What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Pipercub]

Shot the Kibler Colonial for the first time. It’s a gem!

 

[Gordoncourtney]

A solar powered gunpowder mill. Works better when wet. Great fun

 

[Dutch7]

Made a new/replacement spring for a single set trigger and got it installed and functioning.

 

[hinamanra]

I finally replaced those junk sights on my investarms hawken that I picked up at an auction for $200. Cut a new dovetail for the rear sight, pluged the old screw holes, draw filed, sanded and refinished with plum brown. Next is my T/C hawkwn for the same makeover. If

 

[Tannehill]

Went out and warmed up the TC Hawken and 1858 Remington.

 

[Eutycus]

Last night I watched a video about the Manley bullet former. Gotta see if I can make myself a homemade version.So far all I can find is pine. I don't know what the original is made from but I feel I need something a little harder. Still looking.

 

[johnfrommd]

Went out yesterday with my Kentucky flintlock .45 and my .36 caplock squirrel rifle. I haven't shot the Kentucky for about 5 years. I didn't want to use up my BP supply so I made a SWAG and used a duplex load of 10gn of 3F and 35gn of Pyro P and it printed right in the bull at 50 yards just like it does with a 60gn load of BP. I used this for deer hunting in PA when I returned from Vietnam in '73 but I don't know if they still allow .45 cal.

I ordered new sights for my Squirrel rifle as I need a wider front sight these days so I sighted that it as well. If it was warmer, I may have shot more but as it was I only shot about 25 rounds all total and called it a day.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Not many flinters at Holts march uk auction

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21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 400: A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE SIGNED COLLINS, no visible serial number,	£2500 - 3500

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 401AWKES, BIRMINGHAM A .750 FLINTLOCK MUSKET, MODEL 'INDIA PATTERN 'BROWN-BESS'', no visible serial number, WITH BAYONET,	£700 - 900

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 402: A 24-BORE MATCHLOCK MUSKET, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'JAPANESE TANEGASHIMA', no visible serial number,	£600 - 800

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 403: A .750 FLINTLOCK TRADE-MUSKET SIGNED TOWER, MODEL 'CHARVILLE TYPE', no visible serial number,	£300 - 500

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 404:TOWER ARMOURIES, LONDON A .750 FLINTLOCK MUSKET , MODEL 'INDIA PATTERN BROWN-BESS', no visible serial number,	£600 - 800

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 405: A .750 FLINTLOCK MUSKET, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'EAST INDIA Co. PATTERN BROWN-BESS', no visible serial number,	£400 - 600

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 406: A 20-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS FOR RENOVATION, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,	£300 - 500

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 407:JOHN PARKER ESQ, LONDON, A .700 FLINTLOCK SPORTING-TARGET RIFLE, no visible serial number	£1500 - 2000

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 408:HUDDLESTON, MONEYREAGH A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, registration no. A-N9735,	£2000 - 3000

21 Mar 2022	Lot DetailEnquiry Bid​
	Lot 409: AN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN SIGNED 'CROMAR', no visible serial number,	£700 - 900

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[Flintlock]

Installed a half inch iron tip on a 47.5" ramrod and now we ( my one year old grandson ) are sitting on a tarp on the kitchen floor tapering said ramrod down to five sixteenth, scraping it with a light butcher knife and sandpaper.

 

[Africa58double]

Added to my Addiction of Renegades .

Green Mountain .45 LRH 1/30 twist and Lyman/Tc Sights… with Fiber optic rear open

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New Barrel, I don’t think has been shot. Kinda Fell in lap.

 

[stikshooter]

Draw filing a Investarms 54 cal barrel ,nice bore and ugly looking from the outside .When done someone will have a nice front stuffer ! The dilemma now is after the barrel is done do I leave the brass or do I darken it with Historic brass tarnishing solution as it gives a rich antique look ,I liked it on my Kibler 45 SMR . I got time as the stock needs attention too

finished barrel last night added Williams sights and started 1st of many coats of True oil after 600 grit today

 

[deerstalkert]

poured and finished entry pipe on my whatzit build. sanded and aqua fortis. blushed it and one coat of oil. oil showed up some sanding marks i missed. letting it dry and will sand some more tomorrow. if my shoulder will take it. need to darken the pewter or lighten the nose cap. think i will try some browning on the nose cap, trigger guard and butt plate.

 

[waarp8nt]

Crossed Kaskaskia river to meet up with okawbow to purchase a stock blank for a Jaeger project. Nice fellow. I was side tracked by Thai food before driving home.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Not much just restocked my shooting bag as I've been shooting lots lately. Ball, caps, lubed up some more .010 patches.

 

[JamesA]

Went to the range today. It would have been perfect except for one, stinking hang fire.

I picked up a clip on iris for my glasses. It really works. It helped with all my open sight firearms from a bench rest position. Still working on using it off hand.

 

[Capnball]

Shot the Kibler Colonial for the first time. It’s a gem!

Can't complain about that. Gun looks great also.
Neil

 

[Capnball]

Went to the range today. It would have been perfect except for one, stinking hang fire.

I picked up a clip on iris for my glasses. It really works. It helped with all my open sight firearms from a bench rest position. Still working on using it off hand.

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

 

[Capnball]

Installed a half inch iron tip on a 47.5" ramrod and now we ( my one year old grandson ) are sitting on a tarp on the kitchen floor tapering said ramrod down to five sixteenth, scraping it with a light butcher knife and sandpaper.

Start em Young!

 

[Capnball]

Worked on my flint wallet a bit. I tooled an 18th century Algonquin Indian design on the closed face of the wallet.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I am reworking an TC Hawken stock that I bought to house a new GM drop in barrel. The deeper I get into the stock the more things I find that need to be repaired.

I have posted some of this before;

I started out filling a crack in the lock inlet that started at the lock bolt hole and ran back to the sear hole, I replaced the wood.

I decided to drill out the old lock bolt hole to 3/8", glue in a piece of a hickory ramrod to strengthen the area and redrill the hole.

When I drilled the bigger lock bolt hole I found that the wood in the barrel channel at the breech had deteriorated to a splintery mess. I dug out the splintered wood soaked the area with superglue, sprinkled sawdust on the superglue and packed the superglue soaked sawdust down to fill the void. I left enough room to inlet a nice piece of walnut over the sawdust patch to make the breech look more normal.

Damaged wood;

Fixed;

My redrill of the lock bolt hole splintered the deteriorated wood in the lock inlet as well, I replaced this wood and brought the inlet back to the original contour.

Next it is installing threaded bushings in the trigger plate inlet inlet so I can ditch the tang wood screws and use regular tang bolts. I went with 10-32 but these are large and I may drop back to 8-32 to fit the inlet better.