What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[repawn]

Cut out two pistol stocks from a chunk of maple and ordered a new barrel and some extras for a build.

 

[TarponStalker]

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Interesting patch lube you’re using

 

[Forester]

I draw filed one and a half flats on the Kibler kit. I then tried out the new, to me, Lyman 535 rb mould I bought from the Log Cabin Shop. Round balls came out .530 which is OK, I didn't have one that size either. I've had several Lyman moulds cast under sized bullets. I'm using soft, water pipe lead I salvaged from a bathroom remodel I did a few years ago.

 

[Rob M.]

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[deerstalkert]

Good morning! Nice shooting. That's a catastrophic weather event where I'm at!

Pete
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move over brother, i am on my way down under!
plowed snow all day! started to clean up my work space this morning about 7 am. found a partly made .45 pistol i need to finish someday.
checked how much snow was on the pickup cap and saw it was enough that i couldn't ignore it.

 

[smo]

Dry fired, dry fired & dry fired some more…

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Definitely a blizzard by my standards @Dale Allen Raby.

Ahhhhhh at last the sun is warm on me We had snow a few days ago like 2”. Lasted 2 days ha a ha not up to your standard. I flew into Main mid December 1998 on route to Florida. Yes that was snow and oh so cold.
Love from across the pond, stay warm

 

[Loja man]

Received shipping notification on my Trade Gun kit. No tracking yet.

What kit did you go with?

 

[TDM]

What kit did you go with?

Clay Smith’s early Virginia model in 20/.62.

 

[nick_1]

what. you think my coffee cup is disgusting???? heck its my cup so i don't see any reason to clean it every day..

 

[Hawk54]

Snowing here. Still looks like I am living above the arctic circle here. Absolutely sick of winter this year.

 

[TDM]

Placed an order with Kibler’s for one of their Woodsrunner Quaker carving stocks and Jim’s book on stock carving. Hopefully get some useful practice in before the real one arrives.

 

[TDM]

Had to take a break. I slotted the under lugs on my Pedersoli Pennsylvania flint and I’m halfway through slotting the lugs on my SMR. Doing this is without a doubt the least fun thing I’ve ever done to any gun. It’s mainly that I just don’t see as well as I’d like up close, even with my super duty glasses. Oh well.

 

[NorthFork]

I went to a small muzzleloading show that I had never been to before. Willingly spent way too much for a 'junk' pistol that was new in box. But I have always wanted one and nice ones are not common these days. I'm happy.

 

[tgfrench]

Got caps? Spent the day punching and priming caps. I got a couple months of caps finished and punched atleast another 6 months worth of caps.

 

[pacanis]

Had to take a break. I slotted the under lugs on my Pedersoli Pennsylvania flint and I’m halfway through slotting the lugs on my SMR. Doing this is without a doubt the least fun thing I’ve ever done to any gun. It’s mainly that I just don’t see as well as I’d like up close, even with my super duty glasses. Oh well.

It's getting to the point I grab my Optivisor for everything. If I don't need it right away, I will.

I just received my order from TOTW. UPS most definitely must be running on Saturdays now. Not just during the holidays.

TOTW and their packing peanuts. Sheesh, lol.
At least everything was up on the one end of a long skinny ramrod box.

Looks like I have some sanding to do. The stiffer rod is having a hard time making it through the second thimble and an even harder time when I go to remove it. From one extreme to the other.

 

[NorthFork]

Got caps? Spent the day punching and priming caps. I got a couple months of caps finished and punched atleast another 6 months worth of caps.

I need to spend a day punching out cap cups myself. Woodswalk season is rapidly approaching! Need 20 caps per course, it adds up quick.

 

[64Springer]

Got caps? Spent the day punching and priming caps. I got a couple months of caps finished and punched atleast another 6 months worth of caps.

GOTCAPS

Another great license plate.

 

[pacanis]

More work than expected, but it didn't last long anyway.
I had to take the files to it. Actually both of the thimbles. At first I did so blindly, but then I looked inside the one and saw what I'm guessing is the hole the brass is poured into and an area of run off that was not quite flush. I think that was the problem. The rod seems like a good tension now.

 

[ETipp]

Ordered a few ML things first thing this morning.

That is all.