What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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64Springer
75 Cal.
Uummm. I pretty sure this post is missing something...
bassncrap
40 Cal
You're right!!
Going thru my hunting equipment…
70’s in Tennessee again today, no rain in my neck of the woods..
Temperature falling into the 20’s over the weekend…
It’s time too go hunting!
70’s in Tennessee again today, no rain in my neck of the woods..
Temperature falling into the 20’s over the weekend…
It’s time too go hunting!
Trapper Scott
45 Cal.
The first decent good health day in a few weeks so I finally started working on the Kibler SMR patch box inletting. I slowly formed the flat box to conform to the SMR stock, then traced the patch box, erased the lines, traced again, erased the lines, and traced for the third and final time before I stab out the form. The first cut is always the hardest because there is no going back now. No guts no glory or maybe plenty of guts and no glory. We shall see in a day or two how it turns out.
Took my girlfriend out to shoot a flintlock for the first time today. Set about five pop cans from 25-50 yards and, after she watched me shoot once, she totally chickened out. On the bright side, I got to shoot half a dozen times after maybe a months time. Totally fun.
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Lol - well - I just got it…
But I think a funnel over the spout.
Cleaned and oiled my .54 GPR that’s been sitting for a few years and got all my equipment together for getting it out to the field to go for a shoot this weekend. Very excited! Haven’t been into muzzleloading for almost a decade and it’s a real ride getting back into it
skwerleater
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bassncrap
40 Cal
Excellent
bassncrap
40 Cal
Excellent
skwerleater
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thnks
This morning I used one of Joe Wood's ("flintsteel" on MLF) tools to cone the muzzle of my longrifle (the one in my avatar). I can now seat flush a .490 ball patched with lubed 0.018" ticking with minimal thumb pressure. Looking forward to shooting it and not having to mess with a short starter.
Spent the afternoon in the bush. There’s enough squirrel, cottontail and dove in my freezer that I wasn’t too concerned with getting meat. So I was hunting pumpkins with #2 buck. 9 balls down the pipe over 70 grains fffg at 25 metres.
First shot looks like I only hit it with three or 4.
Second shot. must’ve connected with most of ‘em blew the thing apart.
Got to use a 70 grain fixed measure I made out of bison horn tip.
Nice day in the woods all in all.
First shot looks like I only hit it with three or 4.
Second shot. must’ve connected with most of ‘em blew the thing apart.
Got to use a 70 grain fixed measure I made out of bison horn tip.
Nice day in the woods all in all.
Started working on a small Siler lock kit for a pair of pistols that have been patiently waiting on my bench, now that the time has changed I spend a lot more time at the bench. Locks are tedious work but it is enjoyable for me, a break from the mundane, just a file and a drill
Trapper Scott
45 Cal.
KYGUNCO.com, $109.99 for 1000 cci#11 caps.$ 11.99 shipping. Why drive anywhere?
I drove up to a local make shift range today and launched about fifteen balls out of my .40 cal Mike Brooks I nicknamed “ Delilah” by the original owner. All I can say is either Delilah or I, or both of us together were on FIRE. I felt
Like I couldn’t miss for the first time in my flintlock career. Clay pigeons at 50 yards. Yep. No problem. 90 yards. First shot. Pop cans and plastic cup were flying left and right. Total pandemonium.
There were some new shooters there and they were interested so I left them all shoot and had an impromptu instructional session. The sun was out and I can just imagine that it is about the same feeling as having an extraordinary golf game (except I don’t golf).
Like I couldn’t miss for the first time in my flintlock career. Clay pigeons at 50 yards. Yep. No problem. 90 yards. First shot. Pop cans and plastic cup were flying left and right. Total pandemonium.
There were some new shooters there and they were interested so I left them all shoot and had an impromptu instructional session. The sun was out and I can just imagine that it is about the same feeling as having an extraordinary golf game (except I don’t golf).
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Finally able to order #10 Remington caps from Cabelas for store pick up. (saves on hazmat shipping) been waiting for a year to find any. Last month I checked out a few gun shops when I visited Arizona and this one store had an employee say good luck. percussion cap guns are dinosaurs and all the mattered were in line muzzleloading guns…I promptly left.
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Sat in freezing rain with my GPR this morning. Watched three coyotes chase my dear way! Came home and warmed up. Rain blew by. Went back out with my 11y old son for a afternoon hunt. No luck be we were pretty successful at being cold!!;-)
