Loading Block

[Stumpkiller]

Now what does the wife say about you using her undergarments to hold your loading block?

HA! Them I use for the rifle sling and deer drag. :haha: Oops, I hear fryin pan type noises.

 

Ahh,,well ahh,

That must be some substantual underwear Stumpkiller!

Definately not a woman to trifle with!!

Though a deer drag with an elastic action is a thought!!

:hmm: :hmm:

 

[bob1961]

it's a pipe i made for smokeing for a friend.....................bob

 

[Claude Mathis]

it's a pipe i made for smokeing for a friend.....................bob

I've often wondered about those pipes.

Antler (compressed hair) + Fire = Burning Hair!

 

[Stumpkiller]

Mmmmmm. Be a big improvement over the Los Lobos Turdos cigars my long-now former boss used to smoke at work. Kack, ghark.. Bob's bear-bladder bong soaks up most of the hair taste, anyhow.

 

How'd we get to here from a question about loading blocks anyway??

I'm so confused!!!! :: ::

 

[Stumpkiller]

The human mind is a marvel of synapses and defies all logical progression by making tangential and often abstract connections. It's what sets us above computers and animals. Well, most of us. ::

So, what is everyone's favorite number of shots to incorporate into a loading block? Mine seem to be either five or seven.

 

[musketman]

So, what is everyone's favorite number of shots to incorporate into a loading block? Mine seem to be either five or seven.

3, I have bigger projectiles...

 

[Rebel]

Depends on the caliber. For a .32 cal. usually 10-12 holes, for a .50 cal. and .54 cal. 6 or 8 holes.

 

[Curry Mosher]

Once upon a time (a long story starting here) I made a 20-round loading block to use with my .50 cal flint rifle. The original object was to get enough rounds to carry through a woods walk or one of those Survival Scenario Walks. I called it my "muzzle loading assault magazine" and it worked out pretty well in competition.

Currently, I shoot a .54 flint rifle and prefer the 5 or 10 round block for hunting or competition. Those don't weigh as much and the patches don't dry out waiting to be used.

Point of interest--If you look in the November, 2001 issue of "Muzzle Blasts" you will find an article on the oldest known (so far) loading block. It is dated 1757.

The issue of short starters is interesting, too. I think if you check on the construction of rifle barrels of the Colonial Period, you will find that most of them were "funneled". They had a relieved area at the muzzle which allowed loading with only the ramrod. Thus, IMHO, loading blocks were in use, but not short starters.

 

[musketman]

Once upon a time (a long story starting here) I made a 20-round loading block to use with my .50 cal flint rifle. The original object was to get enough rounds to carry through a woods walk or one of those Survival Scenario Walks. I called it my "muzzle loading assault magazine" and it worked out pretty well in competition.

 

[tg]

I have heard of the 1757 loading block but also that there was much question of accurate/valid date, anyone have anything current on it?