Went to the shooting range to sight in a rifle. The ice was so bad , I couldn't get down over the 20 feet slope to the covered range. The steps were like a sliding board. The hand rail was useless. Decided not to risk my spotting scope , the rifle , and my old carcass. Will try again another day.
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TScottW99
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Did my daily checking of webpages looking for #11s. Also checked the weather to see if I can hit the farm on Saturday to finally shoot my new 10 gauge dbl.
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tinned 2 underribs and a couple RR thimbles. soldered the under rib to the barrel on my cva mountain rifle. then soldered the thimbles to the under rib.
shaped, filed and started polishing the entry pipe i forged yesterday. or the day before can't remember but anyway have it mostly polished.
tomorrow will inlet it to the whatever rifle i am putting together. maybe tonight i will go back out and make some thimbles to match. used my 3/8 pattern to make the 5/16 entry and have close to 3/4 inch tabs! gotta scale it down a smidge.
work in progress. forgot the polished.
shaped, filed and started polishing the entry pipe i forged yesterday. or the day before can't remember but anyway have it mostly polished.
tomorrow will inlet it to the whatever rifle i am putting together. maybe tonight i will go back out and make some thimbles to match. used my 3/8 pattern to make the 5/16 entry and have close to 3/4 inch tabs! gotta scale it down a smidge.
work in progress. forgot the polished.
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TScottW99
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I cleaned my 50 cal Kentucky rifle today. I also installed a 3rd pin throught the stock. It holds the ramrod renention spring in place. Traditions has it designed to be held in place by the foreword lock bolt. But if you remove the lock then the spring falls out of place. Then your ramrod won’t go all the way in. Problem solved!
TScottW99
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I appreciate it. I’ll keep looking, may take a road trip up north to pick some up.
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Just picked up some 1075 caps at valley firearms in Inwood wv Thursday. Not sure if that’s to far but he has the 250 packs!
Yesterday was the last day of deer season in Ala, A friend lets me hunt his 50 acres that adjoins my 4 acres. It is not unusual to see 20 deer come out of the woods into the fields in the evening. I usually setup behind his barn and use the pile of old cinderblocks for cover unless I drop down into the woods to catch the deer coming to the fields.
This is a ridge top with very steep slopes down to a creek on either side, if I shot a deer and it gets off the ridge top it is going to the creek bottom 150 yards straight down.
I had knee surgery a little over a month ago so going to the creek bottom to retrieve a deer would be a problem. Yesterday evening I thought I had a guy lined up to help me, I planned to give him any deer I shot but he backed out. I let three deer walk the evening before from the same spot because of having no help.
I decided to go sit in the pile of cinderblocks behind the barn and make the decision to shoot or not shoot when the deer appeared like they always do.
I use the cinderblocks for a rest if the deer come out of the SE hollow and cross sticks if they come out of the NW hollow.
It was a beautiful evening but the deer just didn't move, I usually hear several shots from the surrounding hills and hollows but it was quiet yesterday evening, I didn't have to make the shoot not shoot decision.
I gave thanks for being able to go hunting one more time as I watched the peaceful darkness come over the land I was watching.
This is a ridge top with very steep slopes down to a creek on either side, if I shot a deer and it gets off the ridge top it is going to the creek bottom 150 yards straight down.
I had knee surgery a little over a month ago so going to the creek bottom to retrieve a deer would be a problem. Yesterday evening I thought I had a guy lined up to help me, I planned to give him any deer I shot but he backed out. I let three deer walk the evening before from the same spot because of having no help.
I decided to go sit in the pile of cinderblocks behind the barn and make the decision to shoot or not shoot when the deer appeared like they always do.
I use the cinderblocks for a rest if the deer come out of the SE hollow and cross sticks if they come out of the NW hollow.
It was a beautiful evening but the deer just didn't move, I usually hear several shots from the surrounding hills and hollows but it was quiet yesterday evening, I didn't have to make the shoot not shoot decision.
I gave thanks for being able to go hunting one more time as I watched the peaceful darkness come over the land I was watching.
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TScottW99
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Thanks! 6 hours round trip. I may if I can’t find some soon
Overnight soak for the cylinder for the .36 navy A S P dont believe my Brother ever had them out. T cash nip wrench and they are all out. clean greased and going to the range today.
Removed from gun, held at end of screw hole with vice grips, heated face only to cherry red with propane torch, plunged into Kasenite and let cool. Put back on gun, tried. It sparks. BTW, I had to use my mainspring vice on the frizzen spring. That puppy is almost as large as mainsprings on some rifle locks.
hanshi
Cannon
Would you believe I did absolutely nothing gun related today?
BillKilgore
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My wife filmed me shooting my .50 cal colonial. I snagged a few good screenshots.
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Upgraded a slim little .40 SMR from percussion to flint. Had it built for my wife and then young teenager son. Hasn’t been shot in years. Small Siler, relieved some wood to allow clearance for lock screw heads, drilled and tapped for lock plate screw. Going to have to relieve some wood where cock is dragging then polish and brown. That’ll be 5 flint long guns and one pistol.
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This morning I visited The Lonestar Antique Arms Convention - Waco Gun Show:
NO MODERN WEAPONRY ALLOWED
Offering a unique variety of fine collectible antique, curio & relic firearms: Colt, Winchester, Marlin, Henry, Sharps, Remington, Smith & Wesson... to name a few!
Also offering many other amazing collectibles: antique spurs, holsters, badges, western memorabilia, & MUCH more!
NO MODERN WEAPONRY ALLOWED
Offering a unique variety of fine collectible antique, curio & relic firearms: Colt, Winchester, Marlin, Henry, Sharps, Remington, Smith & Wesson... to name a few!
Also offering many other amazing collectibles: antique spurs, holsters, badges, western memorabilia, & MUCH more!
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finally got the Tennessee Classic stock and Green Mountain barrel i bought from another member. Fedex held it captive and paraded it around North Idaho for the better part of a month.
worked some more on my whatsit flinter. had the entry pipe inletted almost fully when i noticed a crack just behind the thimble. too tired to start a new one today.
worked some more on my whatsit flinter. had the entry pipe inletted almost fully when i noticed a crack just behind the thimble. too tired to start a new one today.
Just weighed out some charges because this afternoon I am going pigeon shooting. I'm going to take the sxs Pietta and just for a laugh, the Brown Bess. Wish me luck!
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