What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Mknight702]

Well, I tried to take the 1858 and Brown Bess to the range today. However I got there and was on my own, since we have a minimum of 2 people rule I had to turn around and drive home again

 

[French Colonial]

Well, I tried to take the 1858 and Brown Bess to the range today. However I got there and was on my own, since we have a minimum of 2 people rule I had to turn around and drive home again

Funny rules you have over there. Is it dangerous to shoot alone?

 

[Mknight702]

Funny rules you have over there. Is it dangerous to shoot alone?

Thems the rules.

I imagine that it is because should anything happen there is nobody to phone for help. Makes sense, however, it was somewhat annoying.

 

[Jim K]

Thems the rules.

I imagine that it is because should anything happen there is nobody to phone for help. Makes sense, however, it was somewhat annoying.

I’m glad my range isn’t like that, I’d never get to shoot. It’s rare that I don’t have it to myself.

 

[French Colonial]

I’m glad my range isn’t like that, I’d never get to shoot. It’s rare that I don’t have it to myself.

Same here, When developing a load for a new gun it is great to have the range to myself. No distractions, go downrange whenever I want to look closer or post targets. No waiting for others. Stop for awhile and start again.

 

[nick_1]

yesterday I added a 6" plate at 62yards and rang it first shot resting on my oil tank.

Something tells me that this is not the safest pistol rest...
anyways I then tried to hit it off hand a few times and was just wasting powder and shot so I put a cardboard box out there and shot it twice off hand.

with that information in my brain I rang that plate with the next shot off hand and called it good

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Took a .54 caliber John Browning Mountain Rifle out to shoot this morning after church. Target was an unopened can of soda at fifty yards. Used 57 grains of powder under a .530 patched round ball. Can 'xploded upon impact. Think I have discovered a healthy use for soda.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Rang in the new year both sides of my little 8” gong. 50 yds off hand. Goex 3fg. .50 cal Frontier flintlock.

 

[Jim K]

Went to the range this afternoon and shot for an hour and half. Had the range to myself. Great way to bring in the new year.

 

[Dutch7]

Got my new horn from Torpedo on Thursday, shot a doe with my .54 smoothbore on Friday, worked on a pistol on Saturday, shot my Lehigh today preping for tomorrow’s hunt.

 

[2 shots]

and again i just read about what you guys did

 

[deerstalkert]

put a final layer of rust on my fowler barrel. 2 more hours and i will finish it.
thought about shooting some, thought some more, then thought about a nap. think the nap is in order while the rust is rusting.

 

[Dutch7]

Good call, can’t rush the rust

 

[Felonious]

Duck hunt day 3/3. Five mallards taken, 26 total (ducks, not all mallards) for the weekend by the 5 of us. Great weekend!

 

[bassncrap]

Got a pack of Nocturnal lighted arrow nocks. 3 come in a pack. 1 for at home, 1 for my range box, and 1 for my car for when I go to pawn shops and gunshows.

Only problem is rhat I accidentally bought the strobed red n green light. Dropped in downnthe barrel and took a peep... thought I was back in high school..

 

[nick_1]

Shot the trapper again. hit my 5" plate first shot @ 30ish yards got the 6" plate on the 3rd shot @ 62yards... off hand .50 cal pistol. 25g 777. Cast roundball. If that was the last stage of a biathlon at least i would have one hit.... been skunked before when the course is seriously not pistol friendly...

 

[Loja man]

Duck hunt day 3/3. Five mallards taken, 26 total (ducks, not all mallards) for the weekend by the 5 of us. Great weekend!

That’s awesome!!

 

[Loja man]

Continue to work on dialing in my GPR 50 cal. It had been shooting a little right and a little low. Filled the front sight and taped the rear over a little bit. First target is 25 yards. Second is 50 after adjusting rear site. The high shot at 50 I way eyeballing my powder in an oversized deer mesure. Went back to using the right mesure.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

WOW.....it was 55F & NO rain today at the FREE New Years Day shoot at Friendship Indiana. Best weather we've encountered in the 5 years of NYD shooting. 60...yes my friends...60 shooters showed up today with every imaginable BP gun you can think of ready to shoot. I saw a lot of new faces & plenty of familiar ones too. Thanks to all that came out to shoot today. It sure beat watching parades and football games.
Video will be posted next Sunday showing the fun...

 

[Quicksilver]

Due to the weather I have been reading a lot of my old muzzleloader type books lately. One that I forgot about that I really like is the “Muzzle Loading Cap Lock Rifle” by Roberts
If you haven’t read it, it is worth the read.