What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Omahkapi'si]

yesterday i resolved to shoot my SMR .32 ten shots today.
only had enough umph to do eight.
.315 with .007 patch lubed with Frontiers, over 35g fffg home brew. 35 yards off hand. beginning to really like this gun.

Good shooting.

 

[moose23]

Unloaded my Trapper pistol today, cleaned it, and put it away for the year. Didn’t get to fire it at a deer this year. There’s always next year.

 

[Mtman725]

Just putting the finishing touchs on a rebuild .

 

[Shotgunblast]

Put a new front sight on my .69 Caliber Hawken.

Yep, 69

Now I have to file it down for sight in.

HH

 

[appalichian hunter]

Not actually muzzle loading but related, started my deer skull tree for my collection, most were shot with a muzzle loader so guess that counts. Was going to buy one readymade but found a nice knurly tree where I hunt and most of the bucks were shot at so decided to make one.

 

[Surfinator58]

Ran a patch of Ed's Red down my 43 inch barrel fusee just my monthly maintenance

 

[FPDoc]

I finally installed my old vise in my shop.
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You can pound on that one ALL you want.

 

[Dave Dworshak]

working on a kentucky pistol kit.

 

[Eric Krewson]

Started a TC stock makeover, reshaping and refinishing.

 

[deerstalkert]

saved that picture Eric, for a side by side when you are done. Have a couple i want to do myself.

 

[Captndan]

I kissed my cannon and prayed for warmer weather.

 

[Eric Krewson]

Here is one that is done, On the lock side that is a grain swirl at the nose of the comb not a dished out place like the picture would suggest. I inletted all the parts to the proper depth instead of sitting almost on the surface like they were originally.

 

[mushka]

Well, not today but last Saturday, today is Monday, went out to a 4H weekend outing and displayed different types of muzzle loaders and BP handguns. Some of the kids wanted to shoot and several of them did. They shot pretty well but I did the loading. Did a burning experiment showing them the difference in how nitocellulosis powder and black powder burned. Interesting. Yesterday went out to the desert range and shot my Traditions .50 cal rifle and my TC Hawkin in .54cal that I built in 88. A good time both days. Days are nice here but for a little breeze.

 

[clarksvillejoe]

Finally, and I mean finally,
it has been a long run for simple project. Finished my pan primer. Moose antler piece and parts from Log Cabin Shop. Silver "caps" on both ends to dress up raw ends.

 

[LME]

My trigger/sear spring arrived today with my new Henry Kranks catalogue. Drool rags ready!
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What would be my chances of obtaining one of those catalogs?

 

[Rawhide67]

Well, yesterday, I finished lock work on a friend's club but Fowler. The gun was built for him, but came with a longggg kinda mushy trigger pull.

Took some puttering, and input from more knowledgeable people than me, but it's back in his hands and hopefully will bag a turkey this spring.

 

[Howard Pippin]

Friend of mine with a 50 caliber CVA has one of those good Lyman Peep sites but couldn't see very clear through the hole which I measured as being .096, So I took it home and drilled it out almost to the size of the front of the peep, compromised and on a .136 wire bit. By golly don't you know he can see real good thru it now, we are just waiting to go out and shoot, and it will probably be at least two months.
Squint

 

[Britsmoothy]

What would be my chances of obtaining one of those catalogs?

I have given mine away otherwise you could of had it.
You could send them an email to request one.
https://www.henrykrank.com/

 

[Willy]

Dug out an old Lee C-press that's going to be used as part of a new fangled 12 gauge wad cutting apparatus. I've decided that there has to be a better way to make wads than a hole punch and hammer.

 

[Dutch7]

Dug out an old Lee C-press that's going to be used as part of a new fangled 12 gauge wad cutting apparatus. I've decided that there has to be a better way to make wads than a hole punch and hammer.

interesting - kindly post updates on the concept/finished machine.