I stopped into the Wal-mart Sporting Goods to pickup some 45 & 50 cal Balls & a few spare flints, oh and a pound of fffg. Just Kidding of course :) I asked the youngman behind the counter where I could get some patching (Pillow Ticking ) material. He says look, after learning about Pyrodex powder pelets, & inline scoped bolt actions using the 209 shotgun primers, & polycarbonate tiped Multicolored Sabots wraping the special Black Powder projectiles, you must think I'm nuts to want to learn more :) I did not chose this Flintlock it choose me, my Father in Law left it to my Son who says to me go ahead shoot it. If someone asks me to shoot their Gun I snach that sucker up & shoot it before they forget they asked. With a recurve Bow I carry my string changer, & a ready string to change in 5 minutes in the woods then it's back to the hunt. If a flint breaks I just change it. I carry some ball, patches, powder with a measure, & what each system has is we both have 1 shot. So do you still shoot the old Black? As a HighPower Shooter I never got so dirty as when I started shooting the Flintlock I even caught my sleeve on fire ha ha. The poof and flash, then hold it fast, & hard. Firing a Flintlock is like like instead of dropping in a heavier Wolffe Spring kit, into your blue printed Remington 700 PSS .308 Rifle. Very nice groups. It's more like putting in a dirty light weight spring, & a rusty firing pin + no lube in that Remington 700, time of ignition not trigger pull. It's still a heck of a lot of fun, & the rifle has a double set trigger that must be in ounces not pounds. :) Lock time 2.5 seconds LOL.

I need a suggestion for ammo for a 22-250 26" varmit barrel Remington 700? I don't reload so its store bought stuff for me. I have always had good luck with Remington brand ammo in a 7mm Rem Mag that I have. Was wondering if anybody had better luck with another brand with this rifle. Also what grain size is suggested for groundhogs? Thanks