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<blockquote data-quote="Wobblyshot1" data-source="post: 5223400" data-attributes="member: 9066"><p>Good story...I like "Fizzle Pan" which is kinda akin to my "Wobblyshot". It's associated to a time long ago spent off hand shooting with a muzzleloader. </p><p></p><p> As far as hunting deer, I had a similar story back in the 70s with my first ever muzzle loading rifle. It was a Zouave .58 loaded with a prb. It also had a #11 nipple instead of the usual musket one. I was a real greenhorn with only a few books by "experts" to guide me. The books said to make sure your barrel was clean....the bore of mine shined like a new nickel. I must have missed the part where I was supposed to make sure the nipple vent was clean and unobstructed. Anyway, I was on a hunt at Natchez Trace first time muzzle loading for deer. I was on the ground with my back to a real thicket scanning what appeared to be a good spot out in front of me when suddenly to my right out stepped the prettiest, fattest, perfect little eight at 25yds broadside....POP but no boom....deer runs off. The gun not firing caught me by surprise and I did the only thing I knew to do....I stayed put and recapped. Not ten minutes later to my left at about the same distance appears a spike with the longest horns I've ever seen on one.....POP but no boom #2....deer runs off. Now, I was really frustrated, immediately recapped and pointed at a nearby mound of dirt....BOOOM!. Needless to say, I had learned a hard lesson. Later, I got to know some older than me guys that actually used flintlocks and they became great friends as well as mentors. I soon got me one and with their help learned how manage it. In my 40+ years hunting deer, off and on, with a flinter I've never once had a flash in the pan when shooting at one....didn't say I haven't missed one, however.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wobblyshot1, post: 5223400, member: 9066"] Good story...I like "Fizzle Pan" which is kinda akin to my "Wobblyshot". It's associated to a time long ago spent off hand shooting with a muzzleloader. As far as hunting deer, I had a similar story back in the 70s with my first ever muzzle loading rifle. It was a Zouave .58 loaded with a prb. It also had a #11 nipple instead of the usual musket one. I was a real greenhorn with only a few books by "experts" to guide me. The books said to make sure your barrel was clean....the bore of mine shined like a new nickel. I must have missed the part where I was supposed to make sure the nipple vent was clean and unobstructed. Anyway, I was on a hunt at Natchez Trace first time muzzle loading for deer. I was on the ground with my back to a real thicket scanning what appeared to be a good spot out in front of me when suddenly to my right out stepped the prettiest, fattest, perfect little eight at 25yds broadside....POP but no boom....deer runs off. The gun not firing caught me by surprise and I did the only thing I knew to do....I stayed put and recapped. Not ten minutes later to my left at about the same distance appears a spike with the longest horns I've ever seen on one.....POP but no boom #2....deer runs off. Now, I was really frustrated, immediately recapped and pointed at a nearby mound of dirt....BOOOM!. Needless to say, I had learned a hard lesson. Later, I got to know some older than me guys that actually used flintlocks and they became great friends as well as mentors. I soon got me one and with their help learned how manage it. In my 40+ years hunting deer, off and on, with a flinter I've never once had a flash in the pan when shooting at one....didn't say I haven't missed one, however.;) [/QUOTE]
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