What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[oldschoolhunter55]

Got this buck today
Lyman GP 50 cal 55 gr of 32 year old Goex 3f, pillow tick with crisco lube Speer .490 swagedView attachment 272332

looks like the hunter just got him a nice buck. congrats to you.

 

[deerstalkert]

Spent the day chasing muleys on the Palouse, in Eastern Washington. Have a doe tag and saw 25 does and fawns or so, but none inside the 75 yards I prefer. (Bought a .58 cal Kibler Colonial this spring, but I'm not dialed in enough, so I carried my old TC .54 Hawken, for its 42nd year.) I was ready to go with some (also old) 425 grains Great Plains bullets in front of 90 grains of Goex fff. The day started very foggy, but ended up bright and sunny. I might have been able to put a move on a small group late in the day, but the sun and I were fading about the same time. (To be fair, I had been up quite a bit longer than it had.) Next time though - next time.......

the fun stops when the smoke clears. there is always tomorrow. we hope!

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

the fun stops when the smoke clears. there is always tomorrow. we hope!

Yes sir.

 

[Bucks Co]

Got to love the precision inletting on these kit guns from the 70s!
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I put one of these together or rather rebuilt someone's attempt at the kit!! I eventually replaced the lock with an L&R RPL- that was over 20 years ago. I think the barrel is USA made - it still shoots really well with 60grs of FFFg and a 440ball with a ticking patch - as good as some of my other barrels; Douglas/Montana/Orion. I replaced quite a few parts but overall I think it turned out well - most don't recognise it as a CVA! Have fun with it.

 

[JimFlint]

Got to the range with my new .54 Mortimer Flintlock, nice firearm. I love the smell of burned black powder in the morning.

 

[Tim_IA]

I put one of these together or rather rebuilt someone's attempt at the kit!! I eventually replaced the lock with an L&R RPL- that was over 20 years ago. I think the barrel is USA made - it still shoots really well with 60grs of FFFg and a 440ball with a ticking patch - as good as some of my other barrels; Douglas/Montana/Orion. I replaced quite a few parts but overall I think it turned out well - most don't recognise it as a CVA! Have fun with it.

I have some work ahead of me on this one! A good winter project for sure (at least that is what I keep telling myself)

 

[TDM]

Spent some time in the woods this morning, nice and cold. Came back to do chores and piddle in the shop. Mixed up some Ritz stain for the lantern wick strap that will go on the new powder horn.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

You just never know what those critters are going to do! My folks were running a dairy in western Missouri back in the 60's. Had a calf needed some doctorin' in the holding pen. Dad dropped a loop on it, it took off running, no matter how fast I was moving, wasn't fast enough, ended up face down in the dirt!!

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Oh little lady friend was chased by their dairy bull, from behind a tree she smacked him in the face as hard as she could with a shovel. Poor bull had a terrible swollen eye for weeks , the bulls now terrified of her.

 

[FlinterNick]

Since the previous thread was shut down (locked) by our new moderator, I thought I would start one up again, as per the suggestion.
So, let's get this thread going again, and share your muzzleloading related adventures of the day!

Making a 1728 mainspring.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Making a 1728 mainspring.

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Oh little lady friend was chased by their dairy bull, from behind a tree she smacked him in the face as hard as she could with a shovel. Poor bull had a terrible swollen eye for weeks , the bulls now terrified of her.

 

[wiscoaster]

Patinaed brass; oiled stock.

 

[deerstalkert]

worked some on inletting the butt plate on the cherry. did i ever tell you guys i hate fitting butt plates?

 

[longcruise]

worked some on inletting the butt plate on the cherry. did i ever tell you guys i hate fitting butt plates?

Hmmmm... you might have.

 

[raylohr1965]

Running around Pennsylvania, went ox yoke , store is closed to walking around but you can slide an order in a slot.
Trying to get over to 18th shop I think at Pennsylvania creek . Today I am going to try to get to Bedford historic society

 

[JimFlint]

I discovered October Country a few weeks ago, looking to place my third order. They have some really cool items in support of black powers shooting.

 

[raylohr1965]

I need to stop at deer creek and log cabin shop on way back to Missouri

 

[raylohr1965]

I also need to go find Tim Sanders to have a horn made , not enough time to do everything

 

[Ohio Rusty]

Ohio weather has turned stupid today. Cold and high winds feels like a temperature in the low teens. I agree with Yukon Cornelius that it isn't fit for man nor beast out there !! Great day to work on the hawk sheath for the hawk I finished this last week.
Ohio Rusty ><>

 

[TDM]

Well, I’m not going to go shooting today even though the weather here is perfect, very cool, dry, and clear. (Sorry @Ohio Rusty) Didn’t sleep well last night and just don’t have the energy. But I did go for a long walk this morning and I did file down the rear sight on my older .45 SMR. Which I do plan to shoot tomorrow before rain sets in on Thursday. I have the taller rear sights on 4 Kiblers and I love the sight picture it gives me, but there all still shooting a little high so I’m getting them dialed in one at a time. Before I started filing today the notch was .264” above the flat, I brought it down to .210”. The factory sight is only .114” above the flat. Hopefully I’ll get it right tomorrow.

 

[deerstalkert]

today i was looking in my powder locker(old refrigerator), for some 2f to try in my last build. saw the 6 cans of 777 my neighbor left me when he died.
being bored with attempting for the 100 thousandth time to clear off my work bench, and wanting to try my last build after filing the front sight, i figured i would just burn some of the 777. never used it in a flint lock before and having read all the dire posts about it being used in a flint i proceeded to load it up.
my rifle barrel is a green mountain .54 with a 1-66 twist.
lock is a Doc Haddaway.
85g of 2ff triple 7
pan prime was swiss 4f
ball was .530 cast in a Lee mold
patch is .013 1000 thread count bed sheet
lube was near fat and bees wax i had to microwave to get soft enough to use in 28 degrees. i buttered the patch like it was a slice of sour dough bread.
shot from 65 yards off the bench.
.after shooting the splatter target i shot 5 at my 75 yard gong. 5 for 5
i had one flash in the pan misfire from the entire session.
i am impressed.
and clean up was 5 patches total. the down side is that i got the geometry wrong somehow on this stock and it slaps my cheek silly benched. not so bad off hand.