What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Old Grunt]

I found my future powder horn,I think the old girl wants to keep it for a few more years. Not sure I'll let her keep my powder horn much longer,when I work calves next spring I might just have to get her in headgate so we can discuss her horns

 

[BillinOregon]

While the Creole butter-injected turkey breast is doing the backstroke on the smoker, I will rub in a couple more coats of Tru-oil on the Zouave stock and call her good.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Yesterday I took my 12 year old Son deer hunting. I was using my PA Fowler hoping to get my first with a smoothbore. We saw a doe very early in the morning but no bucks.

 

[reddogge]

Put a coat of tung oil on my dad's rifle. It had a darker finish and I used purple Scotchbrite with linseed oil and mineral spirits to rub it down and bring out the highlights. It looks great now.

 

[aussie pete]

I found my future powder horn,I think the old girl wants to keep it for a few more years. Not sure I'll let her keep my powder horn much longer,when I work calves next spring I might just have to get her in headgate so we can discuss her horns

That's a good one Old Grunt! I got the same idea when I sprung this lad on the block last weekend. The station owner said they have three young Texas Longhorns wandering around among the Brahmans, just to keep the place interesting. Horn envy for sure. One of these should keep a scrimshaw happy for a week or two; mind, the cost to fill one with FFG here in Australia would be exorbitant.

Pete

 

[sandman96094]

Reassembled my "New" CVA Hawken. Thanx to MDK_WV.
Wanted one since I was kid.

 

[Loja man]

Yesterday I took my 12 year old Son deer hunting. I was using my PA Fowler hoping to get my first with a smoothbore. We saw a doe very early in the morning but no bucks.

What did you outfit your son with?

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

What did you outfit your son with?

He was just hanging out with his old man for this one but I let him carry the Fowler when I got tired

 

[deerstalkert]

That's a good one Old Grunt! I got the same idea when I sprung this lad on the block last weekend. The station owner said they have three young Texas Longhorns wandering around among the Brahmans, just to keep the place interesting. Horn envy for sure. One of these should keep a scrimshaw happy for a week or two; mind, the cost to fill one with FFG here in Australia would be exorbitant.

Pete

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Mead horns Pete! Mead horns!

 

[deerstalkert]

inlet the trigger plate on the cherry stock. that is all.
though i did lust after about 40 turkey's at my sisters and wish i had my 11g.

 

[Justin.44]

My wife's Renegade had a so called "clean out" screw or bolster screw come out and get lost while shooting a while back. I don't ever mess with those in any of my rifles so I thought it had just come loose over time and flew out. I replaced it but recently noticed that water was spraying out around it when cleaning it and realized that the threads in the bolster were stripped out pretty bad. Glad I noticed, probably would've had another fly out and somebody could've been hurt. So today I took it over to my sister's Thanksgiving gathering and with my dad's guidance, tapped it from an 8-32 to a 10-32. Put the new screw in and it's nice and tight! I probably should've learned how to use a tap and die set well before I turned 40 but better late than never I guess!

 

[CuNosecap]

Soldered barrel lugs on my Fowler build. Will get to pinning tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving, all.

 

[bpd303]

Actually those are called clean out screws but that is not why they are there. The hole is there when the bolster was drilled out to make the flash channel into the breech. The screw was used to plug the hole and not meant to be removed continuously for cleaning. That info was obtained from Deer Creek after a friend of mine had one blow out at the range, causing a minor injury to the shooter in the station to his right. I also had a CVA that the clean out hole had to be drilled and tappet to a larger screw, causing the nipple threads to not have enough thread depth and the nipple blew out. I made a thread about that rifle. Here is a link to that thread.
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/cva-50-hawken-nipple-blow-out.96611/
Edit to add link

 

[windini]

Raised the 1858 barrel & cylinder from the Evaporust bath - again - and re-wire wheeled them as well.

Let's just say that first coat of rust bluing solution didn't work out exactly as planned... Oh well; will endeavor to degrease a bit better & git back on it this weekend.

 

[Terrier]

Endeavor to persevere…

 

[Dusty_Traveler]

The flatbed feed truck is on the lift right now with drivetrain issues. Makes for a dang good fully adjustable standing bench. 57 yards to the gong. Rang steel for a while after work yesterday.

 

[Old Grunt]

@aussie pete I think I'd take a bit of pleasure sawing those horns off,few years ago when she was first calf heifer,she had calf under cedar tree at bottom of ditch,I walked down to check on and work calf and that little heifer looked like she was 10 foot tall coming down that ditch bank horns down,we went round and round that tree for seamed like hours,probably just minute or two, she finally stopped and stood over calf,thank God she stopped, my old hindend didnt have many more laps left LOL thats when I decided I'm to dang old to tag and castrate calves by myself out in pasture.

 

[nick_1]

I went hunting yesterday with the Bison .44 saw some sign.

 

[Loja man]

Hoping for a fat doe!! This year my GPR hasn’t put meat in the freezer yet!

 

[Loja man]

Had a visitor! He snuck out of his field where the fence crosses a creek!