I finished up a casting session I did not get to complete yesterday. I ran out of propane before I got all I wanted to do done. Swapping in a new bottle I re-commenced to running .530 and .735 balls. The lead was the plumbing seals shown back in post #3447.
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What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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.480 ball RR?Very windy day at the range today....60F and cloudy. Shot my Frontier .50 cal flintlock at 50 yds off hand. 8" target. My rifle is aptly named "Chinook" for days just like this one.
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50 gn Goex 2fg
.480 ball, .015 patch
nice shooting! now slay the pumpkins.
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went pheasant hunting with my 11ga fowler. hunted and hunted. gave up after 4 hours.
shot my new to me Lyman gpr with the .50 barrel. it likes 80g fff under a prb.
cleaned every thing. slotted the wedges on the Lyman and captured them.
going to go sit and see if i can get a bear this evening. sitting is good.
shot my new to me Lyman gpr with the .50 barrel. it likes 80g fff under a prb.
cleaned every thing. slotted the wedges on the Lyman and captured them.
going to go sit and see if i can get a bear this evening. sitting is good.
Yup, I love the .480 ball....loads super easy and shoots great.
dehart.stephen
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Paper-patched some Whitworth bullets. The little offset peeking out at the front edge shows me where the ends meet up without any extra overlap, so there's no extra paper thickness on one side to get the bullet off-axis when it's loaded. Did these in the park in a nice breeze, with a squirrel fussing at some predator. Nice place to sit and jusf tinker with stuff.
Paper-patched some Whitworth bullets. The little offset peeking out at the front edge shows me where the ends meet up without any extra overlap, so there's no extra paper thickness on one side to get the bullet off-axis when it's loaded. Did these in the park in a nice breeze, with a squirrel fussing at some predator. Nice place to sit and jusf tinker with stuff.
Went to the N-SSA National Match last week & just got back today.
My team Captain in the early Sunday frost.
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i will have to give that a try! i have molds for .490 and .495. maybe i am going the wrong way with the .50's i have that i can't get to shoot.
I have those too, the .495's are sure a tight fit, I prefer the .480's over both.
Fired 20 more roundballs & threw my knife & hawk again…
Trapper Scott
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A couple of years ago I bought a Traditions Deer Hunter flintlock with a synthetic stock
. Well let’s face it, a synthetic stock on a flintlock. No. So I called Traditions to maybe order a wood stock. Well they wanted $350! Just for a stock! I can buy a new rifle for that! So today I started to work on making my own out of a piece of oak that I have. So we shall see.
. Well let’s face it, a synthetic stock on a flintlock. No. So I called Traditions to maybe order a wood stock. Well they wanted $350! Just for a stock! I can buy a new rifle for that! So today I started to work on making my own out of a piece of oak that I have. So we shall see.Attachments
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Nice! I've always heard that oak was too porous for gun stocks, so I never attempted to use it myself. I hope it turns out nice for you.A couple of years ago I bought a Traditions Deer Hunter flintlock with a synthetic stock
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I have a Jaeger headed my way - woo hoo! I've ordered all the things for shooting and cleaning that I need. I'm very excited to have it for deer season. I'll have to whip and spur a bit to get a load worked up, but maybe I'll get lucky and it will shoot well with initial loads.
the october pemi valley primitive woods run is comming up in 11 day so I practiced after work
Thats my work belt not my competition belt.. Anyways i have a 5" steel plate at 25 yrds in the side yard then I sprint 250m up the hill to the log landing (absolutly kicks my 60yr old butt) and I have a 30m 5" steel up there. pretty good session. 10 shots and 8 hits... My running needs more work than my shooting and my shooting needs work
3 shot group on the 25yrd 5" steel
Thats my work belt not my competition belt.. Anyways i have a 5" steel plate at 25 yrds in the side yard then I sprint 250m up the hill to the log landing (absolutly kicks my 60yr old butt) and I have a 30m 5" steel up there. pretty good session. 10 shots and 8 hits... My running needs more work than my shooting and my shooting needs work
3 shot group on the 25yrd 5" steel
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shot this months postal target. still weak from a CVA last week sometime. but i got it done.
stumbled around the flats in the valley below me searching for a suicidal pheasant to oblige but there were very few dumb ones.
loaded with leather over powder wad and same over shot. that grass is waist deep and scary dry. i didn't want to take a chance on a smoldering cotton or fiber wad.
stumbled around the flats in the valley below me searching for a suicidal pheasant to oblige but there were very few dumb ones.
loaded with leather over powder wad and same over shot. that grass is waist deep and scary dry. i didn't want to take a chance on a smoldering cotton or fiber wad.
tgfrench
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I bought some mink oil.Walkingeagle
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Cleaned up my TC .50 percussion New Englander. Barrel on this old girl is smooooth!! Previous owner drilled it for a scope, and that has bothered me since I received it.
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bought some supplies from the list of stuff I noted down while up in Virginnie during N-SSA Nationals as needed supplies
Threw my knife & hawk some more…
