What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[SwanShot]

Just on my way to the range to test some loads/patch combos in my Kentucky pistol, and to 0 my Renegade at 100 mts.

 

[smo]

Fired the old Jukar pistol 10 rounds or so..

 

[50calBoone]

Nice work! Now there's something I will never do in my neck of the woods. A snowshoe rabbit taken by a fellow wearing snowshoes - tell me I'm dreaming.

Pete

that is kinda funny know that I think about it

 

[deerstalkert]

today i cleared out the porch entry hallway of my muzzleloading stuff. it was valentines day after all, and she has only been mentioning "your junk and all that mess" for a couple months now.
now its just her Indian artifacts in a display case in the entry.
i took all of my unmentionable long guns out of the cabinet in my office and put most of my muzzleloaders behind glass. still some living in the corner of the bedroom but she is ok with that.
happy wife, happy life!
now to build a larger cabinet! 12 spaces ain't enough.

 

[Ed C.]

I feel like I struck gold today. I'm still playing with patches, lubes, and loading procedures. Today's experiment: .50 cal. Hawken, 60 grains FFFg, .490 ball in a .015 patch dampened with Olde Turkey Track solvent and seated with a jag and patch dampened with a 1:5 ballistol/water solution and a touch of dawn. Shot a total of 16 shots, no swabbing and the last ball loaded as easily as the 2nd. Plus the gun was shooting pretty accurate throughout the session.

 

[TDM]

A very successfully shot 12 rounds @Ed C.

 

[garypl]

Finished a sheath for a buddy of mine - his wife had the knife made for him.

 

[Ed C.]

A very successfully shot 12 rounds @Ed C.

Thank you!

 

[pacanis]

seated with a jag and patch dampened

I like it.
Swabbing the bore as you load each shot.

I think I'll give that a try next time I'm shooting.

 

[brewyak]

I melted down a couple lead bricks and made some corn lead Also poured a bunch of .530 balls The corn lead weighs a pound each and they are perfect for my Lee pot

 

[Ed C.]

I like it.
Swabbing the bore as you load each shot.

I think I'll give that a try next time I'm shooting.

By flipping the patch I could get 2 reloads out of each patch.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Heavy cross wind this morning, though quite warm for mid-February in Wisconsin. Set out two soda cans and an iced coffee bottle 25 yards from the back porch. Loaded up my T/C Hawken .50 and made all three targets explode. Seems to be a good day. Might buy a lottery ticket.

 

[Ed C.]

Heavy cross wind this morning, though quite warm for mid-February in Wisconsin. Set out two soda cans and an iced coffee bottle 25 yards from the back porch. Loaded up my T/C Hawken .50 and made all three targets explode. Seems to be a good day. Might buy a lottery ticket.

Nice to see you get to shoot almost every day even in the frozen north. Your "warm" days are my winter days. Below 72 I'm wearing extra shirts and jackets.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Nice to see you get to shoot almost every day even in the frozen north. Your "warm" days are my winter days. Below 72 I'm wearing extra shirts and jackets.

You get used to cool weather when you live up here. I'm going out today to do a minor grocery excursion. I plan to wear an insulated shirt, travel vest and a pair of Carharts. Will be leaving the gloves home today. Temperature is forty degrees with a 20 MPH wind. It was warmer earlier... maybe 45 or 50.

 

[Ed C.]

You get used to cool weather when you live up here. I'm going out today to do a minor grocery excursion. I plan to wear an insulated shirt, travel vest and a pair of Carharts. Will be leaving the gloves home today. Temperature is forty degrees with a 20 MPH wind. It was warmer earlier... maybe 45 or 50.

That wind is a killer. I live right on the edge of a lake and the cold fronts rip across with unchecked NW winds. But back to shooting....my range is very much out in the open. I use the windy days for shooting unmentionable sub compact (.45 cal.) handguns which I usually do at 15 to 30 feet.

 

[pacanis]

By flipping the patch I could get 2 reloads out of each patch.

And I thought I was the only one stingy with patches

I've got some patches sprayed with moose milk and in a tin just waiting to see if this wind dies down.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

1/4-28 Musket Nipple.

THE solution to #11 cap shortages.

Nice looking hammer above Me hammer making from a chunk of steel. Cut out with 1mm disc, rough sanded with flap disc. Tedious bit filing a square hole. Around 4 hours work Lock shotgun parts 1885 transferred to 1/8” bras plate Ok no half cock but rebounding lock Should have bought from L&R locks but a bit broke too many bills coming in Everything going up ££££££ mad in UK

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Two more photos .625 rifle

 

[ETipp]

Not as successful as last weeks hunt but I reckon it’s better than nothing.

 

[SnowCrow]

Started excavation on my scrimming bench . Partially completed horns , caps , plugs , assorted files , rasps , pin vices and scribes are all buried under a mountain of !?!?!?
I can’t even SEE any of the bench top ! How did that happen ?