Banjoman
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There were some in this batch that didn’t either. I tried to separate them out before hand.
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There were some in this batch that didn’t either. I tried to separate them out before hand.
Rabidwookie2003
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Dirt mold makes sense or maybe one carved out of a piece of tree trunk?Yeah, I know, but it was just an experiment. Kinda thinking what would a poor 19th century mountaineer back up here in the hills of East Tennessee use if he didn’t have a muffin pan but wanted to pour some ingots.
Rabidwookie2003
32 Cal
Too much zinc, maybe?
Banjoman
Hillbilly
Yep. This wheel weight stuff won’t be good for a revolver at all and I really don’t care for it in a rifle. But just fine for a flintlock smooth bore!
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Banjoman
Hillbilly
I’ve thought about a wooden ingot mold. Might try it sometime.
One can gouge an ingot slot in a flat board and pour a fair number of ingots before the board gets too charred.
If the ground is mostly clay, you can form a 6 to 8 inch long groove in the clay to pour molten lead for ingots.
If the ground is mostly clay, you can form a 6 to 8 inch long groove in the clay to pour molten lead for ingots.
Northwoodstrapper
32 Cal
Use a temperature laser pointer
Lead melts at 621+-
Zinc melts at 787+-
Soft lead has impurities melted out “ie” zinc and anything above the melting point of lead.
Lead melts at 621+-
Zinc melts at 787+-
Soft lead has impurities melted out “ie” zinc and anything above the melting point of lead.
Banjoman
Hillbilly
When I turn the crank on my old 19th century Tiger blower (which was my great grandfather’s), the fire in my forge gets hot enough to melt the lead in my old ladle. A few impurities ain’t a problem. I doubt any 19th century mountain folk had a temperature laser pointer.
I’m just trying to figure out how my ancestors would have done things. Some of it I have right (I think), some of it I’m still working on.
Life is good.
*I changed 18th century to 19th century
Got my numbers tangled up
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Ordered a kibler woodsrunner, now I have to clean up my workbench and start updating my rifle kit knowledge.
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Today I was able to bring a good friend into the Flintlock family by dropping off his Kibler Colonial kit in .58 caliber, maple stock with patch box. It was supposed to be a Christmas gift, but it came late. No help from the USPS since it languished in St. Louis for a week before getting here today. I also loaned several tools and chemicals I had to help him build the kit and finish it. He is one of the "Shootists", a cartridge gun group.
Now he has a REAL gun!
The Doc is out now.
And NO! I won't adopt or be friends with you if you ask, so don't think about it.
Now he has a REAL gun!
The Doc is out now.
And NO! I won't adopt or be friends with you if you ask, so don't think about it.
bajabuc
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It works! lining everything up was a bear...but it finally fit! The wedge didn't fall out.
Talking to one of my friends about what he needs to shoot his new pair of Pietta 1851 navy revolvers. He had a powder measure and lubed wads. I asked him if he found the rabbit hole yet?
Daryl Crawford
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Love doing that in my World History class as well. Many are interested in weapons transformation in the Hundred Years War and how tactics and fortifications had to change.
Daryl Crawford
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Tried my hand at forging today. Took a class in Lebanon, PA. Nothing was created that really related to our time period here, but I learned a lot.
Hope to do it again and get some more knowledge. It certainly made me appreciate fine craftsmanship more, though I don't know that forging is my skill set.
Hope to do it again and get some more knowledge. It certainly made me appreciate fine craftsmanship more, though I don't know that forging is my skill set.
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Well I think it was the coldest day of this winter so far -26 c but made it to the gun show and home with more money than I went with .There wasn’t much for muzzle loaders if I recall ithink I say 5 all percussion and they must of been made of precious metals by the price .Powder was at least the same price as last tear 40$ for. Schuetzen and 51$ for Swiss .Heres what 200$ Canadian looks like .
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Was it a ball pean hammer in its previous life,nice job and your still learning that’s a good thing it’s when you stop learning you gotta worry about.lol
Daryl Crawford
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It was
Drove over to Marlborough to shoot with the lads over there. Only 4 others turned up; so we had a bit of fun and shot 4 targets - had a side contest with Bruce C - I'd better him on one target then he'd beat me on the next!! Just a fun day with some good guys - the sneaky Wairau Valley breeze pushed the 40 Bedford around a bit - still it was the same for everybody. Any day burning powder is a good one!!
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Don’t like the sound of poring into clay or whatever. . It will pick up sand or hard stuff and you don’t want it scraping the bore. Better pour it into water from a height and make lead pellets The only time to make small ingots, my friend tells me , is when adding tin. He has a verity of ingots with different amounts of tin for a given hardness , Your call but love your barrel bore 
Very cold. London but no snow .
Very cold. London but no snow .
Banjoman
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Don’t like the sound of poring into clay or whatever. . It will pick up sand or hard stuff and you don’t want it scraping the bore. Better pour it into water from a height and make lead pellets The only time to make small ingots, my friend tells me , is when adding tin. He has a verity of ingots with different amounts of tin for a given hardness , Your call but love your barrel bore
Very cold. London but no snow .
No worries. This was just an experiment, not my usual method. I usually pour ingots in a small skillet. These ingots will be melted and fluxed again before becoming round balls.
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