What did you do today

[Forester]

Disassembled my Kibler SMR kit. Sanded with 150 grit. Also put another coat of browning on the buttplate. It's coming along.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Cutting and lubing .010 patches for shooting .495 balls.

 

[1950DAVE]

Root canal.............now the pain should go away. No , another one must be removed.

Physical pain siminished a lot quicker than the financial pain as I neve had dental ins.
Dave

 

[bisleyjohn]

Not today, yesterday. Worked on a Euroarms (1996) New Model Navy I was gifted by a dealer friend. It was handed in because it wouldn't hold full-cock. Someone had tried to lighten the trigger and completely ruined the profile. I gave it a dab of weld, attacked it with my Dremel look-alike, some diamond needle files, and now it holds both full and half-cock. I would buy a replacement hammer and trigger but no-one it seems will ship across the pond. (all say aaaaah!) Can't wait to shoot it.

 

[TFoley]

Not today, yesterday. Worked on a Euroarms (1996) New Model Navy I was gifted by a dealer friend. It was handed in because it wouldn't hold full-cock. Someone had tried to lighten the trigger and completely ruined the profile. I gave it a dab of weld, attacked it with my Dremel look-alike, some diamond needle files, and now it holds both full and half-cock. I would buy a replacement hammer and trigger but no-one it seems will ship across the pond. (all say aaaaah!) Can't wait to shoot it.

Euroarms are a US-based consortium but their products are made in Italy. At least, that is the generally-held opinion. However, I see your point about the ITAR business - a ludicrous set of rules that ensures that weapons of mass destruction and their components, like a forend for a Winchester made in 1903, and one of those AWFUL and truly LETHAL components, like a hammer for gun designed in the late 1850s, don't get into the wrong hands.

 

[qz2026_1]

What I did yesterday was to receive my Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle kit

Other than that, I will usually respond to such a question with the following response:

My son called and asked me what I was going to do today. I said nothing. He said you did that yesterday. I said, true, but I didn’t finish

Ain't retirement great!

 

[TFoley]

Well, I went shooting today with the intention of getting some better grouping with my new-to-me Pritchett rifle. Starting at 60gr of Swiss 2F saw a lot of yawing of the bullet at 50m - some were obviously going sideways. Upped it to 65 - same deal, so I raised the load to 70gr....one of the five left a beautiful profile cut..but in general, there was, if you squinted, the definite beginnings of a group forming.

So next time out - 75 and 80gr.

It's beginning to smart, as well - the rifle only weighs about seven pounds and the bullet 568gr - I'm not that sore, but it is not as much fun as it used to be....

I'll keep you posted with progress [or lack thereof] - the next shoot is Sunday.

 

[mjpchief]

Took my recently purchased Thompson Center 50 cal out to the range again today. After my last trip with it it showed hope of being a very accurate rifle. It didn’t disappoint me one bit. First shot at 50 yds it put one in the bullseye. The next 4 shots were touching the first hole. Shooting a .490 ball with a .018 pillow tic patch with 50 gr of 3F Goex. This rifle is fast becoming my favorite rifle. Next time out I will set up on the 100 yd range. I expect I will have to up the powder charge for 100 yds.

This is a picture of the target. Will probably hang this one over the gun bench.

 

[Ulk77more]

I found an old Whitworth Rifle in almost pristine condition, I could tell by the price that the owner was right proud of it.
Hopefully I can talk them down a bit.

 

[Eric Krewson]

My wife and I loved going to archery tournaments and camping in our 5th wheel camper. She died of cancer 7 years ago, I tried to keep up the same tournament schedule but it wasn't the same without my co-pilot, I only went out a couple of times last year, and none this year.

I had a botched hip replacement that will effect my mobility, I looked at the camper in the driveway and thought, time to turn it loose. I couldn't change a tire if I had to and had found at 73 my attention span on the road is not what it used to be.

I asked a local dealer if he would help me sell it, he said he couldn't because of his insurance structure but would like to look at it. He stopped by, took one look, made me an offer and pulled out his checkbook, done deal. It was a no pet, no smoke, camper that we kept as neat as a pin, that was the first thing he commented on.

Yesterday was clean out the camper day, it took all day, like those closets in the house "stuff" gets stored in for what ever reason but never leaves or is used.

Here is my late copilot and the camper, ironically the day we picked it up new from the dealer she went to the rest room and came back saying" I peed blood" , bladder cancer. We did take a few trips while she was in remission, she lasted 14 more months.

 

[oldwood]

Working on two m/l guns at once. All these spring time crap sandwiches , outside , are holding me back . Oh well......Just keep truckin'......

 

[bisleyjohn]

Tried to send a comforting email to a Shipmate of fifty years after he told me that he starts chemo on Monday as his cancer has come back. He won't survive surgery the tell him

Paul, who lost a leg through a tropical parasitic attack, has blocked arteries in his 'good' leg and a heart weakened, they think, by the parasite that took his leg.

There's and old song, 'The sun is out, the sky is blue - but its raining in my heart'

Sorry guys, I had to tell someone I feel so (--------) helpless

 

[Omahkapi'si]

We got about a foot of snow, with more coming. Might head over to the range and shoot.

 

[deerstalkert]

cut and pealed a box full of willow to make charcoal out of. seems like a good morning for a nap.
gray and drizzly.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Took my recently purchased Thompson Center 50 cal out to the range again today. After my last trip with it it showed hope of being a very accurate rifle. It didn’t disappoint me one bit. First shot at 50 yds it put one in the bullseye. The next 4 shots were touching the first hole. Shooting a .490 ball with a .018 pillow tic patch with 50 gr of 3F Goex. This rifle is fast becoming my favorite rifle. Next time out I will set up on the 100 yd range. I expect I will have to up the powder charge for 100 yds.

This is a picture of the target. Will probably hang this one over the gun bench.

Outstanding!

 

[PathfinderNC]

I hoped to shoot some, but it's a wet, cold day. So, I finished building Mountain Dulcimer #124 (Northern Cherry and Black Walnut). Mountain Dulcimers and Mountain Rifles= perfect together

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Springtime in Alberta. At the range today and put a few .490 balls through my Frontier rifle. This is only 50 grains of Triple 7 but it shoots pretty consistent I find. No wind at all which helps. Saves powder too.

50 yds off hand

About 70 yds off hand, walked out on the 100 yd lane cuz target was a bit too small that far for me today...

Spring is such a nice time of year....shoot safe, RR

 

[oldwood]

Took some time from the bosses list of crap sandwiches , and rummaged through some old flea mkt. parts. Found a set of b/plate , trig. guard , and side plate in brass so crusted with greenish -black stuff , I'm not going to clean it up . The large Reading b-plate , shows hard use , Lotsa small dinges , but not bent up from it's original shape. No surgery needed here. The side plate is in excellent shape showing 2 3/4 " bolt hole spread. Pretty standard for a full size flint lock. The trigger guard needs some TLC . The front tang has a 3/16" hole near the front end fixable with a brass bolt body from a plumbing store. Thread the hole , insert the brass screw , solder in place ,. cut off top and bottem. The rear tang of the trig. guard , is broken off just behind the pinning lug. Must install a soldered on brass lap joint to replace the missing piece of the rear tang . Don't remember where I found this trio of parts , but am glad I rescued them. Since this Reading .54 cal. smooth longrifle has such heavily patinaed original brass parts , I might have to use copper thimbles and end cap. Copper corrodes with a deep blackish color and might match the rest of the parts w/o a lot of work. Since the right side of the butt stock is where all the intense figure is located , it seems a shame to apply a patch box and loose a portion of the figure underneath it. So.....a grease hole will be the only adornment . The cheek side of the gun will have some sparce appropriate carving since the wood grain is so unattractively devoid of figure. All I can hope for , is some rainy days to dampen the supply of outside crap sandwich work , so The smoothy can be worked upon. Dieing to get this cripple to the range to see if it's.54 ball is accurate enough to hunt deer with........................... oldwood

 

[Woody Morgan]

Range Day.
Entertained a few who have never actually seen a flintlock fire.
Pulled out the Trapper and one said, "Ooo! A pirate pistol! It actually works?"
30 grains of 3f and a .490 later she had her answer.

wm

 

[bang]

Made the first part for my swivel breach