What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Terrier]

Completed the restoration on this beautiful little vintage Millers Falls model 1700 2.5” antique vise I picked up antiquing in the NC Mountains last week by applying some reproduction decals 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!
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Dang nice job on that vise. It looks brand spanky new! and a steal on the angle finder! Nice 'un.

 

[Terrier]

@Terrier try washing the balls in mineral spirits or some other solvent first just like you did the tumbler

I tried Mineral Spirits and Acetone... nether worked very well. Gonna melt them and re-cast.

 

[Terrier]

Another piece of the puzzle for flint work... anvil base. And I scored a big enough log to get some tomahawk target rounds out of it. Cut three 8" and one 6". One or two will probably become three legged stools. This was from a tree that fell on my neighbors house some months ago during a storm. Big ol' maple.

 

[BlackRock52]

Cancelled any plans for hunting/shooting this Fall. First snow today and T-Boned by pickup who did not nor even slow down at his stop sign. Truck almost certainly totalled and only vehicle I have. Will need "new" truck and by time insurance settles deer season will be over....Hit front left quarter panel and axel assembly broken off frame. Split second later and the impact would be driver door and directly on me -- given his speed, not likely to be typing this....WAB

 

[TDM]

Hope you get everything settled ok @BlackRock52.

 

[Terry Lightle]

Killed two deer with my 54 this morning,one at 80 yards the other at 50,sleeping in tomorrow then start again tomorrow evening

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

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!

spending time with them. yaw will hold them memories

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Killed two deer with my 54 this morning,one at 80 yards the other at 50,sleeping in tomorrow then start again tomorrow evening

putting some meat in the freezer. congrats

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Cancelled any plans for hunting/shooting this Fall. First snow today and T-Boned by pickup who did not nor even slow down at his stop sign. Truck almost certainly totalled and only vehicle I have. Will need "new" truck and by time insurance settles deer season will be over....Hit front left quarter panel and axel assembly broken off frame. Split second later and the impact would be driver door and directly on me -- given his speed, not likely to be typing this....WAB

sorry for hearing this. thankful that u ok

 

[deerstalkert]

went to visit a cousin over east in the county and told lies for 3 hours. building him a flintlock so needed to touch base. got home about 5o'clock and disassembled the metal off the stock to start sanding.
something just didn't seem right as i sanded some and i realized i haven't poured the nose cap on it yet. being old and dumb sucks.
did the layout for the pour and ran out of steam. tomorrow will pour it and finish sand the thing. still not a clue what to use for stain. Wife suggested coffee. maybe so.

 

[emery]

Finish my 125th rifle today. I bought this walnut stock about 25 years ago. It was a 2nd stock because it had some knots and flaws in it so I got it for 40 bucks. I finally decided to build a rifle with it. It has a 40 caliber rice barrel and a Siler lock. Going to the range today to see how it shoots

 

[Ed C.]

Took a few shots with the '58 Remington today. "OK target, you are surrounded. Might as well give up" That was the plan all along Anyway it was fun. Can't get too serious.

 

[user 31232]

Cancelled any plans for hunting/shooting this Fall. First snow today and T-Boned by pickup who did not nor even slow down at his stop sign. Truck almost certainly totalled and only vehicle I have. Will need "new" truck and by time insurance settles deer season will be over....Hit front left quarter panel and axel assembly broken off frame. Split second later and the impact would be driver door and directly on me -- given his speed, not likely to be typing this....WAB

Mainest thing is you're alive !

 

[deerstalkert]

any of you guys have a dog with a doghouse big enough that he would share space with a scrawny old guy?
wife bought me some quilted Levis to keep my scrawny legs warm while i work in the garage. Brand new. first wearing.
Today was pour the nose piece on my new build. thought i had it dammed well enough and would have no leaks. so much for thinking.
enough squirted out the back of the dam to splatter off a chair and make my new jeans look like the milky way. the warden was/is not amused, even though i assured her it would brush right off.
plugged the leak and got the cap poured. now the filing begins.

 

[Commodore Swab]

Working out the dynamics of the underhammer lock on the triple barrel. Just trying to figure out how it's all going to interact. The folding trigger is going to be a trick with the seat as it is. Normally the cock would trip it open but the cock is engaged by the sear so I may be needing to build up the sear to engage. It's always fun to get an incomplete started project and try to figure out what they were thinking. I'm already differing greatly from what was started.

 

[nick_1]

I love shooting in the first snow... try to do it every year.. took the trapper for a walk around the place and shot some steel.

 

[ORBushman]

I received a very good conditioned stock with all parts to mount my .45 T/C Hawken barrel on. Now have a full length T/C Hawken .45 and a shorty T/C Hawken .50! Just need to come up with a .45 ramrod!

 

[Medicine Bow]

Went to the range for a few hours. Shot my Uberti 1873 black powder revolver and the Gemmer Hawken .50 cal rifle. Also shot some of my other single action revolvers. Was a good day.

 

[William Lincoln]

Bot some stuff from Graf & Sons They had some RWS 1075 and some Swiss 3f in stock. I cannot believe that Vista Outdoors let Remington #10 caps go into defunct supply. Will the new owners bring them back OR will someone else make the same caps exact for the market??

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Finished making a Powder Horn, which I am pleased with

That is a nice horn.you are blessed.