What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[TFoley]

I'm not sure I've ever seen one of those. How's it work?

It clips on the glasses frame and the little lever at the front operates the iris you can see - making it larger or smaller to enable you to focus more clearly on the foresight. There are a few brands available - Knobloch and Champion are just two more. Figure on around $120 or so, maybe more - I bought mine about thirty years back.

 

[TFoley]

Cleaned up my shop for the next build.View attachment 122991

Wow!!! That's bigger than my house here in UK!!

 

[Capnball]

Oldwood. getting old is an adventure, its being old that sucks! i enjoyed getting here. being here not so much.

In my head I can still feel the rush of hurling my body into the abyss with reckless abandon but the reality is, I can still feel the aches and pains of hurling my body into the abyss with reckless abandon, lol. The only regrets I really have was not doing a few things I should have done in my 20s. The only reason I regret them is it's so hard to do them now in my 60s (but I am still doing things, lol)

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Wow!!! That's bigger than my house here in UK!!

The Foley arms in claygate is pretty big but doubt if you live there , our house is packed out with my junk you definitely need a bigger house when you retire the wife says “ no other woman would put up with it “ she’s in a right bad mood as I just picked up a £135 Taylor Hobson engraver on eBay uk. Good grief it’s so heavy to move but I am getting there drove 400 miles round trip to collect it and that was £100 of diesel in a little fiat van it was £10 a gallon on the motorway. Time to get a horse !!!! Have fun that’s what life is all about. I think !!!!! Me and my kids in younger days Lagos somewhere in Africa Hence my kids playmates

moving stopped good old English rain

 

[david w]

Good you didn't I'm sure. But I took pics of my big toe when in Home Depot dropped a sheet of 3/4 ply edge down. lost the toenail, etc.

I feel your pain, probably worse than my toe ! Haha

The doctor's visit was probably cheaper than the plywood!

 

[APG]

I purchased 10 pounds of the Holy black from Travelers Antiques and Trading so I can continue doing muzzleloading stuff.

 

[mushka]

That don't look like a real healthy walk to the boat.

 

[Robby]

Finished my 24ga. X 48" turkey gun and will be trying it out with "Skychief" loads!!!!!! Pretty excited!!!!!
Robby

 

[TFoley]

The Foley arms in claygate is pretty big but doubt if you live there , our house is packed out with my junk you definitely need a bigger house when you retire the wife says “ no other woman would put up with it “ she’s in a right bad mood as I just picked up a £135 Taylor Hobson engraver on eBay uk. Good grief it’s so heavy to move but I am getting there drove 400 miles round trip to collect it and that was £100 of diesel in a little fiat van it was £10 a gallon on the motorway. Time to get a horse !!!! Have fun that’s what life is all about. I think !!!!! Me and my kids in younger days Lagos somewhere in Africa Hence my kids playmates

moving stopped good old English rain

The Foley Arms in Malvern is also bigger than my house, and I don't live there, either. I'm from the downtrodden spud-bashing Foleys of Erin's Isle, rather than the bloated plutocrats of the lesser English aristocracy, I'm sorry to say. I've been retired eleven years, officially, but just nine in reality. I retired for the first time from the Army in 2000, and subsequently another twice.

 

[Loja man]

Storm of last week. where I keep my boat on river Sussex yacht club Shoreham

That looks intense!

 

[Africa58double]

Talked to Bobby about this morning about boring out a .50 Renagade barrel to .62 smoothbore… Need a bird gun for boat.
Just got it, need to finish cleaning it up and do some painting.

Got some Lead cast (REAL/Maxi/Balls)

for my next range day with new to me T/c Flintlocks. Both are .50’s

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Signed for my first flintlock. Was everything I was hoping it to be. Going to try it out on Sat

 

[TScottW99]

Called a store to buy some #11 primers. They quoted $77 just for shipping and hazmat for 500 primers. Guess I’ll keep looking locally.

 

[Africa58double]

Damn!

 

[appalichian hunter]

Received a piece of tanned elk in the mail today, tomorrow go get period suitable lining material (I like a lined bag) and begin construction on a new shooting bag I have been thinking about for a while. Have everything I need now to build the bag.

 

[brushyspoons]

Got the barrel on my first build down ready to start hogging out the main barrel channel. Also tried posting an image on this forum for this first time.

 

[deerstalkert]

opened the package from October country.
invoiced for german silver round deluxe ramrod pipe set.
got german silver deluxe octagonal ramrod pipe set. not correct for this build.
called and talked with owner. right ones coming in the mail tomorrow.
needed a break anyway.
now to find another build to use the oct. pipes!

 

[deerstalkert]

Got the barrel on my first build down ready to start hogging out the main barrel channel. Also tried posting an image on this forum for this first time.

let the chips fly!

 

[david w]

Signed for my first flintlock. Was everything I was hoping it to be. Going to try it out on Sat

Tell us a little more about it. What caliber, barrel length who built it?

 

[david w]

Got the barrel on my first build down ready to start hogging out the main barrel channel. Also tried posting an image on this forum for this first time.

I wish I had the tools to build from a blank.