What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Trapper Scott]

A little more chisel practice for the 3/8th ramrod. Ground a sharp edge on the long 3/8th drill to use as a scraper. Works really well. Will use the same drill to drill into the belly of the stock. After I make a drill extension for it.

And if you don't have a set of dial calipers, you don't know what you're missing. These were 10 bucks at Horor Freight 15 years ago. Now they're 24 bucks. Inflation. It $uck$.

.038 inches left to go.

Nice! I have several sets of those HF calipers I used for reloading and general measuring task. My only qualm with them is if I leave them in my damp garage they don't last long. They go haywire. My set for reloading stays in my reloading room and still works great.

 

[deerstalkert]

Nice! I have several sets of those HF calipers I used for reloading and general measuring task. My only qualm with them is if I leave them in my damp garage they don't last long. They go haywire. My set for reloading stays in my reloading room and still works great.

my good digital calipers go blank if i leave them in the cold garage. so i bring them in and they sit by my recliner next to the wood stove.
bad part is i go out in the shop to work and forget to take them with me. so i come back in and forget why. then i find them and remember! then the work gang boss spies me trying to sneak back out.
then by the time she has worked me into the ground i have forgotten what i was doing to begin with.
amyone have a cure for dish pan hands?

 

[Trapper Scott]

my good digital calipers go blank if i leave them in the cold garage. so i bring them in and they sit by my recliner next to the wood stove.
bad part is i go out in the shop to work and forget to take them with me. so i come back in and forget why. then i find them and remember! then the work gang boss spies me trying to sneak back out.
then by the time she has worked me into the ground i have forgotten what i was doing to begin with.
amyone have a cure for dish pan hands?

The story of my life.

 

[deerstalkert]

i escaped the work gang long enough to load up my antique combo rifle.
closest ball i have is a .30 and the bore measures .32 or there abouts.
loaded with 20g ff and .020 patch lubed with bear fat.
25 yards i was perfect windage with it hitting low 4 inches. twice. spent an hour scrubbing the bore.

 

[smo]

A little more chisel practice for the 3/8th ramrod. Ground a sharp edge on the long 3/8th drill to use as a scraper. Works really well. Will use the same drill to drill into the belly of the stock. After I make a drill extension for it.

And if you don't have a set of dial calipers, you don't know what you're missing. These were 10 bucks at Horor Freight 15 years ago. Now they're 24 bucks. Inflation. It $uck$.

.038 inches left to go.

I’ve got the same ones and about the same age ..

They still work as good as the day I got them.

 

[jdw276]

Ran a match. 12 shooters and 4 observers. Cold day, tough targets. Everyone took home some meat. From turkeys, chicken, ham, steak and even a pecan pie. Lots of smiles and a great end to our shooting season for the year.

 

[Keith429421]

Nice job

Thank you!!

 

[nick_1]

morning ritual

 

[gunnyr]

my good digital calipers go blank if i leave them in the cold garage. so i bring them in and they sit by my recliner next to the wood stove.
bad part is i go out in the shop to work and forget to take them with me. so i come back in and forget why. then i find them and remember! then the work gang boss spies me trying to sneak back out.
then by the time she has worked me into the ground i have forgotten what i was doing to begin with.
amyone have a cure for dish pan hands?

You find one let me know
gunny

 

[tgfrench]

Managed to run about 25 rounds through my cva kentucky with the yadkinvalley longrifles today. Beautiful day to be outside.

 

[deerstalkert]

You find one let me know
gunny

Gunny, i thought i had found a cure, or at least a method to avoid it.
before when she shanghaied me i had made some patches and lubed them with bear grease. my batch of bear grease stinks. had it all over my hands. thought i was immune. forgot wife still can't smell or taste from covid.
but my hands didn't wrinkle.

 

[Quigley41]

Shot my Sharon today, .54 Hawkin, was very surprised it shot high at 100 yards with 80 grains RS, Missouri bullets. A little Kentucky windage and I’ll be fine

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Hiked the Shawnee Trace Trail in central KY with a dozen others on a VERY cold day.
I left the video cameras at home.
I really enjoyed being with other like minded shooters.

 

[Trapper Scott]

Hiked the Shawnee Trace Trail in central KY with a dozen others on a VERY cold day.
I left the video cameras at home.
I really enjoyed being with other like minded shooters.

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That looks like it was a lot of fun.

 

[Justin.44]

Got this unfired beauty in the mail today from a fellow forum member! Just got done cleaning and oiling it up. Hopefully I'll get out and try it tomorrow.

 

[Trapper Scott]

Got this unfired beauty in the mail today from a fellow forum member! Just got done cleaning and oiling it up. Hopefully I'll get out and try it tomorrow. View attachment 176768

That's a nice one.

 

[Brokenbear]

First time casting round balls today.
.380’s for my Uberti 1851 Navy.
Went well!
I’ve casted thousands of boolits for my other guns.
I’ll take her out tomorrow and see how they do.
I’m waiting on a .36 Colt Cartridge Works Eras Gone Bullet Mold to try my hand at paper cartridges.
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First time casting round balls today.
.380’s for my Uberti 1851 Navy.
Went well!
I’ve casted thousands of boolits for my other guns.
I’ll take her out tomorrow and see how they do.
I’m waiting on a .36 Colt Cartridge Works Eras Gone Bullet Mold to try my hand at paper cartridges.
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Paper cartridges work just fine with round balls

 

[vintovka]

Ain't that the worst. PETA Trash and Antis use this tactic a lot.

They'll fire those noisy things up before dawn and near sunset. Another tactic is banging on trash can lids. Driving up and down roads honking horns. Walking through public land making a racket.

PETA Trash and Antis are the lowest form of scum on the planet.

Wonder who pays them? Bet funds come from both inside and outside US.

 

[nick_1]

You folks must hang out in strange places. never seen any of that weird stuff here in VT the land of liberals who trip on mushrooms, grow weed and organic vegetables and hunt their own food.

 

[64Springer]

You folks must hang out in strange places. never seen any of that weird stuff here in VT the land of liberals who trip on mushrooms, grow weed and organic vegetables and hunt their own food.

Expecting PETA to hunt their own food is like asking an arsonist to give up gasoline.