Shooting the .36 flintlock rifle

Shooting the Tennessee valley manufacturing poor boy. Shooting 27 grains and 30 grains of powder. Be Also wearing my new shirt from ‪@UncleSasquatchOutdoors‬ . Get yours at
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#flintlock #muzzleloader #blackpowder

[@jimkeller5538]

Man I love black powder, especially flintlocks.

[@johnndavis7647]

Take a couple of inches of the largest bronze wound guitar string and glue it into a bit of deer antler to make you a vent pick . Run it around in the touch-hole after you shoot. That bronze wound guitar string is softer than steel so it won't enlarge your touch-hole and the ribbed surface will do a good job of rasping away the fouling so your spark can get where it needs to go. Thanks for the video.

[@martinmeltzer2696]

Hey Justin! Using the vent pick every time will help the Ol' Smoke Pole to send the lead down range. After filling the pan, try tilting the rifle to the right and give a tap or two with the heel of your hand. When the sparks ignite the pan powder, the resulting flame will go through the touch hole and get to the main charge. Try it and see if it helps!

[@johnndavis7647]

With small bores I keep a patch on my cleaning jag all the time. It helps to keep the bore consistant. And of course Swiss burns cleaner and the smaller the charge the less fouling you have to deal with.

[@merrilllewis3926]

Awesome content! Fast becoming one my favorites.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you . I got a bunch of hide tanning im doing but im trying to break it up with some more interesting stuff. I do more than i film cause my phone wont hold but so much footage lol. Thanks for joining the family

[@jagermeister1303]

I always leave the vent pick in the vent while loading. A small feather worked great for that. Also use a pan brush and sweep out the pan before priming. Great video btw!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you for the tips

[@flintymcduff5417]

I love my .36 flint Iron PA I had TVM make for me. So much fun for so little powder and lead. I was thinking of having it made in .32 but am really glad I didn't, those .36 caliber balls are tiny as it is!

[@UncleSasquatchOutdoors]

Thanks for the shout out! T-shirt fits you well. Some folks will drill the touch hole out a bit but if picking the vent is working, just keep doing it. Water, water with a drop or two of Dawn or Simple Green is probably as good as anything for cleaning. Thanks again!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you Unc, i love my shirt and thank you for the tips.

[@rebeccaback3287]

I like this 36cal flintlock. Excellent presentation! Excellent shooting! Excellent groups. David Back.

[@kluper1157]

If you have a flat Breech plug get a Flat Bore scraper for that Fowling near the Touch hole on your plug

[@gerbrandhakvoort1174]

I've seen my fair share of blackpowder videos but ball starter stil gets me right fellas

[@bobbymann8058]

Thanks for the video's learning alot about the old style smoke poles.

[@troymetscher6175]

I built me a .62 caliber smooth bore. Bought all the metal and made my walnut stock. I had asked u in the past fur some pictures of yur lock holes you tapped. That helped a bunch. Also built a pistol. Made the stock out of curly maple. If I can figure out how to put a picture on here I’ll show ya. Love them flintlock’s.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Email it to [e-mail] or put it on the Spirit of the Outdoors Facebook page

[@johnndavis7647]

In the old days they used linen tow on a worm to scrub barrels. It was pieces of linen too short to weave into thread so they used wads of it to scrub pots and things. It was rough and tough. Todays Cotton doesnt have the scrubbing power that tow had. Make a cleaning patch out of green scrubbing pad and use a shotgun patch loop to scrub the fouling out of your bores. Follow with cotten patches and soapy water as usual and a good grade of oil. I like air tool oil. Leaving a little fouling in the grooves is the main reason for rust in bores. Thanks for the videos John Davis Jax Fl

[@reedmitchell6716]

Hot soapy water. Dawn dish liquid. Been using that since 1979. On my 54 cal TC Renegade. Lube patches with bore butter. Kinda seasons barrel like a cast iron skillet. Enjoyed this pne.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you . Im lubing with a deer tallow and beeswax mix i rendered. Its working so far

[@larryalexander4833]

That is how I was shown . No petroleum in the bore after seasoned.

[@flintymcduff5417]

Only problem is barrel steel ISN'T cast iron and doesn't "season". Great marketing job by T/C though.

[@larryalexander4833]

@@flintymcduff5417 I does season it some what. Use to do same to thing with bore butter breaking in a muzzleloader. Shoots much better after about 20 plus rounds.

[@flintymcduff5417]

@Larry Alexander any good patch lube would do the same. I used to use Hoppes #9 Plus BP lube/solvent at the range and routinely shot 15 to 50 round balls per session with the last load just as easy as the first. And it was pertroleum based. No "tar" ever. What makes a muzzle loader bore break in is shooting it--not some magic lube which is completely cleaned out after a normal cleaning.

[@shannonludwick5738]

I shoot 20 grains in my 36 25 yd and 50 yd and they both shoot the same 75 yards you're going to have to give a little more powder hope this helps you awesome videos thank you for what you do

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you. I just got into the traditional muzzleloader a few years ago and this .36 i built last year so ive got a lot yet to learn and appreciate the tips. Im not one of those folks that think i know it all for sure.

[@johnbennett7244]

Good video. I enjoyed it. Blowing down the barrel is never a good idea-ANYTIME. Try picking the vent after you load. You can feel the powder so you know you haven't dry balled. Plus, you will know the vent is clear. I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@thatotherguy338]

I started making some powder for my .50 Renegade since real black powder is hard to come by. Homemade Willow charcoal and Eastern red cedar has been the most productive. Swiss is probably the best commercial powder I've tried. Thinking about ordering and building a kibler southern mountain rifle soon.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

These Tennessee rifles are good kits. Id get up with Jack Garner in Corinth MS and see how much they are.

[@thatotherguy338]

I'll definitely check them out too. I'm wanting to get a couple so may get one from both. Thinking about a .32 or .36 and a .40 or .45 haven't made up my mind yet.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@thatotherguy338 my next is gonna be a 54 smooth bore

[@thatotherguy338]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I have been trying to talk a buddy out of his .54 Renegade for a while now I really love those old Thompson center rifles. Wouldn't mind a smooth bore fowler too but we will have to see how much gun money uncle Sam sends this tax season.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@thatotherguy338 i have a .50 renegade

[@woods_wanderer]

I know I'm late to the comments, I only just found your channel. Love what your doing. When you are shooting your black powder guns, after you take a shot reload your firearm as you do then take a snug fitting cleaning patch put it in your mouth get it good and slobbery and swab the barrel out above the ball between shots. Only takes 5 seconds to do if you put the patch in your mouth before you start loading. Accuracy usually improves and cleaning time is usually reduced. Keep it up, hope I helped some. Good bless

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Ill sure to it

[@larryreese6146]

Those first 3 shots weren't bad Justin. I have yet to start on my flinter. I've put together 2 or 3 caplocks and had 50 caliber green mountain barrel and an LR flint lock waiting but I just happened to notice an old 45 Belgian made barrel on Ebay, breeched, with a drum, barrel tennons attached. I had a Dixie percussion lock so this next one is another cap lock. Remembering the quality of the old Browning shotguns, pistols, and rifles that were Belgian made I'm a sucker for anything older that has made in Belgium stamped on the side of it. But I do intend to have myself a good flinter one of these days. Told you that spring steel would make you the best knife you ever had.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I like them old brownings too. We have 1 of them in the safe. Yea that g-wizz they call it here( plow springs ) worked real good

[@larryreese6146]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors we called them a go devil. Got one of them in my yard with flowers around it. That Bowie I made from the wagon seat spring is a good one but not practical for use. It's wider towards the front than the back with the blade weight forward. The 4 inches at the top tip sharpened for hooking and the blade stays razor sharp. It's about 12 inches. It's impractical but I wouldn't won't to meet somebody in a dark alley with that in his hands. Suppose I could use it to stick hogs.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@larryreese6146 im scared to sharpen the back side of my bowie. No tellin what id be hacked off

[@larryreese6146]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors that last one you made just about the right size. Personally, I can get by with about a 4 and a half to five in blade about 3 sixteenths thick and about 3 quarter inch wide, straight blade. It's big enough to skin, short enough to gut without sticking a paunch, and small enough for skinning small game, gutting a fish, whatever. Wish I could show you the sheath set-up. It's sort of Indian style, can be carried several ways and has a kind of leather snap inside the sheath that the gaurd pops over. Won't come out unless you use your thumb to push forward on the sheath while you pull the knife with your other fingers. Works slick and the way its fitted you don't even know you're carrying a knife. I've used the knife and sheath for over 25 years. They're pretty beat up and show a lot of use. Knife is O 1 carbon steel I tempered with a torch and ground out and polished bright. Not bright anymore, got a little rust, age and wear on it. It's been everywhere, even down in your neck of the woods, and done everything from processing hogs and deer to gutting fish and wild turkey.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@larryreese6146 i honestly do most all my skinning with a trapper folding knife . Even the quartering a deer and pig. I just like the knife for wood processing and hacking limbs and if i need to finish off a deer or something. I just like bowie knives. Send me a pic of the sheath to [e-mail]

[@muddybear9178]

You had me at .36 Cal Flint lock. Subbed!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you. I have videos of the build of this rifle last year and a few good hunts with it

[@muddybear9178]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I squirrel hunt with an old .32 cal percussion lock. My favorites are flinters though and I've always wanted a .32 Flint lock. Been looking at the Kibler rifles, but not in the budget right now. Came here from your wife's channel after a recommendation from Mike Reed outdoors. I'm gonna check out your build videos of that gun. Thanks.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@muddybear9178 thank you for joining the family

[@DuaneT64]

Enjoyed watchin .....back 79-80 I went to Kmart and bought a { if I remember correctly} 50 caliber muzzleloader for black powder season went and shot it 8-10 times and couldn't hit the broad side of the barn with it.....that was the beginning and end of muzzleloaders for me I should have bought me a good one

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Ive learned theres a lot to getting accuracy out of one. Its not a load and just shoot like a rifle

[@larryreese6146]

I had a CVA mountain rifle for my first muzzle loader. I could have thrown a rock and got more accuracy. Got z plastic patch that fit a round ball and it became a tack driver. Killed my first muzzle loading deer with it.. I always intended to work that bore over with some fine sandpaper and check the thicknesses of the patches closer to the rifling but I traded it off before I got around to it. But with any of the well known American barrel makers, Green Mountain, Green River, Colerain, Getz, you can't go wrong.

[@DuaneT64]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors And thats what I did LOL

[@shannonludwick5738]

Competition oil and water to clean it white oil water and I just use in between shots alcohol it dries fast time you reload and shoot it's all ready to go hope this helps you awesome video keep it up love that t-shirt I need to get one

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you for the tips. Alcohol sounds like a good idea

[@richardtuler7284]

Hey buddy love your videos but I noticed when you shoot your flintlock you get way to much smoke out of the lock, try using a lesser amount and keep the powder away from the vent hole let the flame wick into the vent. Keep your powder dry and have a good day. Hope to see ya soon.

[@mikegilliland2067]

If you take your palm and tap the opposite side and move some of that powder to the vent side it goes off quicker and for cleaning and patch lude get some balistol oil it is biogradeable it cleans awsome

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thanks for the tips.

[@chadandkimlessonsoldandnew3097]

Good morning. I might also add to never over prime your pan. About half pan is perfect. Any more and the components of the powder will stop up the touch hole. I also like to shake the powder AWAY from the touch hole. I make my own powder and somtime it's a little dirtier than others, thus fowling can be a problem. I duck hunt with a 20 smoothbore and good ignition is paramount.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you . I may be priming too much

[@kluper1157]

must be a Siler lock fast ignition!!

[@22SAMURAJ]

Good information 🙂 👍

[@rosslangsjoen6820]

I like the look of the rifle. There are too many shiny rifles out there that don't look real.

[@MrMarkar1959]

👍🏼if i remember rite that .45 i had the instructions told me use 75 grains,,, i put in 100!! 'cept one time i used about 150 and killed a doe in the next county. 🤪

[@olskool3967]

i never ever swab any barrel while i am shooting. my lube is the trick. i use about 80% dawn dish soap 20% water and soak or spay the patches. also, your barrel will clean up in 5 min. swabbing is for people who do not like to shoot!

[@kipbarrier5821]

Your chickens are going to have PTSD.😂

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Yea i moved 3 babies out of those pens right by the table just before i filmed this. Im sure they still proud of me

[@kipbarrier5821]

Haha!! As far as cleaning, have you ever tried Ballistol? It’s a water soluble oil. That’s what I always use on black powder guns. Look it up. The uses for that product are pretty impressive.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@kipbarrier5821 somebody recommended it. Ill have to look for some

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@kipbarrier5821 i just ordered me a can

[@Ifitfitz22]

Them squirrels don't stand a chance, well unless you have to reload lol but I'm just about ready for a pot of dumplings myself

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

You need to show us how to make them dumplings

[@Ifitfitz22]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I have an older one, but I may make a new one if I pop some fuzzy tails this fall

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@Ifitfitz22 ill look

[@randallross7683]

I also carry a heavy string with a wet patch on one end and a dry on the other and just run it down with my loading rod so I don't have to carry a bunch of stuff

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Now that is an idea i can buy into. Ill be making one of them.

[@randallross7683]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors branded string works best

[@jmartin9059]

*flash in the pan, with no bang ?* You might be putting the powder up against the flash hole, or covering flash hole. Intentionally or not, heaping the powder over the top of the flash hole can cause a flash in the pan....with no bang.... or a hang fire {delayed firing}. You actually want the powder to NOT cover the flash hole. A heap of powder covering that hole might keep the flash out of the hole. AHA ? One grain per caliber is usually a decent load... for accuracy. And such loads are usually enough to take game. The MODERATE one grain per caliber loads of fffg Germán or Swiss or Home made Willow or Grape vine powders usually shoot cleaner than Goex. 36 caliber, 36 grains. Olive oil on the patches works really well. HOT water poured through and plenty of it is a really good way to do a quick cleaning. Boiling water will convert the brown on your barrel to bluing... or blacking. So, if you want your barrel brown...avoid boiling water... IF you want your barrel black...boil or steam it in NON chlorinated water. Then gently buff with cotton flannel, canvas, or burlap as it dries off.*

[@jmartin9059]

*it is possible to make our own powder. Potassium Nitrate "KNO3" 77 parts , Willow or Grape vine charcoal 13 parts , organic Sulphur 10 or 11 parts.... all units by weight... not volume... by weight. Metric units make it easier. You can do it in ounces or pounds...if you are really good at math.*

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I have made some

[@olskool3967]

one more thing, the hotter the load the lower it will shoot, the reason is the ball exits the bore faster causing less reaction time for muzzle rise from recoil. also, oil soap works but the best thing i have eve used to clean with is Windex with ammonia, 5 min. you are done. i never put water on my guns,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Hmm . Makes sense to me. Have you used murphys oil soap?

[@olskool3967]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors yes i have, it works good but dawn in better,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@flintymcduff5417]

Sounds great. Just flat out contradicts what really happens though. High speed photography all shows the ball exits a LONG before the firearm reacts in recoil. And water has worked since the first black powder gun was ever used and will continue to work just fine all by itself. But to each his own.

[@jimkeller5538]

My .32, I swab after every shot. My .36 I probably swab after 15 shots or so.

[@AirsoftEli2000]

Hey Ole buddy not knocking yuns rifle but round it up a bit and darken it a tad make nice panels around the lock and side plate. U could be a good builder just take your time and do some research.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I didn’t want it rounded or dark in fact i wound up with it darker than i wanted

[@germansahidbeltranardila2985]

Huuuuyyyyyyyyyyyy lo q a usted le gusta a mi también cazeria y pesca y agricultura

[@olskool3967]

brother you have an accent exactly like me, i am in the lowcountry of SC, i sometimes prime wit 4f, but it is not to important, when i hut i use whatever is in my horn,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I tried priming with my 3f but the delay messed me up. Unc said i could drill the hole a tad to help that tho

[@jerichofalls8236]

Can these rifles fire .36 conical bullets that you'd typically use for an 1861 navy? I'd like to have a rifle and hand gun that share projectiles.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I would think it would but i dont have any experience with it. Maby @unclesasquatchoutdoors can answer it

[@jerichofalls8236]

@SpiritoftheOutdoors cool. Thanks man. Love your videos btw.

[@johnndavis7647]

No, 36 revolver bullets are actually about .375 There are barrel makers who will make you a .38 custom barrel. Then it would Fit the bore but the twist might not be right. You can shoot 45-70 bullets in 45 caliber barrels. The TC rifles have fast enough twist to stabalize those bullets.

[@JamesPassmore-z7r]

Where is that accent from?

[@jerryobrien]

Dawn dish soap

[@Strutingeagle]

I made It with some bees waxed and some deer talla. Now I been makin lees videos for some time now an I am getting down right tard of yall makin fun of ma aunt Jamima hat an my talk. Ifn yall keep it up I will end up goin ovare where youins live an roll ya in the dirt some.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I take it you dont like the way i talk

[@Strutingeagle]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Nah I'm not meanin it that a way. I watch your vidjeas partly cause of your talk. Jus havin some fun now so don't get your hackles up.

[@randallross7683]

I swop about every other shot .

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I think i did every 3 but im gonna be where i can swab more in the field

[@fernanmagellan2779]

nice, meaningful video, but... you can burn your face like that. take care, if only for the sake of your followers... learn to shoot from your right shoulder. or make a rifle with a left flint lock. I subscribe to the channel👍

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you. Im gonna build a few more in the future

[@thomaswilson5966]

Hi Justin I appreciate the video it was informative and entertaining but buddy it was hard for me to follow because of the your Southern drawl it's so strong not a criticism just a suggestion maybe if you speak Little more clear and more precise I wouldn't had to watch it a couple times to get all the narrative and I can generally follow most southern accent I have a long ancestry back to the south when my original ancestries from Virginia followed that longWind Daniel Boone to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee 😂 thanks for sharing

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Buddy i cant change how i talk . Most of these folks follow me because of how i talk. Sorry you dont like it but i dont change who i am for nobody, no for money not for views or to feel accepted

[@thomaswilson5966]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors well that's unfortunate because you can reach a lot more people but that's your decision but then go off on some tantrum I wont change for nobody for no money for nothing that's who I am 🙄 you just prove my point well let me leave you with a little southern Philosophy then there's no arguing with stupid🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@thomaswilson5966 sir i wasnt ugly to you and didnt go on a tantrum. You seem to want everyone to be like you want em to be . Id suggest you stay in your hole before you start calling me stupid. You keep in mind you came to my channel for education

[@thomaswilson5966]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors education is a terrible thing to waste or no education is a real waste I didn't come to your channel for education my son asked me if I could find a Davie Crockett or Daniel Boone rifle he could see in action that's all and unlike you sir I'm not ostrich my head not in hole 🕳

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@thomaswilson5966 😂😂😂