Thats some good shooting. Ongrats
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What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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finished the last of the metal on the Colonial. even down to bee's wax in the pin holes.
loaded it with 65g fffg swiss and a round ball and .018 patch.
love those rice barrels.
65 yards.
would have and will shoot more for accuracy, but couldn't find any more .50 rb.
seems like i cast 200 last session and they are all gone!
cast another 200 last night. Look out Mr. target!
loaded it with 65g fffg swiss and a round ball and .018 patch.
love those rice barrels.
65 yards.
would have and will shoot more for accuracy, but couldn't find any more .50 rb.
seems like i cast 200 last session and they are all gone!
cast another 200 last night. Look out Mr. target!
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Nice! Seems like you just got that kit in the mail.
Met up with SDSMlf yesterday at his club range. It had been many many years since I shot and recently had my gun refreshed and ready for shooting. It was great getting to shoot and become reacquainted with the process from loading. shooting to cleaning and picking up a lot of great tips from his years of experience. I have only shot percussion previously and got to shoot a flintlock for the first time. I really appreciated his invite and time and sharing of his supplies which I did not have. I really learned a lot and look forward to shooting with him again.
Gordoncourtney
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You are lucky all mine have to hang on the wall UK So stuck with arrows and pcp Scorpio bsa. It could be worse just messing around with my 1885 •5 muzzle loading martini , the firing pin hits the cap internally , nice set triggers, Swiss of course. The peep sight was tricky as it’s designed to fit above the butt plate , sublime position . ie you shoot it lying on your back . Not for me strange positions of yesteryear target shooting I had to open up a peep hole, 1 of 6 on a rotating disc, as so small looked like there was a fly in the hole, I get the same thing looking through a microscope , scratch or something on the eyeball . Cannot normally see it. It’s almost an unmentionable but worth a few lines on the string. It’s cold in London but shot some arrows and now a bit warmer so fiddling with my toy
Oh that’s my little fox . Sweet little thing she must learn to hunt for when we are away , not much to eat around here we gave her some drops in her food as she got a bit of mange .
Take care love from London
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Finished cleaning my guns today one wipe and a patch with motor oil .
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longcruise
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Finished reading @ETipp s squirrel hunting book. Really enjoyed reading it. It has me looking forward to oct 1st when most of our small game seasons open.
I also fiddled with that cursed
Cva set trigger. Yesterday I found a trigger for it on numrich and ordered it. So naturally today I decide to try reshaping with a small stone that I found in my dad's old tool box and was successful 
The return spring for the front trigger is gone so now I'll have to make one. Feeling confident about that so this trigger set may end up used after all.
This has all been a slow process since I have archery projects that must be completed.
Wet weather closing in for the weekend. Saturday club shoot canceled
Life goes on.
I also fiddled with that cursed
Cva set trigger. Yesterday I found a trigger for it on numrich and ordered it. So naturally today I decide to try reshaping with a small stone that I found in my dad's old tool box and was successful The return spring for the front trigger is gone so now I'll have to make one. Feeling confident about that so this trigger set may end up used after all. This has all been a slow process since I have archery projects that must be completed.
Wet weather closing in for the weekend. Saturday club shoot canceled
Life goes on.
longcruise
70 Cal.
Also found this on the shelf. Bought it long time ago to lube slides on semi auto guns. No good for that bit it seems to be a good lube for the set trigger and might also be good on a lock.
Cast #5 .490 ball which got me about 200. I have them in a big empty tums bottle in the back of the truck so they can tumble off the sprues over the next few days.
Also cast 50 Lee REAL 250gr, and powder coated them with Eastwood ruby red. I'm tired of the pain that lube is on conicals, so these are to be an experiment. I still plan on using a greased felt wad, hopefully it works out.
Also have been working on a custom patch lube, and created a few different emulsions, as well as an attempt to create the Lehigh valley lube from the patent. There's lots of good options, but I haven't found one that is good for hunting and the range, for all day shooting without swabbing and for leaving it loaded all day long. Maybe one of my creations will do the trick
Also cast 50 Lee REAL 250gr, and powder coated them with Eastwood ruby red. I'm tired of the pain that lube is on conicals, so these are to be an experiment. I still plan on using a greased felt wad, hopefully it works out.
Also have been working on a custom patch lube, and created a few different emulsions, as well as an attempt to create the Lehigh valley lube from the patent. There's lots of good options, but I haven't found one that is good for hunting and the range, for all day shooting without swabbing and for leaving it loaded all day long. Maybe one of my creations will do the trick
Went out for some unusual smoothbore shooting for a video project.
Cut lead, pea gravel, bolts and arrows were used.
That's some VERY fun shooting.
I'll post the video in a few weeks.
Cut lead, pea gravel, bolts and arrows were used.
That's some VERY fun shooting.
I'll post the video in a few weeks.
might make a good silk patch lube.trigger and might also be good on a lock.
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cast some more .490 rb.
shot the new Colonial to find it's favorite recipe. seems to be 65g fffg and .015 patch lubed with bear grease. shot 40 rounds with no swabbing. could have kept going but it started raining.
tested pan charging and it will fire with a tiny pan charge. those pans could hold a bore charge i think.
i just put a 1/4 pan full maybe and it loved it.
young neighbor showed up with a satchel full of unmentionables and we finished the day shooting cartridge pistols. my every day carry hadn't been rung out for a while. seems i need to practice with it more. 4 inch 25 shot group at 20 yards.
now sitting here eating a bowl of butterscotch pudding.
shot the new Colonial to find it's favorite recipe. seems to be 65g fffg and .015 patch lubed with bear grease. shot 40 rounds with no swabbing. could have kept going but it started raining.
tested pan charging and it will fire with a tiny pan charge. those pans could hold a bore charge i think.
i just put a 1/4 pan full maybe and it loved it.
young neighbor showed up with a satchel full of unmentionables and we finished the day shooting cartridge pistols. my every day carry hadn't been rung out for a while. seems i need to practice with it more. 4 inch 25 shot group at 20 yards.
now sitting here eating a bowl of butterscotch pudding.
headed to breakfast before the range for the annual blanket shoot
Chief Snorkel
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Tested my first batch of screened Cottenell toilet paper charcoal BP. Very pleased with performance.
longcruise
70 Cal.
I need to cast some 490 as well. I and the grandson both shot 495 at a recent match in New to us barrels. Tooooooo tight with favored #40 drill. Much simpler to cast balls than to launch a patching turd hunt. Even though the right stuff is probably in the giant garbage bag full of a 40 year plus collection of an assortment. But, that's a whole 'nother diatribe.
Finally got a flintlock. It’s a Traditions Firearms Deluxe Kentucky Rifle .50 cal. Wish I had more moolah to buy a fancier one, or build a kit; but am on a fixed income and 77 y.o., so…. Anyway I got it, and after my cancer operation, gonna head to the range with it.
