Shovelbuck
Active Member
One of the fun things about flintlocks is the cool little tools that you can add to the shooting bag if you want. You can buy them or as I prefer, make them your self.
I'd been using the same vent pick for three decades and it was one of those things that was simply too ugly to lose.
Well, after 30 years of using it, I decided it was time for a new one.
One of the other tools used, although not needed often, is a small brush for cleaning all the powder from the pan if you need to just unload that part of the gun. Dumping it out works good but sometimes a grain or two need dislodged from a nook or cranny.
A nail and some boar bristles from an old brush worked good.
I'd been using the same vent pick for three decades and it was one of those things that was simply too ugly to lose.
Well, after 30 years of using it, I decided it was time for a new one.One of the other tools used, although not needed often, is a small brush for cleaning all the powder from the pan if you need to just unload that part of the gun. Dumping it out works good but sometimes a grain or two need dislodged from a nook or cranny.
A nail and some boar bristles from an old brush worked good.
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