a 28 ga smooth bore flintlock.

[Huntsman]

I added a 32 flintlock to my collection last spring and all I can say is I waited too long to get one.
30 grs of Goex FFG and a charge of 4F in the pan is pretty accurate out to 50yds. I took this young 'doe' gopher at 40 paces.


Ain't black powder fun

[Kilo Charlie]

Kilo why not just get another barrel. Much cheeper

Three good reasons:
1. This gun had a barrel 1" across the flats. Imagine the weight of a 1" .32 calibre barrel!
2. It was a longrifle with a pinned-in stock...difficult to change or change back.
3. I sold the gun...

Otherwise, good idea! If it were a short-barreled Hawken it would be a great solution. I do wish now I had not sold that rifle. Sniffle.....

[Kilo Charlie]

I added a 32 flintlock to my collection last spring and all I can say is I waited too long to get one.
30 grs of Goex FFG and a charge of 4F in the pan is pretty accurate out to 50yds. I took this young 'doe' gopher at 40 paces.


Ain't black powder fun

Pretty cool! Are you up around Bon Accord somewhere? I was an armourer in Cool Pool from 1992 to 2001.

[muskrat trapper]

Pretty cool! Are you up around Bon Accord somewhere? I was an armourer in Cool Pool from 1992 to 2001.

Where the heck can you get good flintlocks at a fair price in Canada anyway?

[huntaway]

I use a right-handed run, I just reach over the breech with my left hand and pull the hammer back.

That's a bad habit especially with muzzle loaders. If you get a hammer blow back of sufficient force it will be directly in your face. With a flintlock you would need a face shield to prevent burns.

HA

[C Broad Arrow]

At some point the amount of game taken pales in comparison to how the game is taken. Sounds to me you are well into the quality of the hunt rather than the quantity! Big thumbs up from where I sit.

[muskrat trapper]

Thanks. The funny thing is with my .32 I am shooting the same or more in terms of quaitity taken. I don't think I'm any better as a hunter than the next guy, but using BP means you have to slow down, hunt more carefully and pick your shots that you know you can take (vs just heaving lead with the hopes of hitting something). I think most hunters would have better luck if they took these ideas to heart no matter what type of firearm they were using.