New Muzzle Loaders Or Projects For 2021?

[nkbj]

Got a project you've been wanting to try?
Is there a muzzle loader you've been wanting to get?

Mentioned elsewhere but I'm thinking on a light weight rifle to shoot .45 minies.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

Starting to acquire parts for a .54 Issac Haines. Pecatonica is backed up on shipments. Santa brought some hardware I can clean up in the meantime.

 

[Bob McBride]

Two stocks, both from Allen Martin's shop, waiting on barrels. Maple is waiting on a 50" tapered oct/rnd 20 bore from Charlie Burton and the Walnut is waiting on a .29 from Charlie as well. I ought to have the little 5/8" .29 barrel first week of January so I can get that little gun done by end of Winter. It'll be a tiny little Southern squirrel gun with an original small brass plate Ketland lock and hand forged furniture. The maple gun will be some sort of restocked gun with a roundfaced from Kibler (That Jerry Rice is engraving for me now).

 

[Doc Ivory]

Yep.
Just spoke with Katherine over at Kibler as I wanted to upgrade my stock to premium.
She was gracious as always and apologized that the barrels were still taking time. Not a problem in my book.

In the meantime, think I'll look into purchasing a Fowler.

 

[Otter]

Not a new project, but I really want to get back to finishing up a fullstock Leman .58 cal I bought the parts for over 10 years ago. Got as far as inletting the barrel and lock before getting buried with work. Been retired for a couple years and caught up with honey-do projects so I can to get back to the Leman, finally.

 

[Bob McBride]

Yep.
Just spoke with Katherine over at Kibler as I wanted to upgrade my stock to premium.
She was gracious as always and apologized that the barrels were still taking time. Not a problem in my book.

In the meantime, think I'll look into purchasing a Fowler.

I love Katherine. She's fabulous. She told me at the Fall Frolic Show that she calls me 'Crazy Eyes' because of me mugging in all my YouTube video's thumbnails....

 

[Dave Marsh]

Lone Watie: How did you know which one was goin’ to shoot first?
Josie Wales: Well, that one in the center: he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin’ hurry. And the one second from the left: he had scared eyes, he wasn’t gonna do nothin’. But that one on the far left: he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Got a project you've been wanting to try?

Yes as a matter of fact! I am a flintlock guy, but took a shinning to Roger Renner's "Peerless Faeton" underhammer. I have in possession the PF receiver and breechplug. The black walnut is being worked on now. I have the rear sight fabricated, along with the escutcheons, and keys. The Rice 54 cal 30" tapered barrel is 2 months out for expected delivery. Underhammers by R.J.Renner

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

In the last two years I have acquired a .40 Isaac Haynes (lefty flint), a Southern Rifle in .54 (lefty flint), a French Fowler 20 ga (lefty flint) and a Pedersoli Scout .50 (righty cap lock.) I need a .45 lefty flintlock to fill in the run from .32 - .36 - .40 - X - .50 - .54 - .62, an maybe have one of my spare .50 lefty flints re-bored to .58 to complete the straight.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[Doc Ivory]

I love Katherine. She's fabulous. She told me at the Fall Frolic Show that she calls me 'Crazy Eyes' because of me mugging in all my YouTube video's thumbnails....

That's funny.. Lol!
Katherine is just fabulous as is Lori.

 

[GANGGREEN]

I've got a bunch of projects planned and hope that I can finish most or all of them. I have an Isaac Haines "light" kit from Chambers on my bench now, then it will be a 24 gauge fowler with a curly cherry stock that Dave Keck is inletting for me. I also have a light Lancaster with a .50 B-weight Getz barrel with Dave as well. Here at the shop, I have parts from a rifle that I broke in a sad accident and that will go to Dave as well, probably for a Lehigh/Rupp style rifle, maybe a poor boy, maybe in American chestnut. Just lots to decide. I also have a Getz 13/16" straight barrel that's going to Charlie Burton for a light swamping and it will be turned into a light squirrel rifle, possibly something like the old Hatfield rifles. I don't think I've ever built more than 2 in a year's time before, but I'm recently retired and have all of these projects planned, can't wait.

 

[Monkeyman]

I have a 1740 Potsdam from TRS that should ship today. Should be fun.

 

[tenngun]

I’ve been thinking about a schimmel early federal era. I would like to make my wedge tent just a bit bigger, and an early 19th century tailed coat.
got a box of .570 ball to try as paper cartridges in my FDC, as soon as Christmas all down and house back to normal roll me some. I’ve not made paper cartridges this century.
if they do well will have to call Calahans and get me a mold

 

[Josephg]

I'm going to finish a project I started ten years ago. .38 percussion Schuetzen rifle on a Allen boxlock action.

 

[John May]

I have an 'original' Japanese matchlock carbine with a damaged barrel and my intention is to re-barrel it using a cut down twist barrel from a bundle I bought in auction in early 2020.
It's not going to be easy but that's part of the fun when you imagine these projects. I am currently in the middle of draw-filing the octagonal breech section which will most likely be the hardest part of the conversion!
As it's a UK based project it will be inert of course.... no, really officer!

 

[bisleyjohn]

I have a second Baker kit bought from TRS ten years ago - surely it will get to the top of my TODO list this year?

 

[sidtrog]

I want a fowler this year and keep procrastinating on buying a kit/parts. Has anyone put together a Chambers fowler kit? Any advice for a minimally experienced builder?

 

[rich pierce]

I’ve got more projects than time. Hoping for 4 builds this year. One is an early fowler/trade gun, maybe 1760, based on one in For Trade and Treaty. Next up if a 1740s Hudson Valley fowler based on HV1 in Grinslade’s book on Colonial Fowlers. After that I’ll be ready for a rifle build or two, I’m sure.

 

[Keb]

I,ve been making a few bows since in quarantine but decided to make a gun. The parts are on the way for a .77 caliber by 46" smoothbored barreled, maple stocked, Davis flint Dutch gun. The barrel is short but it's the best I could do on short notice. I cut the wood in 2013 in s.w. PA. It's going to my oldest grandson.

 

[longcruise]

Why do so many of us have ten year old unfinished projects?

I'm no different. I have just started on a parts collection that ive been contemplating for years. Barrel is in and I'm ready to start inletting the tang and lock.

I have a Lyman GPR kit that I rescurd at a gun show a long time ago. Its probably got about a weeks worth of work left. Polishing the trigger guard will get things going and headed toward done.

My two youngest grandchildren are my granddaughters and since I have provided each grandchild with a rifle they are due. I have a 45 CVA Kentucky kit for one of them and need to do a lefty for the other girl. I'm leaning toward a pecatonica underhammer kit for her.

And finally, I really, really need a 40 SMR. I've been leaning towards a Kibler kit but it will depend on how the budget looks when all these other projects are done. Might end up with a board, barrel and lock.