What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Omahkapi'si]

Today I got all my stuff ready for a shooting excursion tomorrow.

 

[deerstalkert]

made a new vent pick. piece of scrap curly maple, turned in drill

 

[Bunk]

Today as a Christmas present to myself.
Pulled my convertible 1851/1871 Navy that has been in percussion mode down to stripped frame and found the interior really nasty. It has had perhaps no more than 50 rounds as a percussion gun and I am afraid it will live it's live as an unmentionable. End of that story.
Puzzling but it was used with RWS1075 caps perhaps that is the problem.
Fear not I have a super trick 1851Navy done by 45D who has solved the flat trigger bolt spring trouble by replacing the flat bolt spring part with a coil spring and the flat trigger spring part with an adjustable coil spring and plunger.
The trigger is adjusted to 3# and pretty crisp. Not 19111 crisp. but nothing is.
Stay warm
Bunk

 

[Timber Wolf]

Supposed to warm a little above freezing in a few days, so I cast a couple dozen .735 round balls so I can kill a few milk jugs in the back pasture during the work shut-down.

So, just how tough are the milk jugs over your way?

 

[TDM]

It’s s shot placement that counts most anyway.

 

[Bunk]

To all concerned
I am doing fine just an old (very old) stove up cowboy.
Still shooting a little here at home but my cowboy and SASS are behind me
Bunk

 

[Some_Mook]

So, just how tough are the milk jugs over your way?

I ain't got time to wait for them to bleed to death. I like to blow them up good. Real good.

 

[Timmit]

Went hunting deer. PA fintlock started and everything else takes a back seat.

 

[Century to late]

Started on my first scratch built full stock Hawken. Took in plenty of learning with the kits and Frankenstein projects.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

So, just how tough are the milk jugs over your way?

Depends upon whether or not I let the water inside them freeze first. Usually I don't do that though as it can make them tough enough to shoot back.

 

[Marc50]

Went out and shot my new to me TC Hawken. 2F Goex and a 385 GPB did well. I’m taking it out for a doe hunt in the morning.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Took a T/C .45 Hawken out with a 77 grain charge under .440 round balls with salvaged silk patches to assassinate another milk jug. Silk patches tend to be thinner than most other patches, which makes loading very easy. Gun was a Frankenstein project based on a T/C Hawken and is equipped with a William's FP-Hawken rear sight. Twist was standard T/C 1:48. Target was thirty yards out with a stiff cross-wind. Temperature about ten degrees. Lubed the patch with olive oil, did not trim it at all.

I have concluded that silk works just fine for shooting patches. The fit is a bit loose with Hornady .440 swaged lead round balls, and I have not tested this load for ball retention, but the proof was in the milk jug carcass punched through dead center. All that said, while silk IS an adequate patching material, it really works no better than cotton or linen, and as it is much more expensive than either of these other materials, there is no point in spending double the price for it. Now if you are willing to recycle an old silk pillowcase or maybe a second-hand store taffeta dress, it will work as well as the other materials and you can brag about your silk patches if you are so inclined.

 

[Danjou]

Made more Flints & Tool wallets

 

[SOLANCO]

That empty milk jug was giving me dirty looks, so I filled it with dish water and took it out for termination. Used a .40 caliber 180 grain LSWC in a .45 caliber sabot with 7 grains of 3f and 70 grains of Triple 7. Loaded the gun indoors, went out to the porch and capped it. In the swirling wind and snow, I made the "hit" with one shot at fifty yards. When I went back inside, I noticed my reading glasses on the kitchen table. I had forgotten to put them on. Maybe I am not as blind as I thought... or... could it have been the wind? Nah....

?Reading glasses for a 50 yard shot?
You are lucky. I could not find the door without my glasses, let5 alone score at 50 yards!

 

[Century to late]

Made more Flints & Tool wallets
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My fingers hurt just looking. Nice work.

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

To all concerned
I am doing fine just an old (very old) stove up cowboy.
Still shooting a little here at home but my cowboy and SASS are behind me
Bunk

Bunk, glad to hear you are doing fine.

My father is an old cowboy from the old ways. I know just what kind of stove up you're talkin about. He was talking about his rodeo days during Christmas. I sure do enjoy hearing those stories.

Some of those stories include his fathers Colt SAA, built in 1922, chambered in 32WCF. He has always wanted a rifle to go with it, and I was lucky enough to find an original condition 1892 Winchester, built in 1913, to be it's match. That was his Christmas gift from me this year. The look on his face was worth it 1000%

 

[Danjou]

My fingers hurt just looking. Nice work.

Haha, thanks brother; it wasn't all that bad!

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

Had a chance to put my first shots through a Pietta Smith carbine that I got from the wise and powerful @BigSkyRambler

I replaced the factory trigger/sear spring with a coil spring from Paul Gritmacker over on the N-SSA site. It greatly improved the trigger pull.

Lead from @Justin.44
Mould from @Eras Gone
Plastic cartridge cases from Lodgewood
Lube from @Hermit Tim
THANK YOU gentlemen!

35gr 3f Schuetzen
RWS musket caps
354gr .518 boolit

40 yards offhand.
Center hold, center of tank.
I pulled the first shot.
#2, 3, and 4 are the other hole
The PERFECT black powder truck gun!

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Had a chance to put my first shots through a Pietta Smith carbine that I got from the wise and powerful @BigSkyRambler

I replaced the factory trigger/sear spring with a coil spring from Paul Gritmacker over on the N-SSA site. It greatly improved the trigger pull.

Lead from @Justin.44
Mould from @Eras Gone
Plastic cartridge cases from Lodgewood
Lube from @Hermit Tim
THANK YOU gentlemen!

35gr 3f Schuetzen
RWS musket caps
354gr .518 boolit

40 yards offhand.
Center hold, center of tank.
I pulled the first shot.
#2, 3, and 4 are the other hole
The PERFECT black powder truck gun!

Great! Now I gotta figure out what I have to sell to get one of these...

 

[Thomas.bill92]

Oh you know, wasted some time at work making a breech scraper... thanks boss!