• Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Search results

Shop deals on ebay
shop deals on amazon
L & R
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. S

    staining question

    will laurel mountian stains bring out the stripping and figure of curley maple as good as aquafortis
  2. S

    Determining Maple Stocks

    Thanks for your reply. I briefly meet Dick at friendship in Aug. Did not think to discuss grading stocks I will be going back in Sept. and will get up with him.
  3. S

    Determining Maple Stocks

    How do you determine the difference grades of maple such as plain ,curly [1-4] and fancy on a pre-inletted stock?
  4. S

    Barrels

    Would like to get input on comparing a Douglas regular straight barrel to Green Mountian made barrels what are your preferences and why?
  5. S

    side plates

    supper idea on the withness mark ! :applause: thanks
  6. S

    side plates

    zonie, thanks for the reply, never have built a rifle before and just checking things out, it makes sense to me for a side plate so that you dont sink the screw into the wood or cause the stock from cracking from recoil when shooting. I am not sure how much you shold tighten the screw down going...
  7. S

    side plates

    I have recently viewed a pictured of a poor boy with out a side plate. I have assumed that side plates were a functional part of helping preventing the stock from cracking due to the bolt going over to the lock plate. have I been under the wrong assumption.
  8. S

    glass beding

    Wick, thanks for taking the time to give me a detailed response! Thats why this forum is so great with responses like yours to help the new builder. Steve
  9. S

    glass beding

    Will someone please explain what glass beding is, why you do it and how you do it.
  10. S

    How important is barrel inletting to accuracy?

    bareback jack, what is vet wrap
  11. S

    How important is barrel inletting to accuracy?

    Birddog6 what do you mean when you say you glass bed your breech plugs?
  12. S

    shaping stocks

    Thanks for the reply.I knew a gun builder, it was 20 years or so ago that built alot of rifles and I remember him using a grinder to bring a full stock down. [not to the finish stage]. I was just wandering if any one else used this method, and if it was good way to get a stock close to size.
  13. S

    shaping stocks

    I know this is not traditional, but has any one ever used a power hand grinder with a circular sanding disc to start shaping a stock?
  14. S

    Tenn. classic

    Billk, planning on building my first rifle, a Tenn. poor boy. was yours pre inletted? if so how close and how much more inletting do you estimate you will have to do.I am trying to make up my mind if I want to start with a pre inletted stock or one in the white
  15. S

    vent picks

    Dane thanks for the reply. great looking rifle !The information you gave me was just what I needed.The vent pick holder looks great
  16. S

    vent picks

    Does any one have any pictures they can share of vent picks holders located on the cheek section of a rifle or information on how they are installed. :confused:
  17. S

    rifle builders in greater cincinnati area

    Birddog6 thanks for the offer to help me. guys like you are what make this forum great. I wont be able to get to friendship untill Monday or Tues. I will certianly take your advise.
  18. S

    rifle builders in greater cincinnati area

    Birddog6 I want to build a tennessee poor boy thanks for the information.
  19. S

    rifle builders in greater cincinnati area

    Mark, thanks for the reply, I certianly plan on going to friendship.I may very well get my stock and parts there.
  20. S

    rifle builders in greater cincinnati area

    Birddog6 thanks for that information I have relatives in Tenn. maybe they are close by. I will look it up. I started shooting muzzleloaders a long time ago and have been away from it for 20 years.Never really built one except for a cva mountian rifle kit and now want to move up to kinda pre...
Back
Top