Banjoman
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Made a couple of flints this morning.
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What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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Hatchet-Jack
54 Cal.
Drilled and tapped the under breech bolt on Loja Man's Fowler.
Shot my Frontier caplock this morning. Beautiful day! Warm but fall is in the air. New knife packs real nice on my belt.
Banjoman
Eager to learn and willing to teach.
What’s the wrap on the gun wrist?
Just some buckskin lace. I like the feel of it when shooting.
Nice figure on that Pedersoli.
Gordoncourtney
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I did something like that but broke an old 11/16” bsf thread tap , turning 28 bore shotgun barrels into muzzle loading barrels to fit my .36 rifle stock . Ordered a modern tap 9 sep delivery
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Yesterday I received a new .54 caliber barrel for my Investarm Cabela's Hawken from muzzle-loaders.com. They sell the same rifle as the Bridger Hawken. The new barrel is so marked, so I guess it's now a Bridger Hawken. The original barrel is a .50 and I want to shoot a bigger, heavier round ball with a better chance for complete pass throughs on large whitetail.
I zeroed the new barrel today at 50 yards with .530 balls in 0.018" ticking patches on top of 80 grains of 2Fg Scheutzen BP. Like my Investarm Gemmer Hawken, it likes this load. The 6 shot group includes 3 shots lubed with Mr. Flintlock and 3 lubed with Mink Oil Tallow from Track of the Wolf.
Note the first two shots which were in one hole. This barrel will shoot!
I recovered about half my patches. All looked good with no cutting or burnout. I've read where new Investarm barrels may cut patches but none of the few that I own have done so. Perhaps I lucked out.
I put about 25 - 30 shots through it today. For the final 5, I shot offhand. By that time I was tired and the recoil was getting to me but this is certainly minute-of-deer.
Finally, today I received in the mail a .54 coning tool from Joe Wood (flintsteel on MLF). I plan to cone the muzzles of my .54 Gemmer Hawken and this barrel, for easier loading. I've done a couple .50s with another one of his tools and they work great.
I zeroed the new barrel today at 50 yards with .530 balls in 0.018" ticking patches on top of 80 grains of 2Fg Scheutzen BP. Like my Investarm Gemmer Hawken, it likes this load. The 6 shot group includes 3 shots lubed with Mr. Flintlock and 3 lubed with Mink Oil Tallow from Track of the Wolf.
Note the first two shots which were in one hole. This barrel will shoot!
I recovered about half my patches. All looked good with no cutting or burnout. I've read where new Investarm barrels may cut patches but none of the few that I own have done so. Perhaps I lucked out.
I put about 25 - 30 shots through it today. For the final 5, I shot offhand. By that time I was tired and the recoil was getting to me but this is certainly minute-of-deer.
Finally, today I received in the mail a .54 coning tool from Joe Wood (flintsteel on MLF). I plan to cone the muzzles of my .54 Gemmer Hawken and this barrel, for easier loading. I've done a couple .50s with another one of his tools and they work great.
Gtrubicon
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That is awesome, how much lighter is the 54 than the 50?
I haven't weighed them to compare but it's noticeable.
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He’s doing great!!
Thunder Bay
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That is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
Thunder Bay
36 Cl.
I shot my Lyman GPR just to make sure it was good for deer hunt’n. All was great!
Hatchet-Jack
54 Cal.
Looks like talent runs in the family!
She is a highly skilled shooter but never shot BP. She liked it! I think she will hunt this winter with the same gun I cut down for her husband almost 30 years ago when he was smaller than she is now.
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Thank you. Its a Sitting Fox kit. There was a lot of wood work but it came together really well.
The lock was mostly inlet but the pan location put the touch hole exactly 1/8" off the face of the breech plug......really good fit up on their part. All in all Im pleased with their kits.
Chris69
32 Cal
That’s a great looking gun. I’ve been eyeing that kit, please let us know how it shoots.
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