What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Eric Krewson]

I walked by and looked but didn't work on the mess of a patch box installation on my nephews GPR that I told him I would straighten out, he had never inletted anything and tried to do the job with a Dremel. I have straightened up the back end but found this wood is by far the most brittle and splintery I have ever encountered, It is going to take me weeks to fix this mess. I will have to glue in new wood in places and go very slowly.

 

[UndeadPoet]

I finished the Refurbishing on my CVA Colonial .45 Cal. pistol. I originally built this kit 26 years ago. I had absolutely no I idea what I was doing. I recently bought a Traditions .50 Cal. Kentucky Rifle kit. While doing research on the assembly of that kit I realized that I had done a horrible job on the pistol. I decided to refurbish the pistol using it as a much needed practice before I started on the .50 Cal. I'm much happier with the results.

That looks like my CVA Kentucky from 1983.

 

[Are. M.]

I walked by and looked but didn't work on the mess of a patch box installation on my nephews GPR that I told him I would straighten out, he had never inletted anything and tried to do the job with a Dremel. I have straightened up the back end but found this wood is by far the most brittle and splintery I have ever encountered, It is going to take me weeks to fix this mess. I will have to glue in new wood in places and go very slowly.

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Hooo doggy! I never woodwork on a gun with anything that spins faster than 33⅓.

 

[oreclan]

Grave dedication on Memorial Day for patriots Pvts. John Girty Turner(1755-1840),and Abraham Boocher (1748-1853) in Turners Graveyard, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa. by the Washington Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. That's yours truly on the left.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Gordon, why is your pool water green??
Haha!

Because it is. Ha ha. But two days of cleaning it’s blue, really need to paint it , to much of an effort. It’s £75 to water board to fill it or £3:50/200 gallons. Our water, is owned I think by some Australian company fancy our government selling our water off to some Australians.
Just getting my flintlock Gibbs neater to completion , it will be a wall hanger till I take it to France , still trying to understand their gun laws rubbed in olive oil to bring out the grain

anyway I wish you well. It’s rain and sun west of London Nice to meet you now it don’t match the grass which is green so sorry.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Gordon, why is your pool water green??
Haha!

Because it is. Ha ha. But two days of cleaning it’s blue, really need to paint it , to much of an effort. It’s £75 to water board to fill it or £3:50/200 gallons. It’s owned I think by some Australian company fancy our government selling our water off to some Australians. Just getting my flintlock Gibbs neater completion , it will be a wall hanger till I take it to France , still trying to understand their gun laws

anyway I wish you well. It’s rain and sun west of London Nice to meet you now it don’t match the grass which is green

 

[loflyr55]

Since the previous thread was shut down (locked) by our new moderator, I thought I would start one up again, as per the suggestion.
So, let's get this thread going again, and share your muzzleloading related adventures of the day!

Bought some pillow ticking while waiting for new tire installation, and re-joined the NMLRA after a long absence.

 

[akroguy]

Opened up my Kibler Colonial box just received...(banged up...thanks USPS ya goons). Luckily, contents in perfect shape! That CNC lock is buttery smooooth....really amazing. For a standard grade maple stock, it looks to have some figure to it. I've never had a swamped barrel anything and man is it sexy! It's in .58, rifled, and points really well. Won't be able to do much until the weekend. Workin my butt off this week, which is sad because I don't have much of one to begin with.

 

[Dale Lilly]

Went through laptop pictures to move and rename some of my gun pics to make it easier to find 'em. Looked over my recently acquired Investarm .50 Hawken style. Built in 1985 and it is pristine. I can't find a flaw of any sort. Looks brand new, probably never fired. I cannot believe I found that thing at a pawn shop. Sure would like to know where it has been for 37 years. Dale

 

[cynthialee]

Not MZ related

I made a batch of Raspberry Wine. 5 gallons
Should be ready by August at the earliest. Probably September I'll rack it the last time.

But I did spend most that time considering if I should go shoot my blunderbuss some.

 

[Timber Wolf]

Cold blued and installed a ram rod thimble on an old Renegade. This was the (almost) last item I needed to complete the rehab of this old blaster. I “discovered” this sad .54 Renegade in my collection a while back. I have no idea when, where, or for how much it came to be mine. The bore looked rusty, the fiberglass ram rod was missing a tip on one end, a thimble was missing, the nipple was trashed, and it was drilled and tapped for scope bases. One good point was that the wood was not bad, just the usual “using” marks here and there.

I hit the bore with a little Scotchbrite pad action and it cleaned up pretty good. I replaced the nipple with a suitable Musket nipple and commenced to launching Lee REAL bullets over some old Pyrodex that needed burning up (80 grains at a time). Turns out the suspect bore shot respectable groups which helped my feelings a bit. I then fitted, epoxied, installed and pinned an appropriate threaded tip on the rod. I bid on a thimble on fleabay, but somebody sniped me at the last minute. I then discovered TOW sold a correct thimble and added one (and the screw) to an order. Like a lot of my stuff, they sat a while but today I decided it was time to finish this project.

I am going to shoot it some more as-is, and someday may add a scope (horrors!!!!!!) since it is already D&T and I have some correct rings/bases around somewhere. I bet the old Renegade will make a fine deer killer.

 

[COTNTOP]

Worked on a Cherokee that was damaged in shipping. Found parts at a local shop and noticed T7 powder and caps. Powder was $45 and caps were $15 seemed a little high.

 

[Rum River]

Mowed the rifle range. Acquired 6" and 4" gongs (AR500 steel). The 8" and 10" gongs have become boring.....

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Well greetings EWD Marshal
it’s blue now. Hard work

 

[edw.marshall]

Because it is. Ha ha. But two days of cleaning it’s blue, really need to paint it , to much of an effort. It’s £75 to water board to fill it or £3:50/200 gallons. It’s owned I think by some Australian company fancy our government selling our water off to some Australians. Just getting my flintlock Gibbs neater completion , it will be a wall hanger till I take it to France , still trying to understand their gun laws

anyway I wish you well. It’s rain and sun west of London Nice to meet you now it don’t match the grass which is green

Your pool looks great!
Nice job!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Yesterday…I tried my hand at knapping flint and making flints for my muzzleloader

I had a great time, though it was not without its surprises.

#1 Surprise: Flint is so sharp, I did not feel the cuts…until later

 

[mushka]

This is why I buy them instead of napping them myself.

 

[Nor Cal Mikie]

Because it is. Ha ha. But two days of cleaning it’s blue, really need to paint it , to much of an effort. It’s £75 to water board to fill it or £3:50/200 gallons. It’s owned I think by some Australian company fancy our government selling our water off to some Australians. Just getting my flintlock Gibbs neater completion , it will be a wall hanger till I take it to France , still trying to understand their gun laws

anyway I wish you well. It’s rain and sun west of London Nice to meet you now it don’t match the grass which is green

Interesting stock.

 

[Nor Cal Mikie]

Headed out early this morning to the Post Office and shipped my Flintlock Fowler back East to "it's new owner." Should arrive there first to mid part of next week.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

horses ok they go with guns don’t they

Went to the races at Epsom. And watched the Oaks race to morrow the Derby