MUZZLE CONING TOOL

[user 61297]

Got some real range time in with the flintlock. The picture is 5 shots! 4 in about one hole and I pulled the last one high. I need to stop earlier! This is the best group I have ever shot with any open sighted rifle. Let alone a flintlock! I really believe the coning reduced stress on ball and patch and allows everything to stay true while loading. Again can't stress just how happy I am with the post-cone treatment results. Thanks Joe!

 

[Jedd382]

Used this for my .50 Kibler Colonial. Easy to use, doesnt take long, and works great! Will post shooting results as soon as I get a chance to take it out. Thanks Joe

 

[Jeff Davis]

Used this for my .50 Kibler Colonial. Easy to use, doesnt take long, and works great! Will post shooting results as soon as I get a chance to take it out. Thanks Joe

You won't be sorry one bit

 

[JGH45]

I bought this coning tool from Joe because of all the good reports that have been posted about it and Mike Beliveau's good videos. I got the 50 cal. and used it to cone the barrel on my Thompson Center Hawken and my Kibler Colonial Flint. The instructions were good and the tool worked great. Joe was a delight to deal with, I can highly recommend buying from him if you want a coning tool.

 

[jd945043]

Enjoy your perfect rifle

 

[Buff1958]

I ordered 3.. a 45, 54 and 62. they all worked great and I really like not having to pound the balls into the barrel

 

[david w]

I ordered 3.. a 45, 54 and 62. they all worked great and I really like not having to pound the balls into the barrel

My .62 was very hard to start. After using the coning tool, I no longer need a ball starter, and there is no difference in accuracy.

 

[colimr]

I contacted Mr wood after months of research about his coning tool.While I am very comfortable in many aspects of firearm building I was hesitant Of being able to cone my flintlocks..I purchase the tool and found Mr Wood one of the nicest people I have ever dealt with and within 5 days received my tool .Again hesitant I started my first coning and found it was easier than I had assumed .While I was sweating bullets It came out exactly as everyone had stated .It's an amazing tool,well made ,instructions were very straight forward and cost including shipping couldn't be beat..If your tired of using a short starter or just want to load easier then look up coning on this site or YouTube or google it then contact Mr Wood here I promise you will not regret it .Mr wood says a man’s handshake is a binding guarantee and he backs that up something very refreshing today .Thank you

 

[The Crisco Kid]

If there had been an internet forum back in the '70's where I could have learned about Joe Wood's tool I wouldn't have had to make so many short starters. I really like out shooting those folks who say a coned muzzle won't work.

 

[colimr]

On my .45s one thing i did was tie a dry 2 x 2 cleaning cloth to a long kite string and put a paper clip on the other end .I used the ramrod to push the rag and string below the point the tool will reach. after coning retrieve the rag with a hooked wire drawing any debris out .It helps in cleaning and helps avoid the fine grit from traveling down the barrel .Clean the barrel at the end of the process. Mr Wood created a great tool just got my .50 tool .Another observation accuracy was not affected and loading was 100% easier . Thank you Mr Wood ! ! !

 

[wayne1027]

I would like one of these tools in 54 cal.
I tried to contact Mr. Wood by clicking on his name, but their was no start a conversation button to click on. I am new here do I have to have 15 post to contact someone?

 

[colimr]

I would like one of these tools in 54 cal.
I tried to contact Mr. Wood by clicking on his name, but their was no start a conversation button to click on. I am new here do I have to have 15 post to contact someone?

phone # 806-352-3032 Mr Wood is on vacation currently give him a week from today

 

[wayne1027]

phone # 806-352-3032 Mr Wood is on vacation currently give him a week from today

Thank you Sir I was able to message him

 

[ForksOfTheOhio]

As wayne1027 discovered, there is a bit of a delay for new members before the direct message option is available (this happened to me as well, but I was able to send a message to Mr. Wood a few days after joining this forum).
Huge thanks to Mr. Wood for providing an excellent quality product at an incredibly reasonable price! I found colimr's suggestion very helpful - a wad of cleaning patches with string attached was very easy to retrieve with a patch worm and sped up the cleanup process.
The only sandpaper available locally was purple 3M with a "no-slip grip durable backing" - removing this plastic coating with solvent took only a few seconds and left me with paper of appropriate thickness. Mr. Wood's included instructions are excellent, and I'd recommend new users pay particular attention to the note that "the first 1/4" or so of the paper at the bottom of the taper should show no wear when you remove it" - an easy visual confirmation that your combination of paper/adhesive/tape is not too thick. Hopefully work and weather cooperate and I can get to the range soon - I'll be testing a Kibler Colonial that was shooting way high and way left (rear sight drifted so far to compensate that the dovetail was visible) so I wasn't overly concerned with removing the barrel's factory crown.

 

[GrizzlyClaus]

I just received a 54 and a 72 cal tool from Joe, could not be happier. Great service and speedy delivery. Highly recommend him.

 

[North Country]

Just sent a PM. Hoping to buy a .50 and .54.

 

[GrizzlyClaus]

Wow, Bolt. Ya sound like one of them thar infomercials, hahaha! And yet I totally agree .

 

[wayne1027]

I did my 54 colonial a couple of weeks ago. I still haven't had time to shoot it yet. It was very easy to do and the instructions were great.
Thanks, Joe

 

[Cruzatte]

I did my 54 colonial a couple of weeks ago. I still haven't had time to shoot it yet. It was very easy to do and the instructions were great.
Thanks, Joe

Good for you! Now you can ditch your short starter.

 

[Brettitt41]

Just got my .32 coning tool from Joe. Opened it up followed the directions and in just a little bit my .32 CVA Kentucky pistol was so much easier to load. My Kibler .32 SMR is up next.