What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[oldwood]

Went to the range with an ax and chopped , shoveled 8" of ice off the steps down to the range so this Wed. I can sight a Jager rifle in. I'm tuckered out. Jumped on the forum and resting up now , lookin' to finish the sight in asap.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Scoped?

No sir. Off hand, but the caveat is that it was a very rare day in Alberta with zero wind at all!

 

[TScottW99]

Bought another muzzleloader. Going have to avoid the classifieds for awhile

 

[deerstalkert]

spent the day rasping a gigantic cheek piece off the half stock on my whatzit build. that cheek piece made the TC cheeks look like a tiny bump.
finally got smart and grabbed the spoke shave. going the right way, it shaved beautiful little curls. wrong way it chattered like Tijuana castanets.
took about 5/8 total off the wrist. now I can get my hand around the thing. no idea who the stock was carved by originally, but it was seriously overweight in all dimensions. if I can forge another entry pipe for it tomorrow, I should have it finished by Friday! guy can dream, can't he?

 

[LME]

Its fabric cutter you can get from a Walmart. Its razor sharp & cuts that ticking VERY easy.
They are about $10.00 each and well worth it if you cut your own patches:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fiskars-45-mm-Stick-Rotary-Cutter-White-1-Each/27173191
Here's how I cut patches:

When you shoot a lot you find new ways of speeding up getting ready! You have a nice and easy method! One way i haven't seen mentioned to cut patches is to find a piece of pipe the ID size you want your patches and taper the edges till sharp. A light tap with a hammer will cut patches quick.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

When you shoot a lot you find new ways of speeding up getting ready! You have a nice and easy method! One way i haven't seen mentioned to cut patches is to find a piece of pipe the ID size you want your patches and taper the edges till sharp. A light tap with a hammer will cut patches quick.

I may try this when it warms up to see how well it works.
Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Lawdawg98]

I took a set of calipers to the local Hobby Lobby to search for thicker patch material. I got some weird glances to say the least.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I took a set of calipers to the local Hobby Lobby to search for thicker patch material. I got some weird glances to say the least.

Should of gone to JoAnn's. There they take you directly to the utility cloth section and ask what thickness you are looking for or run and hide.

 

[Crazybear]

Cleaned my 45 and 50, started another batch of BP.

 

[Griz44Mag]

When you shoot a lot you find new ways of speeding up getting ready! You have a nice and easy method! One way i haven't seen mentioned to cut patches is to find a piece of pipe the ID size you want your patches and taper the edges till sharp. A light tap with a hammer will cut patches quick.

I have found an even easier and faster way. Just walk to my storage cabinet and fetch a bag of the Maine Shooters supply patches that I order in 100 count bags (dry of course) and I keep 500-1000 of them on hand for all the of the sizes I shoot.
I will drop 20-30 at a time in a cap tin, add some mink tallow and heat, now I have 100 at a time patches ready to go with only 2 or 3 minutes of time involved.
Handy to keep in my shooters box and handy to drop a tin in my field bag when hunting.
Mink tallow does not seem to degrade any as I have some tins I made up many moons ago and they are still fresh and ready to rock and roll.

 

[LME]

I have found an even easier and faster way. Just walk to my storage cabinet and fetch a bag of the Maine Shooters supply patches that I order in 100 count bags (dry of course) and I keep 500-1000 of them on hand for all the of the sizes I shoot.
I will drop 20-30 at a time in a cap tin, add some mink tallow and heat, now I have 100 at a time patches ready to go with only 2 or 3 minutes of time involved.
Handy to keep in my shooters box and handy to drop a tin in my field bag when hunting.
Mink tallow does not seem to degrade any as I have some tins I made up many moons ago and they are still fresh and ready to rock and roll.
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I have never heard of Mink tallow? Its a new one to me? The reason one may want to cut out their own patches is when you buy them you are limited to thickness and thickness may need to thicker or thinner than ones you are able to buy? When you are striving for accuracy bought patches may not be best?

 

[Griz44Mag]

I have never heard of Mink tallow? Its a new one to me? The reason one may want to cut out their own patches is when you buy them you are limited to thickness and thickness may need to thicker or thinner than ones you are able to buy? When you are striving for accuracy bought patches may not be best?

Some may have had issues like needing to adjust patch thickness by tens of thousands of an inch.
I have had no issues along those lines.
I can get them in .010. .015, .018, .020 - and in several size ranges. I buy 40-49 cal, 50-59 cal, 60-69 cal and 70-79 cal. They fit perfectly every time.
Mink tallow is a staple for many shooters here.
I find the tins sold by TOTW to be very good quality.
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/131/1/MINK-OIL

 

[LME]

Some may have had issues like needing to adjust patch thickness by tens of thousands of an inch.
I have had no issues along those lines.
I can get them in .010. .015, .018, .020 - and in several size ranges. I buy 40-49 cal, 50-59 cal, 60-69 cal and 70-79 cal. They fit perfectly every time.
Mink tallow is a staple for many shooters here.
I find the tins sold by TOTW to be very good quality.
https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/131/1/MINK-OIL

I see you are one that has been at this sport a long time! It isn't a short learning curve . It takes time and a lot of shooting and adapting to conditions to get good at our sport!

 

[Africa58double]

Just picked it up. Cow leather with Kangaroo leather edging all along…. Gussets In main Compartment with small pocket, And Two other compartments ,one on front has gusset also. Horse hair Buttons with tassels ending in horse hair. The Strap is entirely horse hair woven and threaded. Hours and hours of work as it was entirely done by hand, No machine use at all. Lays nice and flat.

 

[Loja man]

Just picked it up. Cow leather with Kangaroo leather edging all along…. Gussets In main Compartment with small pocket, And the Two other compartments have gussets also. Horse hair Buttons with tassels ending in horse hair. The Strap is entirely horse hair woven and threaded. Hours and hours of work as it was entirely done by hand, No machine use at all. Lays nice and flat.

That looks great!!

 

[Africa58double]

Ya- lt certainly is nicer than I thought it was going to turn out

 

[Loja man]

Ya- lt certainly is nicer than I thought it was going to turn out

Did you commission it or make it yourself?

 

[Africa58double]

A talented older man who does leather work on the side did it. I explained to him what I wanted, He research it… designed it and I left it up to him. It was his first Possibles bag.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

I fitted a speed controller to my stone mill

 

[Rod Man]

I fitted a speed controller to my stone mill

That's Nuts!

Y'all serious about this rolling your own stuff!

RM