What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

Sir Boniface Harrison · Nov 3, 2024

Worst day's shooting ever. Decided to use conicals for the first time with my Investarm .45 'Hawken'. Half my caps didn't go off, and half my shots 'keyholed'. Had to take the nipple off several times to clean the spark channel, and despite cleaning every 3 shots had three hangfires. The only good thing to say is, of the 12 or so shots I managed to fire before I got ****** off and went home, at least they all hit the card. Distance 50 metres.

flconch53 · Nov 3, 2024

PathfinderNC said:
That’s not a turkey!!! It’s a python that swallowed a mongoose!!!
You’re hunting on the wrong continent my friend !!!

I don't know we may have mongoose down here as well as the pythons

longcruise · Nov 3, 2024

Sir Boniface Harrison said:
Worst day's shooting ever. Decided to use conicals for the first time with my Investarm .45 'Hawken'. Half my caps didn't go off, and half my shots 'keyholed'. Had to take the nipple off several times to clean the spark channel, and despite cleaning every 3 shots had three hangfires. The only good thing to say is, of the 12 or so shots I managed to fire before I got ****** off and went home, at least they all hit the card. Distance 50 metres.

Yikes, how many things can go wrong in one day

??

What conical were you shooting?

2 shots · Nov 3, 2024

2 shots said:
piecing back together a broken forearm on a kibler colonial.

i purchased it that way.honest.

Omahkapi'si · Nov 3, 2024

Flintlock fun this morning with my Frontier .50 cal.

Hatchet-Jack · Nov 3, 2024

De-Whiskered the stock twice and started sketching in the carving.

Rob M. · Nov 3, 2024

UGH !!! Heat bluing screws , fitting trigger guard and tang screw , file front sight blade , fitting lock screws , fitting fitting fitting ....cussing cussing cussing ... tryin not to gouge the wood with the screw driver !! Comin together but oh so slow ... Hopefully get some good pics of her tomorrow , ran out of day light , then .... tear her all back down and start browning the barrel and making the tapered ramrod and drop the ramrod in the soak ... Time to get a fire in the wood stove started now ...

JohnHoff · Nov 3, 2024

Put skinner peep sights on my .32cal Crockett and my .54cal Cabelas Investarms Hawken a couple weeks ago and finally got the chance today to put them on paper and start dailing them in. Actually my .32 Crockett got a few shots through it on a different paper target to start, but the rain pretty well consumed that target. This one pictured has my last 4 shots with the .32 before switching to the .54. My .54 got sight adjustments after each shot up till the 5th shot. 5,6, and 7th shot I did not mess with the sight as I know I jerked the 5th. Pretty happy thus far.

WALT53 · Nov 3, 2024

Rob M. said:
UGH !!! Heat bluing screws , fitting trigger guard and tang screw , file front sight blade , fitting lock screws , fitting fitting fitting ....cussing cussing cussing ... tryin not to gouge the wood with the screw driver !! Comin together but oh so slow ... Hopefully get some good pics of her tomorrow , ran out of day light , then .... tear her all back down and start browning the barrel and making the tapered ramrod and drop the ramrod in the soak ... Time to get a fire in the wood stove started now ...

Looking good .

Polecat_Tom · Nov 3, 2024

Rob M. said:
UGH !!! Heat bluing screws , fitting trigger guard and tang screw , file front sight blade , fitting lock screws , fitting fitting fitting ....cussing cussing cussing ... tryin not to gouge the wood with the screw driver !! Comin together but oh so slow ... Hopefully get some good pics of her tomorrow , ran out of day light , then .... tear her all back down and start browning the barrel and making the tapered ramrod and drop the ramrod in the soak ... Time to get a fire in the wood stove started now ...

Rob, you make a beautiful firearm, even if it is just a D@*# old trade gun.

oldschoolhunter55 · Nov 3, 2024

aussie pete said:
Pardon the Australian expression, but it was a dry as a dead dingo's donger out on the block today - worse, a desiccating wind was blowing from the southeast. A cautious man wouldn't apply patched ball in these conditions; imagine the repercussions of a hot spark among this tinder! Still, a good walk though.

Cheers, Pete

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wow. it looks very dry. be careful bud. dang yaw have a lot of different animals to hunt. do they all taste good.

Rob M. · Nov 3, 2024

Polecat_Tom said:
Rob, you make a beautiful firearm, even if it is just a D@*# old trade gun.

LOL ! ...Why thank you Sir

Loja man · Nov 3, 2024

aussie pete said:
Pardon the Australian expression, but it was a dry as a dead dingo's donger out on the block today - worse, a desiccating wind was blowing from the southeast. A cautious man wouldn't apply patched ball in these conditions; imagine the repercussions of a hot spark among this tinder! Still, a good walk though.

Cheers, Pete

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Love seeing all you wildlife photos from your hunts!! Thanks for sharing!!

Loja man · Nov 3, 2024

Hatchet-Jack said:
De-Whiskered the stock twice and started sketching in the carving.

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Loving the layout!!

Loja man · Nov 3, 2024

Worked on Jacks tomahawk head number two!! Started with another piece of wrought iron that was about 5”x1/2”x1.25” . Turned it square! Then shaped the bit out of an old USA Nickleson file.

Loja man · Nov 3, 2024

While waiting for metal to heat up in the forge, worked some on refining the shape on hawk head number one!

Psycho Mike · Nov 3, 2024

Well, thanks to another local member, I had some lead available so I did some casting tonight.

Out of 156 balls cast, 140 made it past my qa/qc...not too bad for ladle casting. I think I had some lead on the seal between the halves of my mold, resulting in some oversize balls...all the rejects were out of my acceptable range on the heavy side.

Sir Boniface Harrison · Nov 3, 2024

longcruise said:
Yikes, how many things can go wrong in one day ??

What conical were you shooting?

Minie ball, with a flat semi - wadcutter point.

Colonial Boy · Nov 3, 2024

Cut some blanks from some old and well seasoned Red Box, these are for my wooden bullet tests.

cal.43 · Nov 4, 2024

cast bullets

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