How do you load your muzzleloader?

[nhmoose]

Powder-Patch-Ball has worked for me

 

[tom_in_vt]

i set the butt on my left foot, crook my left arm to cradle the barrel so it leans away from me and load with my right hand.
i hate fumunda on the butt plate or scratches so it goes on top of my left foot.

This is exactly how I do it on the range and in the field.

 

[oldwood]

deerstalkert.......What is fumunda??

 

[deerstalkert]

deerstalkert.......What is fumunda??

i will pm the response. were you not in the military service?

 

[mushka]

Fumunda is not a term I heard while in the army in the 60's.

 

[oldwood]

I always am amused at military communication jargon from WW-2 , as well. I had a friend I made at the Spring National M/L shoot about 1987. He was on a PT boat in the Pacific , that went out at times , in the same squadron as John F. Kennedy. My friend said the Japanese were very good at sending bogus messages , and disrupting military Naval communications . To confuse the Japanese communications , my friend said US Naval operators used American slang as a signal that a message really came from an American source. One of the slang terms used back then , was to make a true comm. statement , and to follow it with , "And that's No $hit". Guess the enemy had no translation for the term.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Fumunda is not a term I heard while in the army in the 60's.

Me neither from the seventies, eighties or nineties. Probably some British version of FUBAR.

 

[nick_1]

nope. its the slimy stuff from under you know what...

 

[TDM]

Me neither from the seventies, eighties or nineties. Probably some British version of FUBAR.

Now FUBAR we all know.

 

[Rob M.]

Funny ... I'm so used to loading while standing I had to kind of sit here and think to myself ..." How do i do that ? " LOL ! Just becomes second nature I guess . I remember going to Bill Moose range the first time in the early 90s and everyone had all this crap just spread around them to load and clean their rifles , I just brought the rifle, horn and shootin bag . Didn't know to bring a large tool box or tackle box ! LOL ! All in what you get used to I guess . just an observation ..... Take care. Wow ! Not allowed to say $#it or cr@p on here . Getting as bad as FB ....

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Funny ... I'm so used to loading while standing I had to kind of sit here and think to myself ..." How do i do that ? " LOL ! Just becomes second nature I guess . I remember going to Bill Moose range the first time in the early 90s and everyone had all this manure just spread around them to load and clean their rifles , I just brought the rifle, horn and shootin bag . Didn't know to bring a large tool box or tackle box ! LOL ! All in what you get used to I guess . just an observation ..... Take care. Wow ! Not allowed to say $#it or cr@p on here . Getting as bad as FB ....

Use the German word: Scheisse. You can even say ficken here then. Oh, and if you like ASCI art, you can do things like this: (.Y.)

 

[Will]

This is the most accurate way to test the rifle and a load...for me! With two herniated disc in my lower back from jumping outa airplanes....I lean up against the bench or sit on the tailgate of my truck. At 83...I do quite well!

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Airborne my brother.
C co, 2nd/503,173 rd. Airborne Brigade , Vietnam
A co. 1/505, 82nd Airborne Div., Vietnam

 

[LANEY REECE]

Airborne my brother.
C co, 2nd/503,173 rd. Airborne Brigade , Vietnam
A co. 1/505, 82nd Airborne Div., Vietnam

Thank you SIR for your service.

 

[Will]

Thank you SIR for your service.

Thank you much.

 

[Rob M.]

When I read just the title, the 16 year old smart alec that still lives inside my head wanted to say "from the muzzle, duh!" but I won't say that.
Like the others above, butt on the ground, rifle between my legs and both hands free.

LOL .... Same here . My response in my head was " powder first ....well , most the time ....

 

[MDH]

I have a Fowler with a 72" barrel. I put the butt in one county and stand in the next county holding the muzzle. Load with y free hand.

 

[ETipp]

Been shooting my Crockett Squirrel rifle more than any other muzzleloader I have ever owned. After I finally got all the bugs worked out, I almost always reload in the woods under actual hunting conditions. With the crescent style stock, it has now become natural for me to place the crescent buttstock on the top of my foot and load accordingly. I squirrel hunted a lot this year so far. Had my fair share of missees. Killed a bunch of bushy tail gray squirrels. So that meant a lot of reloading in the woods, in the mountains and mostly on uneven ground such as on the side of the slope. Not bragging one bit. But after reloading so much under those conditions, I now use the same style even when loading in my house before I go on a hunt. Don’t need a table or bench. I hang onto my ML and/or lean it against my body through the entire process. It’s hammer half ****, remove spent primer, pour powder down muzzle in out of pre-measured tubes, wrap on side of butt stock, grab a patch and put in between my teeth, grab a .310 round ball out of another pocket, center patch, try to center ball on patch, start with thumb, run the ball home with ramrod, double check index mark, place new cap on nipple and ready for the next shot.

So far this year, I’ve done this at least 5-6 times while another squirrel was looking at me. You would be surprised at how much faster one can get under such circumstances yet be quiet and smooth at the same time. I still talk to myself through the entire process so hopefully I don’t miss a step.

 

[Sidney Smith]

At the range, I have a piece of 3/4 inch plywood with a U shaped cut out in it, which I lined with foam insulation. The board is about 10 inches long and 6 inches wide. I clamp it to the shooting table via a couple of those blue adjustable clamps. I have an old phone book with a piece of carpet tied to it for the butt to rest on. Gun sits upright with no chance of falling over.

When hunting, I just rest the butt on top of my foot and rest the muzzle in my shoulder until loading.

 

[Eterry]

Sitting down squirrel hunting with my 42" Early Lancaster is tough. I've learned to put the butt about 3 feet away, to my right, the barrel on my right thigh.
Standing with it I set the butt a foot-ish to my right, lean the barrel in the crook of my right arm.
I've never got used to putting them between my knees. In the woods a low branch is handy.

 

[ETipp]

Sitting down squirrel hunting with my 42" Early Lancaster is tough. I've learned to put the butt about 3 feet away, to my right, the barrel on my right thigh.
Standing with it I set the butt a foot-ish to my right, lean the barrel in the crook of my right arm.
I've never got used to putting them between my knees. In the woods a low branch is handy.

42” barrel is a long one indeed. No doubt it requires a somewhat different procedure. I often think of that while I reload my Crockett rifle in the woods.