What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[gunpa]

I'm pretty sure I would have let fly at those yotes!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Picked up 2 more lead "freebies"......
I'll be pouring these soon.

 

[Loja man]

I'm pretty sure I would have let fly at those yotes!

I tracked them with my sights but they were moving fast enough through the woods that I just did like my chances. If I had my 30-30 lever gun I would have opened up on them. Knowing I would’ve missed some but would still have connected.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Went through my main possibles bag with an eye toward having to do some wandering some day. Decided I might "need" to upgrade one of the two pocket knives I keep in there with this one:

Not sure what I might use a hoof cleaner for as I don't own a horse, but a marlin spike is exceedingly useful when dealing with old knots in leather thongs or rope. Financing might be problematical though. Might have to reassess my cutlery needs.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

I began the task of fitting a Davis 1803 lock to a newly acquired Euroarms 1803 Harpers Ferry rifle. Completed roughly 85% of the fit and clearancing. The vent to pan fit ended up not exactly perfect, but it might perform just fine. Tonight I'll drill and tap the lock plate and finish fitting the frizzen.

 

[Tannehill]

Deer hunting here in Missouri. Saw five does no bucks

 

[Gtrubicon]

A few weeks ago I ins an L&R rpl lock in my cva mountain rifle. Yesterday I filed, sanded and browned it with Plum Brown Barrel Finish. I installed it this morning. I’m hoping to shoot today after Church.

 

[BlackRock52]

View attachment 174730View attachment 174731made these yesterday

Ever consider commissioned custom work?

 

[vintovka]

Did semi final assembly on the last "mongrel" project made from leftover shop parts. CVA mountain rifle stock and lock and furniture, Hatfield 39" 50 cal barrel, TC patchbox, triggers and guard, Handmade sideplate, rib and thimbles. Been glassbedded and stained with my favorite (and ridiculously cheap) potassium permanganate concoction and few coats of tru oil. Waiting on 8/32 replacement lock bolts as CVA screwheads are too tiny. Will post pics then. If you want to learn more about the stain just ask. Finns love it!!

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Vintovka, I love "Frankenstein" guns!

 

[64Springer]

Prepared the 18th century 20ga barrel for the 21st century 3/8-24 drum/vent liner from TOTW.

I really need a stock. So much stuff for muzzleloaders is simply unavailable. I trust TOTW, but even they don't know when stocks will be coming in. My winter project could be for winter '24, winter '25. Before I'm worm dirt preferably.

 

[vintovka]

Vintovka, I love "Frankenstein" guns!

This ones a real monster. Furniture is rather eclectic combination of bright German silver, polished brass and brown steel on deep red wood. Just weighed it at whopping 9.2 pounds! Still needs work as newly finished rod was torn up by rough spot on one of my home made thimbles. Kinda reminds me of the Sgt York turkey shoot scene. Will always wonder what happened to the Hatfield rifle the barrel cam from.

 

[smo]

 

[Trapper Scott]

Did semi final assembly on the last "mongrel" project made from leftover shop parts. CVA mountain rifle stock and lock and furniture, Hatfield 39" 50 cal barrel, TC patchbox, triggers and guard, Handmade sideplate, rib and thimbles. Been glassbedded and stained with my favorite (and ridiculously cheap) potassium permanganate concoction and few coats of tru oil. Waiting on 8/32 replacement lock bolts as CVA screwheads are too tiny. Will post pics then. If you want to learn more about the stain just ask. Finns love it!!

Well, I have to ask about your special stain and would love to see some pictures of it. I'm contemplating a lye stain when it gets time for my SMR.

 

[Trapper Scott]

I cleaned up the butt plate, patch box metal with some 200-grit paper, and cut a small groove in the check piece on the SMR project with a single-line checkering tool.

 

[Yewbender]

Took the .36 cal to a woods walk! Nice lil shoot with 20 targets. Had alot of fun and ofcourse i miss the biggest target but hit all the lil ones!

 

[Hermit Tim]

I did a craft show in Fayetteville TN. All weekend. How is that muzzleloader stuff? Planning on spending some of the profits on another rifle and some current BP project supplies.

 

[vintovka]

Well, I have to ask about your special stain and would love to see some pictures of it. I'm contemplating a lye stain when it gets time for my SMR.

My other interests are Finnish captured Russian unmentionables. The Finns have been using Potassium Permanganate for over 100 years on their stocks during arsenal rebuild. Seems like One 4 0unce bottle can stain about 1000+ stocks. I mix a tiny amount of PP crystals in water with a little Purple Power as a surfactant. It dyes bare wood a deep red/brown color. Can get progressively darker color with multiple applications. Makes cheap figureless wood (like CVA) look great. Will also bring out some figure on better wood. A few coats of tru oil does the rest. Great on ramrods as well.

Drawbacks include it is toxic and will aggressively stain your skin if not careful. Being water based is will raise the grain and careful sanding needed unless a military type finish is desired.

Attached is a pic of recently completed CVA Mountain Pistol with PP. Details are in another post.

 

[Justin.44]

Cast up some .495 round balls to try in my wife's Renegade to see if I could tighten up the groups a little. She has been insisting that it's "the rifle, not her". So today I tried them at 50 yards bench rested with 65 grains of GOEX 3F and .018 pillow ticking. Below is a 3 shot one hole group. Would've shot more but I was more than satisfied with that and it was freezing out. My hands were so cold I could barely get the caps on the nipple! I didn't want to ruin that group, plus I had some other shooting to do. While I was shooting she was burning some stuff and throwing a tomahawk, so I walked the target up to her and said "You're right, there is something wrong with the rifle, the windage is off about an inch at 50 yards." Ha!

 

[Trapper Scott]

My other interests are Finnish captured Russian unmentionables. The Finns have been using Potassium Permanganate for over 100 years on their stocks during arsenal rebuild. Seems like One 4 0unce bottle can stain about 1000+ stocks. I mix a tiny amount of PP crystals in water with a little Purple Power as a surfactant. It dyes bare wood a deep red/brown color. Can get progressively darker color with multiple applications. Makes cheap figureless wood (like CVA) look great. Will also bring out some figure on better wood. A few coats of tru oil does the rest. Great on ramrods as well.

Drawbacks include it is toxic and will aggressively stain your skin if not careful. Being water based is will raise the grain and careful sanding needed unless a military type finish is desired.

Attached is a pic of recently completed CVA Mountain Pistol with PP. Details are in another post.

That's pretty nice. I seem to always gravitate toward the reddish brown colors. Can I ask where you buy yours from?