What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Loja man]

So work fell throught for tomorrow….so I’m back in the woods! At least in the morning. Should work on some bids in the afternoon.

 

[mushka]

Yesterday I shot my two band Enfield and found out that it doesn't like the minies that I casted. It more favors patched round balls but I still have work as it's tearing up the patches. I need to find some thin pure cotton patch material. I don't know for sure but I think that the patches shot yesterday were a blend of some synthetic material. Like the rifle but not the way it's shooting.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

Watchin the third coat of Tru-Oil dry, worse than watching paint dry.
Been two days, wanting to wax it and put it back on so I can post pics.

 

[CapPopper]

Ordered a new set of primitive style sights for my .32 pedersoli Kentucky. The factory ones are so coarse I don't know how they ever made it onto such a small bore gun..... Probably pretty good for deer though really. Big bold and easy to see there's just too much air in there and the front sight is almost as wide as the whole squirrel at 25 yards...

 

[gunpa]

Fondled, er, I mean checked my rifle bores and watched a guy take a nice cow elk in a tough hunt with a 54 flintlock on YouTube. Great hunt and great hunter!

 

[64Springer]

More bites of the elephant.

 

[Ponderosaman]

I unintentionally sent a dozen #11 RWS percussion caps through the washer and dryer in my in line capper. The green cake at the bottom is still in tact. I will report back with whether or not they will function after their journey.

 

[Loja man]

I ordered a Chambers Pensilvania Fowler!!!

 

[TDM]

Congratulations @Loja man!

 

[painter]

Just bid on a percussion SxS.

 

[nick_1]

took a very quick break from working on my kitchen and rang the steel 2 out of 3 shoits with the trapper. she has not had a real cleaning in at least two weeks. as soon as i finishmy last shot i reload but don't cap. put her in the shooting bag. when i get to the tiny house tonight I start the fire and wait for the bore butter to soften up a bit. last night Hugi the cats water was frze solid when i got home from work.. anyways i just run a buttered patch down to my loaded ball and then whipe down the rest of the pistol. seems to be shooting fine and not rusting. Hugi is getting seriously sick of living in 160 sq ft...

 

[Ames]

Played around with some bone on my latest SMR build. I got the hunters star cheekpiece cut and inlayed. That was from a soup bone I stole from my dog. I also inlayed the toeplate. This was camel bone as I felt it was harder and better able to withstand a bump in the field. Both are being sketched for scrim tonight.
They say a bit of bone or horn for a little authentic touch on a SMR, so I took the plunge.

 

[TDM]

Any photos?

 

[64Springer]

Fore stock brought to final dimension.

Finishing the belly will wait until tomorrow.

Me and the straight edge are developing a love/hate relationship.

 

[Ames]

Soon.

 

[bassncrap]

My MidwayUSA order of 200 .490 balls arrived. Took advantage of the half off sale.

 

[Sean E Bug]

shipped this rifle off to a good friend.

 

[Walkingeagle]

Made up some homemade bacon from a nice clean slab of pork belly. Did the dryrub method, sugar/salt/cure/pure Canadian maple syrup a week ago. Rinsed, rubed with Garlic Plus spice and Smoked yday with apple chips. Sliced today and cooked it up for breakfast. Wow!! It is awesome!
Finished cleanup after packaging in 1lb portions and vac sealed. 12 lb yield.
Walk

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Since its raining ALL day here in KY, been working on an end of the year video project to post mid January 2023:

 

[ColonialRifleSmith]

Working on a new rifle for a customer. This started out as a basic NC poor boy, but has become a M4 curly maple, nose caped, swamped barreled, double set triggered, patch boxed and whatever else he adds "LOOK AT ME" gun. So much for the KISS principle.