What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[jrweis1997]

Crikey! Those are whopping big worm holes in your bench, @jrweis1997! At least they eat at regular spacings.

Seriously, nice little set up; sometimes compactness and simplicity are best. Best wishes with your house finding journey.

Cheers, Pete.

Thanks Pete! Hoping by the end of the year we shall see all in good time I suppose

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Very nice work.

Thanks Jim!

 

[yellowhammer]

...Youll love retirement. I did 9/22. Wife 3 weeks ago. Loving life like you cant imagine. Every day is mine. I cant even explain it...

Yep. Retirement is fun.

 

[flconch53]

1st day of competition Alifia River Rendezvous. Going to woods walk

 

[yellowhammer]

Poked some beeswax into some pin holes...

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Get a smaller jag, a piece of green Scotchbrite pad cut to @1.5" square and split in two thinner pieces. Oil on the pad and run it up and down the barrel 50-100 passes and that should clean up rough spots.

This is what I'm going to do.
I just watched a video by Mike Beliveau titled "Polishing a rough muzzleloader bore" and he did just what you suggested. He used a metal polshing pad, which is just Ace Hardwar's version of a Scotchbrite pad.
It worked wonders for him.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Coldfingers]

Not today, but over the weekend.
Practicing my wire work on a new hawk handle.
I am really apprehensive to start on the smoothrifle, but I am figuring out some of the skills to improve the work.

 

[Brazos John]

1st day of competition Alifia River Rendezvous. Going to woods walk

I use the same style cart for Texas Army reenactments and Cowboy Action Shooting.
Also, I found an old cart with hand-formed metal pieces that is the exact same size, and plan to reuse the metal.
While on a trip to Germany, they had these carts hanging from the ceiling of a restaurant, and there were a bunch of different sizes. This is a world-wide style that has been used for several hundred years, but very few are used in reenactments. I find it VERY useful, especially if I'm just there for the day, and need to carry all of my stuff to the site.
This is my cousin in Texas, known as Senor Juan de Los Brazos, at Gunsmoke, with THSS.

 

[yellowhammer]

That, my muchacho, is a HAT.

 

[flconch53]

Alifia River Rendezvous today

 

[flconch53]

Alifia River Rendezvous today

 

[Banjoman]

Alifia River Rendezvous today

That you?

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Worked on shorty today! It's a slow process for me, just how I like it!

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dang. i like that

Big ‘ol grizz. Those tracks were 20 feet from my campfire pit.

naw. lol. dang i wouldnt sleep good.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Not today, but over the weekend.
Practicing my wire work on a new hawk handle.
I am really apprehensive to start on the smoothrifle, but I am figuring out some of the skills to improve the work.

that looks like its hard to do. bet u have to have a lot of patience

 

[Tim_IA]

Finally got the inletting done where I could get the lock in on this project. I don't consider my self a builder, just a amateur assembler of parts. I had to take quite a bit of wood out of there to get it to fit, but finally!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Looks like a nice snug fit, well done.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I use the same style cart for Texas Army reenactments and Cowboy Action Shooting.
Also, I found an old cart with hand-formed metal pieces that is the exact same size, and plan to reuse the metal.
While on a trip to Germany, they had these carts hanging from the ceiling of a restaurant, and there were a bunch of different sizes. This is a world-wide style that has been used for several hundred years, but very few are used in reenactments. I find it VERY useful, especially if I'm just there for the day, and need to carry all of my stuff to the site.
This is my cousin in Texas, known as Senor Juan de Los Brazos, at Gunsmoke, with THSS.

Curious why you didn't get the big hat?

 

[flconch53]

That you?

No just a passerby

 

[Omahkapi'si]

dang. i like that

naw. lol. dang i wouldnt sleep good.

I'll be there this weekend shooting, will check for fresh tracks.

 

[aussie pete]

Busted! Oh well; there will be other days - it was great to get out and about. And those bachelor herd animals don't taste as sweet as the first year does.

We have a cyclone heading straight for us, so I had better get my priorities right and focus on battening down the hatches.

Cheers, Pete