What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[ord sgt]

I looked at my m/lers sitting in the rack......too bloody cold to go to a snow-covered range.

 

[Eric Krewson]

On my precarve rifle form hell I had the barrel rebored from .50 to .54, I should have left it a 50. It is tight at the bore and loose at the breech, I am not new to this game (50 years into it so far) but I have yet to find any load that will shoot well out of this barrel, lots of flyers and the groups are huge. I shot today until I ran out of .530 balls, a .535 won't start with any patch thickness.

 

[mushka]

Shot a couple gunloads through my 1851 and 1860 revolvers, didn't do particularly good but it was interesting. With my sorry *** arthritic right hand I have to shoot these guns left handed, no good feeling in my right trigger finger, can't feel the trigger. Also shot my fowler one time with a ball. Couldn't get the ball in the barrel with a patch. Tried ,020 and .18 patches and couldn't get it to start. Finally just bare balled it and it didn't shoot anywhere near the target. Frustrating day. Now I get to clean. I don't love cleaning BP revolvers. My fingers are my problem.

 

[William Sublette]

Beautiful day, went and shot some percussion rifles, for the fun of it, and unloaded my flint.

It's been loaded since Oct elk season.

Went off like a charm.


Now my truck smells like rotten eggs.

 

[R Ellis]

made some powder measures from some deer antlers

 

[COTNTOP]

Looks like William is driving my truck with all the trash in the floorboard. Good looking rifles by the way. HAHA
Worked on a deer antler powder measure.

 

[Rodd Boyer]

Chased some bushytails

 

[APG]

Clean my melting pot.

 

[user 28522]

Today was stock up day. Cut cleaning patches and shooting patches, made some felt wads also to play with. Those rotary cutters can make a pile in a short time. Just waiting for USPS to deliver my balls and I’ll be ready to go.

 

[Tasbay]

Spent about a dollar fifty, made a kilo of powder and milled some more ingredients, will mix up another kilo later today.

 

[Old Oak]

Took some burger

from my ml elk hunt and smoked up a savory meatloaf.

 

[pilot]

I shot my new to me Kibler SMR I bought from a member here. First time so had to do some experimenting with powder charge. I tried using ffg because I have enough of that for now, but only a half pound of fffg. This is a 40 caliber and it didn't like the ffg very much, as I suspected would happen. It really likes the fifth, though. Fun rifle.

Then I took it and my dog on a walk about trying to find some squirrels, but no luck. Didn't even find any sign. No rabbits, either.

 

[mushka]

Finished cleaning the 1851 and 1860 revolvers I shot yesterday.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Studied pictures of some Moravian rifles for my next Build. I've been gathering parts. So far I have two nice stock blanks to pick from, a .50 cal B weight 42" swamped bbl, butt plate, trigger guard, ramrod.

I think I'm going to use a Larry Zorne Albrecht lock. I'll make the thimbles myself. And a Mike Davis Christians Spring patch box.

 

[Africa58double]

Bought a T/C site for my aging eyes…. From a nice member. I’ll put it on my Renegade that has original sling.

 

[JamesA]

Went to the range. They are NUTS, the weather people said it was supposedly 40º. BULL ***T! My fingers were turning blue. Enough of the whining.

Did this at 50 yards. .490 dia. ball, .010 lubricated patch, .70 gr. Triple 7 (FFFG), Winchester magnum cap. The weather sucked but at least I got three shots off before the rest of me turned blue. It was one of my shortest trips. I love these big targets, they make me feel like I'm a good shot.

 

[JamesA]

Beautiful day, went and shot some percussion rifles, for the fun of it, and unloaded my flint.

It's been loaded since Oct elk season.

Went off like a charm.


Now my truck smells like rotten eggs.




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Nice. I love the wood on the flintlock, the wood on the other two ain't bad either but that flintlock........

 

[Dutch7]

Well today I cleaned up the smoothbore - installed a new brass front sight on it and raised a few dings and scratches in the stock from going places I should not have gone hunting deer and paying the price.

 

[Robby]

Carving, sometimes you just have to walk away.
Robby

 

[Flint.]

Received a package of lead from @Justin.44