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A long time unless you get into revolvers, then they just melt away.

Shape of the plug is roughed. I'll engrave it after I fill it and check to see that it's going to work. Added some embellishment around the edge of the wood cap, needed something.

Decided to thread the spout and began making a threaded antler plug The threads are cut in the spout, the plug is threaded and roughed out, I'll be working on shaping it tomorrow.

Just realized, I never posted what I've done to it since that last photo. Put a brass tip on it Used one of these things, a plumbing fixture used to attach tubing to something (or something like that) Came out pretty good, needs a bit more polishing the get the final grinding marks out I...

Thanks, but if you look at it close you'll see a lot of mistakes. The top edge of the horn not being level with the wood cap, and in an unrepairable way, a lot of slips, gouges and messed up file marks that can't be fixed, air leaks that took epoxy to seal. Without the epoxy to seal the top edge...

I'll be damned, all these years and never knew that existed. Just bought a series of grits. When my accountant wife freaks over the Amazon bill, I'm blaming you :ThankYou:

NOPE !!!! We made a wad out of a wine cork to test fire a very very old fowler (with a string from behind a barricade) We shot a flaming ball of fire out into the tall weeds, wasn't our smartest moment - gun worked great

Thank you but really just OK

Next move is something decorative around the top and inlet my initials in brass into the flat top cap (what's the word for that part?)

Yup, went that way, finished it this morning. What a PIA ! Came out pretty OK though, next one will be better

Working on my first horn I'm about to go at it with chopsticks and stuff wrapped in sandpaper, but if anyone has a better suggestion I'm all ears

I picked these up to do a build but have gone in a different direction New never fired. With all the needed screws and bolts $150 + shipping or pickup in central NJ

I'm about to to see what I can do Little worried about the bit of antler coming loose at high speed, so full body armor time

Same here, very tall

I was just out sighting in my (somewhat) new to me Frontier flintlock At 50 yards, using 38 gr of Goex, I'm halfway up the buckhorn sight Does that seem right ?

Also, before you work it, leave the brass wire out in the garden for a week or two to get that aged patina

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Just did one with two different size loops for a 35 gr powder measure for my squirrel rifle and a rectangular loop for the pan brush

What temp and how long ??

I reload and shoot both. Depends on the load. A .38 +P load is going to have a lot more hitting power because it's many times faster A .38 special bug load (just enough powder not to squib) could have even less hitting power. If the projectile are the same size then it's all about the speed.