What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[ORBushman]

Dang, she's HOT!

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Made a brass sideplate to fit the long Fowler.

beautiful work

 

[PathfinderNC]

Dang, she's HOT!

Oh my god- Rosanne Rosannadanna!!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Teton Traders shipped my wolf ear hood

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

never store inside....ever head o cache outside....?

 

[Medicine Bow]

Started fitting up my Kibler SMR.

 

[Buckskinquin]

Hey Quin, did you use a Thumbler’s tumbler? I have one and never thought about tumbling just-cast balls. Does it leave them all pretty smooth?

Here’s some pics of as cast and tumbled. Sprue is hard to see on tumbled ball, dimensions hold steady.

 

[LANEY REECE]

Getting mighty fancy there Mark!

I guess he is going big time on TV. haha

 

[Omahkapi'si]

A forum buddy and I are starting to plan our winter camp/shoot in November.

 

[Josephg]

I made an ebony ramrod for my rifle.

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Made a brass sideplate to fit the long Fowler.

Looks good Bob!

 

[andy52]

Well today I,m at fort de Chartres setting up the woods walk.

 

[MedicMike3762]

Not today but yesterday the family and I went out to the cabin and my little guy and I did is a bit of squirrel hunting! And my daughter and I took a long walk on the property and I showed her a large rock overhang that my dad and I both used to play in when we were kids!

 

[JimFlint]

Acquired a Mortimer .54 Flintlock this week, looking forward to taking it to the range.

 

[Compressorguy]

Completed the restoration on this beautiful little vintage Millers Falls model 1700 2.5” antique vise I picked up last week while visiting antique stores in the NC Mountains for the fall leaves. I also found some reproduction decals and applied them now that the new paint has cured. There’s virtually no slop or play and the jaws close tight and flush. They don’t make them like this anymore! This will be great for holding those small antler, flintlock and knife parts!

 

[PathfinderNC]

I had to get rid of the original lock panel molding which really was bothering me. I began reworking the lock panels by filing and sanding a lot of wood away. It is where I can dress it up now. I also did a bit of carving the barrel tang. Slow work, but I love it!

 

[Compressorguy]

That’s coming along very nicely!

 

[PathfinderNC]

That’s coming along very nicely!

Thanks! It’s more work than I thought getting those panel moldings out, but worth it.

 

[Dobegrant]

Just received some more blackpowder, first time trying Schuetzen powders.

 

[Terrier]

I just used the hammer I had handy fir the job. It's not a magnetic tack hammer but I figured it was the other kind. Riveting hammer, interesting.

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I've also noticed that when that style of hammer gets above 4-6 ounces, it's then called a "cross peen hammer" among other terms, oftentimes used by blacksmiths... There's a mind-boggling array of hammers. You can read about hammers for days.