Matchlock .72 caliber . Shooting a .69 caliber round ball with a 180 grain charge of 1F.
It is a cumbersome animal, incredibly slow to load and shoot, dangerous manipulation but so much fun to shoot. In the words of Leeloo: “Big Badaboom!”
By Miguel.GFZ
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
Fun Fact:
Quite a few of the guns we call “match locks” were “tinder locks” that means they had a small piece of tinder sponge that ignited the powder in the pan.
A match was still used though to keep the tinder smoldering.
Also the first match locks preceded the model shown by ca. 100 years.
And here I thought you were going to say “pokey sticks.” After all, once you get past bare hands / teeth / claws / bad breath, the rest is details. 🙂
Once you’re done choking on the smoke black powder guns just make you smile. Thats a beautiful looking smokepole.