I‘ve been puttering around the house this long, holiday weekend and made some muzzleloading-type stuff... Looking back on it, I actually got more done than I expected to.
Built a couple more steel target frames. I’m up to three now…
And made a few new loading blocks…. After I made the first loading block for the SMR .40 a few weeks ago, I noticed that the spacing I used let the ramrod stick up thru an adjacent hole and the patched RB almost lined up with the barrel. If I pulled the block to the side a little it would line up. So I set to work yesterday making a couple more, but with the holes a little closer. When I cut the ramrod after the first one broke, I left it about an inch long so it would be easier to grab and pull out. That‘s worked out dandy for the loading block.
(I wasn’t planning on shooting a lot today, thus the sparse population of round balls.)
I also got a really good start on an antler priming horn. Cut and hollowed out the antler and roughed out the end caps and got them glued in. I’ll finish it up later this week or next weekend.
A good weekend! Hope y’all had one, too. Happy Independence Day!
Built a couple more steel target frames. I’m up to three now…
And made a few new loading blocks…. After I made the first loading block for the SMR .40 a few weeks ago, I noticed that the spacing I used let the ramrod stick up thru an adjacent hole and the patched RB almost lined up with the barrel. If I pulled the block to the side a little it would line up. So I set to work yesterday making a couple more, but with the holes a little closer. When I cut the ramrod after the first one broke, I left it about an inch long so it would be easier to grab and pull out. That‘s worked out dandy for the loading block.
(I wasn’t planning on shooting a lot today, thus the sparse population of round balls.)
I also got a really good start on an antler priming horn. Cut and hollowed out the antler and roughed out the end caps and got them glued in. I’ll finish it up later this week or next weekend.
A good weekend! Hope y’all had one, too. Happy Independence Day!