What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[appalichian hunter]

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Stykbow]

@Dusty_Traveler I admire your ingenuity. The only thing I’d do differently is change the angle it’s hanging at to have the top tilted forward. With the top leaning backwards it makes a ramp for the round to skip upward.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

With the top leaning backwards it makes a ramp for the round to skip upward.

Yes sir, I thought about that as well. I'll plink at it a few times and see what happens. There is absolutely no one else in the area, so I'm not worried about anyone getting hurt.

 

[deerstalkert]

best part of having the downward tilt is you can recover the lead. i mine around mine a couple times a year.

 

[Terry Lightle]

Bought a forged flash hole pic

 

[user 30283]

Stamped out a BUNCH of percussion caps.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

It Has Arrived

My Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle arrived.

The amount of curl in the stock is amazing. I have literally never seen or even held a stock with so much curl.

There is curl every 1/4” to 3/8”, from buttplate to muzzle.

This wood is so beautiful…I’m now terrified to touch it.

Wow, Kibler has exceeded my expectations.

 

[deerstalkert]

if you can't touch it, i would be glad to take it!! that is a spectacular hunk of wood. i can see it finished with honey maple!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

if you can't touch it, i would be glad to take it!! that is a spectacular hunk of wood. i can see it finished with honey maple!

Don’t really know what to say to that…Thank You!

Hey…by the way, you live in some beautiful country. Jealous…

 

[deerstalkert]

Colorado is spectacular in places too. spent some time in your neck of the prairie some years back. you know i was just funning.
that is going to be one rifle anyone could be proud of. someday soon i am going to have to give up plank builds and let Jim Kibler do the work for me.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Colorado is spectacular in places too. spent some time in your neck of the prairie some years back. you know i was just funning.
that is going to be one rifle anyone could be proud of. someday soon i am going to have to give up plank builds and let Jim Kibler do the work for me.

I follow your posts, I get and appreciate your humor…I’m trying to figure out how to do a honey brown finish, close to what you stated. Kinda shocked me actually…

 

[deerstalkert]

today i just about finished inletting the dolep fowler barrel. about 1/32 left to go dropping the tang. right now my arm wants to beat me about the head for abusing it. think i need to spend the rest of the day sharpening tools.
did i mention that this plank puts the rock in rock hard?

 

[deerstalkert]

I follow your posts, I get and appreciate your humor…I’m trying to figure out how to do a honey brown finish, close to what you stated. Kinda shocked me actually…

humor is about all i have left! certainly don't have good looks anymore!(if ever)
Jim Kibler has a video of staining with different hues. i think he uses a golden honey stain from Laurel Mountain for a over stain on AF, then a darker top. gives that radiant gold with the darker end grains. the Dolep fowler i am building is asking for that finish. even as a rough plank it shows great potential to be what we are imagining. have tested some cutoff's with AF and it really has some nice curl and shows up well with a coat of truoil.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I got lucky and found cci #11 caps at a local Walmart. I bought some and left some for the next folks.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Today and last few days. Got a jackdor son found it on allotment , nice to save her from foxes. Have a nice cage but the door always open. Made a harness and lead and we can both go down the garden loves grapes an Musily drinks water so she’s fit and well but can only fly a yard or too she’s free to go once she can fly. But they usually hand around as they love humans very hot in Uk. Scrubbing out 15ft dia pool just bought new pressure washer

She’s tied up on patio and gone into cool undergrowth. She seems happy

Last night jackdaw came to Joan to say goodbye then walked into hall and dropped down dead. Poor little thing. She was eating very well and running around. Took to climbing stairs and then flying down. Must admit I shed a few tears. Found a nice spot and buried her. I do get attached to animals. But now we can have the patio doors open. It’s stinking hot. And as to previous comments on my little green pool. It’s ain’t no longer green

 

[30coupe]

I got my set of Lyman .440 mould blocks to replace the Lee aluminum ones. The sprue hole on the Lee blocks was getting warbled out of round and left a funky looking, off sprue on the balls. I tested out the new ones and man, what a difference! My reject rate went way down and the sprue is nice and round and centered. I didn't get time to do any shooting yet, so I don't know if there will be any improvement in accuracy, but it sure can't hurt. I love those Lyman moulds! I have some that are 60+ years old and still look like new. In fact the handles in the picture are 60+!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Sitting on the deck, sipping coffee, covered in sawdust…beginning work on my .40 calibre Kibler.

I cannot believe how fine, and “barely there”, the wood is on this stock. The curl is definitely beautiful, but once you get past the forestock, where your hand goes….the amount of wood is minimal. There’s enough wood to comfortably hold the ramrod and the pipes.

Been a Happy Morning.

 

[LME]

Took every book in my library to the trash dump! Storm messed up my roof and let water fall on my books. Ruined all of them. I was upset as there were three books I had't colored in yet. LOL!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Took every book in my library to the trash dump! Storm messed up my roof and let water fall on my books. Ruined all of them. I was upset as there were three books I had't colored in yet. LOL!

I’ve spent a lifetime collecting my library of books, on various topics. That would be heartbreaking…I’m very sorry for what happened…incredible.

 

[Forester]

I've been catching up on with what's been going on the forum. I've been away from the computer for about week recovering from heart surgery. I'm not to lift over 5 lbs. for a month, this will limit my shop time, so I will be spending more time on the ML forum
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