What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[edw.marshall]

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Nicely finished St. Louis Hawken!

 

[mushka]

My loading room/maintenance room has hundreds of nooks and crannies where small screws and springs go to hide when they fall or pop off the work table top. Lots of them down there that I haven't been able to find over the years. Aggravating but that's how it is.

 

[Eric Krewson]

Worked a little more on my TC stock overhaul. I started inletting the wedge pin escutcheons down to the level of the forestock. I will do a final sanding to match the wood to the brass.

 

[good ole boy]

Comin along nice Eric.I hauled a purdy Walnut log out of the pasture that is straight as a arrow and will make some sweet planks.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

I managed to get my £132 eBay uk engraver into the cycle shed

 

[PathfinderNC]

Finished installing the rear entry pipe on the French Trade Gun today. Fun, fun.

 

[treetophunter]

Sent my T/C .54 Renegade to Bobby Hoyt to rebore to .58 cal. Thanks to this site for that info.

 

[david w]

I'm in the process of moving my rear sight forward on my full stock flint Hawken.

 

[Andrewmtnman]

I'm in the process of moving my rear sight forward on my full stock flint Hawken.

Out of curiosity, why would you move the rear site closer to the front? Wouldn’t that give you less accuracy?

 

[appalichian hunter]

Common practice for older eyes.

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Oh, I better get some tips. Learned something new

 

[Kevin]

Enjoying my beloved 20 gauge flintlock when I noticed the stock had cracked two hours into a wonderful South Texas afternoon. I don't know if the stock can be fixed. Not a lot of meat right there. Oh well.

 

[appalichian hunter]

As you age the lens in your eyes thickens, reducing the clarity of the rear sight notch, simple remedy is move the rear sight further down the barrel. I have a original rifle probaly dates to around the later 1800 to early 1900s that has had the rear sight moved twice.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Pull the lock and side plate, if the crack can be seen in the lock mortise glue inside the mortis a bit of super glue carefully eased into the crack and clamp using a rubber band like they use when drawing blood let it set a couple hours and you should be good to go.

 

[deerstalkert]

spent 4 hours trying to get my whatzit to spark. hardened the frizzen , reshaped the frizzen, reshaped the cock, tried every length of flint possible. finally copied the cock geometry of my mortimer and shortened the clamping jaw. tested it 5 times with fffg in the pan. we have fire!
started polishing the butt plate. hope to have the butt plate done tomorrow.
fine tuned my TC flint .45 and it shoots to point of aim .

 

[ord sgt]

I ordered a new rear sight for my newly made Hawken style rifle. It shoots low and left, even with different patches and different powder charges. Groups good but low.

 

[david w]

Out of curiosity, why would you move the rear site closer to the front? Wouldn’t that give you less accuracy?

My eyes are getting older and moving the rear sigh forward is what many of us do to keep the rear sight in focus. No, it does not affect accuracy, the front blade is still where it used to be.

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Ah, ok, thanks for explaining. Thank God for the little tricks in life to keep us keeping on. So do you have to install a new dovetail or is it drill and tap type of rear sight?

 

[david w]

Ah, ok, thanks for explaining. Thank God for the little tricks in life to keep us keeping on. So do you have to install a new dovetail or is it drill and tap type of rear sight?

I'm in the process of cutting and filing the dovetail. I have a Hoppy Hopkins barrel. It was made from ordinance steel. It's real tough stuff.

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Wow. Sounds tedious. Have any pics?