What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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I finally might have some time to deer hunt now. I dusted off my my Left handed GPR .54 and shot 2 rounds out of it at 50yards and figured it was good so I did not fire a 3rd ball. The load was a .530”
patched RB with 75 grs of 3F.
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What’s the twist in your 58 is it 1 /48 .
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I would give my left hand to have a camera that could produce that stock!
Purchased a Jukar Colonial a while back. The barrel pin is tapered. The previous owner drilled the pin hole out to the larger side diameter and so the pin didn't do a lot. I welded the hole and re-drilled to the proper diameter hole. The pistol also shot about 24" high at 15 yards so i filed down the rear sight a decent amount. Now I just need to get it out to do the final sight in and see how much more is needed to be filed down.
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It is 1:70 Green Mountain Barrel
Twas a nice day here in KCMO awesome for shooting so I headed to Parma Wood Conservation Area's staffed range and made smoke with the .40 Kibler SMR. My first ever shooting a rock lock. Started with .390 balls and .015 patching 60gr Goex 3f. 25 yards. Fired my first shot kind of by surprise. Man what a sweet trigger. Went to load the second shot and my short starter was missing the tip. Rut Ro. Settled in and shot 5 rounds pretty happy with the gun. I fired 25 balls between 25 and 75 yards. Gun appears bit low and to the right the elevation I can deal with via site picture and the windage. I'ma gonna wait a bit for the barrel to get happier. I had to wipe it about every 5 shots but it was finding it's happy place faster then I thought it would. First 15 patches were smoked pieces of char cloth smoldering on the ground. The last 5 looked better with the last two (in the picture) were reasonably in good shape. All in all more trigger time is needed before I start fooling around with dialing it in. Here are a couple target pics. First one was my first shot at the right target and the long tear in the left target was the short starter tip.(duplex load) 
Bwaahahaha! My last two patches and the remains of the flint. (Looked like a retired NHL hockey players smile) 2nd pic is my final group of three at 25yards and includes two doinks by me. 50 and 75 yards target were not saved. The 50 yard resulted in a consitent vital hit on a deer 3 shots. At 75 yards the red target didn't play well with my eyes, but would have resulted in a vital hit. I had one miss fire I picked the vent after two attempts and she barked fire and belched smoke. Its a learning curve and I certainly had big fun! Pretty sure the flint should have lasted more than 25 shots plus a half dozen dry fires. Maybe I'm expecting too much from the flint life?
Bwaahahaha! My last two patches and the remains of the flint. (Looked like a retired NHL hockey players smile) 2nd pic is my final group of three at 25yards and includes two doinks by me. 50 and 75 yards target were not saved. The 50 yard resulted in a consitent vital hit on a deer 3 shots. At 75 yards the red target didn't play well with my eyes, but would have resulted in a vital hit. I had one miss fire I picked the vent after two attempts and she barked fire and belched smoke. Its a learning curve and I certainly had big fun! Pretty sure the flint should have lasted more than 25 shots plus a half dozen dry fires. Maybe I'm expecting too much from the flint life?
Cleaned a Flintlock with tow and tow worm patches jag scraper brass brush jag and more patches. All was done with moose milk. Wiped down with Ballistol.
Today I redid the he strap for my powder horn. I had a wampum bead strap that was interesting looking but was a bit farby and wasn’t as durable or comfortable as I wanted.
I dyed the strap and finished with resolene, then attached it to my bag along with my vent prick and powder horn stopper.
I’m very happy with the way it looks and it’s more comfortable for sure, and lighter in weight. It will be a lot more rugged I think.
I dyed the strap and finished with resolene, then attached it to my bag along with my vent prick and powder horn stopper.
I’m very happy with the way it looks and it’s more comfortable for sure, and lighter in weight. It will be a lot more rugged I think.
looks good
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today i plowed snow and worked on the truck, switched to the quad and broke the winch rope on that.
gave it about 6 hours plowing. Gave up and started to clean my CVA Express rifle.
tuned into a movie on the laptop. Treasure Island, the 1950 version. In the scene where Long John holds a pistol on Jim Hawkins trying to force him to help shove off from the sand spit, I noticed a wood "flint" in the jaws.
found watching the movie beat plowing snow. strange isn't it.
gave it about 6 hours plowing. Gave up and started to clean my CVA Express rifle.
tuned into a movie on the laptop. Treasure Island, the 1950 version. In the scene where Long John holds a pistol on Jim Hawkins trying to force him to help shove off from the sand spit, I noticed a wood "flint" in the jaws.
found watching the movie beat plowing snow. strange isn't it.
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Finished browning the WoodsRunner lock.
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Looks nice .Finished browning the WoodsRunner lock.
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I'm making petit fours. It's a lot harder than inletting!! 
My .40 Kibler SMR likes 40 grains 3F, a .390 ball and .018 patches, lubed with a schmear of lard. It shoots dead on at 25 yards, 2” high at 50 yards, and I switch to 80 grains for past 50 yards…. 4” low at 100 yards. It’s even consistent out to 200….22” low out there.Twas a nice day here in KCMO awesome for shooting so I headed to Parma Wood Conservation Area's staffed range and made smoke with the .40 Kibler SMR. My first ever shooting a rock lock. Started with .390 balls and .015 patching 60gr Goex 3f. 25 yards. Fired my first shot kind of by surprise. Man what a sweet trigger. Went to load the second shot and my short starter was missing the tip. Rut Ro. Settled in and shot 5 rounds pretty happy with the gun. I fired 25 balls between 25 and 75 yards. Gun appears bit low and to the right the elevation I can deal with via site picture and the windage. I'ma gonna wait a bit for the barrel to get happier. I had to wipe it about every 5 shots but it was finding it's happy place faster then I thought it would. First 15 patches were smoked pieces of char cloth smoldering on the ground. The last 5 looked better with the last two (in the picture) were reasonably in good shape. All in all more trigger time is needed before I start fooling around with dialing it in. Here are a couple target pics. First one was my first shot at the right target and the long tear in the left target was the short starter tip.(duplex load)
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Picked up another original percussion rifle/shotgun o/u at a gunshow in Columbia, Mo this weekend - Belgian .40 over 12 bore to go with two others I've had for decades. Last night put the three side-by-side to compare. Took photos, but still can't get the hang of how to get them to a place where I can post pics (new computer/old guy). Blew my cash stash on it, but originals don't show up often. Gotta sell stuff to replenish the cache.....I am weak.
longcruise
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I get it, I'm doing the same thing this week.
Fitted a front sight on an Ultra Hi .45 flintlock pistol. Also inlet the lockplate a tad deeper to close a horrendous gap between the breech flat and pan. Believe the gun was somebody's hastily finished kit. Nosecap and trigger guard need polished badly. Sparks decent. Gonna clean it up some more this weekend.
Was finally able to get my .45 Jukar Colonial sighted in. It was hitting 24" hight @ 15 yards. Just slightly off. 
The rear sight had to be filed down to almost half its original height. This caused it to be below the previous notch so i had to deepen the knotch as well as taper the rear part of it with a dremmel. Surprisingly only took two times gling back to the file to get it close but this is only a 6" barreled pistol so only a certain amount of accuracy can be achieved. After this is blued it to cut down on the glare from the bare shiny metal
Also had to make a new pin for it because the old one became loose (which i didn't realize) and I lost it.
The rear sight had to be filed down to almost half its original height. This caused it to be below the previous notch so i had to deepen the knotch as well as taper the rear part of it with a dremmel. Surprisingly only took two times gling back to the file to get it close but this is only a 6" barreled pistol so only a certain amount of accuracy can be achieved. After this is blued it to cut down on the glare from the bare shiny metalAlso had to make a new pin for it because the old one became loose (which i didn't realize) and I lost it.
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