What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Ohio Rusty]

It was an amazingly warm mid November day in Ohio. Mid 60's, sunny, blue sky and little wind. It was a great day to start shooting the used .54 Pedersoli flint frontier rifle in bought several months earlier. I didn't realize the breech area was badly caked with rust. No air would pass through to the touchhole. After an hour of brush scrubbing, cleaning patch scrubbing and lots of elbow grease, everything was clear and ready to shoot. 70 grains of 2F, .017 pillow ticking patch and .520 round ball I got the rifle dialed in. I dislike the crappy buckhorn sights supplied with their rifles, so I bought the taller rear sight from the Log Cabin Shop, filed a deeper and wider notch so I could more clearly see the front sight. I'm about an inch high at 25 yards which means at 50 to 60 yards I should be at zero. My older eyes can't see much better than that so I'm happy with the sight picture. Muzzleloading season here in Ohio is in January so I hope to put some meat in the freezer.

 

[ORBushman]

These are so accurate, then can hit a piece of printer paper at 600 yards.

Oh that would be very cool to see! Appreciate the information and really looking forward to seeing it completed.

 

[ORBushman]

A very large bore that was used mounted to a forts wall, pretty effective at repelling attacking parties. Like a punt gun.
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Wall_gun

Thank you, sir, for the details! Never seen one of these bad boys!

 

[Moe ziggley]

figured out what these are for,,than started on the double i just found barrels are rough,,found my box of parts for my waters that i took apart years ago,,put new parts in the lock and oiled up the lockes for the double,,,feelin good i taped the cam screw then went on to tap the cam witch cracked..that lead to the search for parts on the web and then the email ,,what you do today,,lol

 

[windini]

A few days ago, I decided to chop up the brass framed 1858 Remington New Army that's been sitting disassembled on my bench for over a year. This well-used 1973 special had a most likely replacement loading lever that fitted poorly and didn't operate smoothly (to put it mildly). It had shot well enough - I could still count to ten afterwards - so I had reason to believe it could be serviceable somehow... just didn't seem to be worth buying any new parts.

How 'bout a snubbie Bulldog .44?

Start:

End of first day's effort:

Today's work on the grip frame & panels, plus a temporary reassembly to check proportionality:

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Went out filming a video with 2 brand new female BP shooters.
I'll be posting a video about this adventure soon.

 

[bassncrap]

Pulled the trigger on a Lee Lead pot. Bottom pour.

Before yall crucify me. Know I make bass fishing jigs and this will help speed the process up.

 

[TDM]

Pulled the trigger on a Lee Lead pot. Bottom pour.

Before yall crucify me. Know I make bass fishing jigs and this will help speed the process up.

Good deal, I've been very happy with mine. Keep plenty of lead in it and still skim the top from time to time. Even with clean lead the pour spout can/will partially clog from time to time. I use a length of SS safety wire bent so that I can insert it in the spout opening while keeping my hand well clear. After a number of uses it will more than likely start to drip a little too. Just play with the adjustment screw to stop it. It's never been a big problem on mine.

 

[paulragan]

I found a load of grape vine ....

 

[Terrier]

Did you hear it first?

 

[Terrier]

That stuff grows like crazy where I live. It’s everywhere.

 

[Stykbow]

@paulragan what are you doing with that grape vine? Like Terrier, it’s all over the place here.

 

[Desert Dawg]

Took a long trek to the mailbox (about 50') . Glad I did, I got my decals so I can dress up the back window on my car. Thinking about putting one by the front door to scare off burglars.

 

[ArmorerRoy]

@paulragan what are you doing with that grape vine? Like Terrier, it’s all over the place here.

making black powder

 

[bpd303]

Pulled the trigger on a Lee Lead pot. Bottom pour.

You won't be sorry, I have two one for pure lead and the other for hard alloy cartridge guns.

 

[bpd303]

making black powder

Never thought about making charcoal out of it. I can walk about 100 yards into the tree line around my place and harvest a ton of that stuff. Usually I just throw it on the brush pile to burn it. I can use charcoal in my coal forges.

 

[paulragan]

@paulragan what are you doing with that grape vine? Like Terrier, it’s all over the place here.

Going to try a batch of charchol with it , see how it goes

 

[ORBushman]

I finally got some appropriate sights and installed them on my shorty hawken "Little LouLou".

 

[Kevin]

Put the .62 together this morning after refinishing the stock.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

I finally got some appropriate sights and installed them on my shorty hawken "Little LouLou".

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You guys are making me want to pick up another Hawken or Renegade barrel and make my own. Argh