What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Dale Allen Raby]

Tested 3f T7 in a T/C Hawken caplock without a BP ignition charge. Tentatively successful pending more testing. Stay tuned.

 

[Whizzy]

I am 76 and our Lab Chloe is 12. When she goes I don't think it would be right to get a puppy. Dog should not have to mourn its master. Maybe a mature rescue dog is an answer. Chloe is our 6th Lab and I remember each one of them. Just can not imagine living without a dog.

Awfully hard to beat a Lab as a companion. I have had three.

 

[Bunk]

Did a multitasking day
1 Cleaned polished, filled the firing cone priming flask with FFFFg Du Pont powder.
2. Cleared the firing path on my Sharps carbine using two musket caps.
3 loaded ten more paper cartridge tubes for the Sharps
4 Did a little dry firing practice with the Sharps used a dud cap to protect the cone.
5 made a cup of coffee and relaxed.
Also while I was resting adjusted the die set and powder measure for some unmentionable ammunition.
because idle hands are the devils workshop but that don't count!
Pretty good day for an old gaffer
Bunk

 

[gunpa]

Friend of mine bought an old 950 CAT loader and fought all week trying to make it run. I went out and helped him for awhile. ALMOST got it running but more importantly I just happened to have my 54 New Englander with me to test some Lee Minnies I just cast. They really smack steel with 90 grains of powder. Good day all around for me anyway!

 

[oldwood]

Got my hunting stuff ready for the last afternoon in a ladder stand for Pa. Flintlock m/l deer season. Being old and unable to go hunting , like I used to , sucks.

 

[user 31232]

Old wood I'm there with you. I still hunt and hope to for many years to come. I'm 67 now arthritic, diabetic and heart attack survivor with 5 stents. Thankful to God am i! This past opening day 2022 of Indiana gun season it was cold and snowed. I shot a nice buck at about 830 a.m. my fingers were so cold and stiff I couldn't start field dressing. My son came up and field dressed and dragged my buck to the truck. He worries so much about me. I'm so grateful to have him as he is a purple heart recipient (roadside bomb Ramadi iraq) and father to my 2 granddaughters and chubby little grandson

 

[Fisherking]

Old wood I'm there with you. I still hunt and hope to for many years to come. I'm 67 now arthritic, diabetic and heart attack survivor with 5 stents. Thankful to God am i! This past opening day 2022 of Indiana gun season it was cold and snowed. I shot a nice buck at about 830 a.m. my fingers were so cold and stiff I couldn't start field dressing. My son came up and field dressed and dragged my buck to the truck. He worries so much about me. I'm so grateful to have him as he is a purple heart recipient (roadside bomb Ramadi iraq) and father to my 2 granddaughters and chubby little grandson

That’s the best story I’ve read all day! I am happy to hear that you are still out there Gidaddy!

 

[WV MZL HUNTER]

I too remember every lab we have had. Great hunting trips, fun times each one has special memories

I have two out of three labs, one left is 11 and I’m 68. I agree

 

[WV MZL HUNTER]

Flintlock hunted till froze out!
Back this evening.

 

[SOLANCO]

Got my hunting stuff ready for the last afternoon in a ladder stand for Pa. Flintlock m/l deer season. Being old and unable to go hunting , like I used to , sucks.

60 Years ago it was live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse. I grew out of that. But do wish I could follow a dog as long and as hard as I used to.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

Next weekend is the Sons of Liberty indoor rendezvous in Jackson Ohio. I'm a member of the club and it is one of my favorite cold weather events to break the cabin fever. I hand made or hand forged several door prizes to give away at the event.
Ohio Rusty ><>

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Did more testing of 3f Triple 7 in my QLA'ed T/C Hawken .50 caliber. I'm using up the last of my old Hornady Great Plains 410 grain HBSP bullets. Caps were CCI #11 Magnum. Lube, in addition to the dried-out waxy stuff and Styrofoam stuck to it was cooking spray. Today fired four bullets without cleaning from yesterday. Later will clean and perhaps try again with either a Renegade or White Mountain Carbine.

Anyone tried T7 in a flintlock using actual BP in the pan?

Only complaint I have so far is the level of recoil with 70 grains of powder under that heavy bullet. Not really looking forward to the White Mountain Carbine test. Might go with a lighter powder charge. They do shatter plastic bottles nicely though.

Accuracy left a little to be desired, but as I am mostly testing for reliability, I am not worried about load development yet. Just as well... I will not be hunting velociraptors any time soon so won't be needing bullets that heavy.

Just heard about the clouded leopard that somebody let out of the Dallas Zoo. For those not familiar, Neofelis nebulosa, is nearly extinct in the wild. They are sort of a pocket-sized sabre-toothed cat, not nearly as large as the Smilodon genus tended to be.

Sorry, sometimes I get off topic....

 

[Omahkapi'si]

I shoot lots of T7 in the caplock, but BP only in the flintlock. I only carry 1 powder horn.

 

[TarponStalker]

I ordered a paper cartridge former from Guns of the West. I’ve wanted one for my Pietta .44 for some time now. Dustin was very helpful and pleasant to deal with.

I also had friends over for supper. He’s new to hunting so he gets a lot of questionable info from others.
When I introduced him to two flintlocks and my .54 half stock percussion plains rifle he couldn’t believe his eyes. “ you hunt with that?”
“And here I’m told you must shoot a $&@&&@$”! To kill deer. I told him earlier that I hunt with a flintlock rifle but now I’m thinking he didn’t know what that is.
Possibly a future convert.

 

[Dale Lilly]

Did more testing of 3f Triple 7 in my QLA'ed T/C Hawken .50 caliber. I'm using up the last of my old Hornady Great Plains 410 grain HBSP bullets. Caps were CCI #11 Magnum. Lube, in addition to the dried-out waxy stuff and Styrofoam stuck to it was cooking spray. Today fired four bullets without cleaning from yesterday. Later will clean and perhaps try again with either a Renegade or White Mountain Carbine.

Anyone tried T7 in a flintlock using actual BP in the pan?

Only complaint I have so far is the level of recoil with 70 grains of powder under that heavy bullet. Not really looking forward to the White Mountain Carbine test. Might go with a lighter powder charge. They do shatter plastic bottles nicely though.

Accuracy left a little to be desired, but as I am mostly testing for reliability, I am not worried about load development yet. Just as well... I will not be hunting velociraptors any time soon so won't be needing bullets that heavy.

Just heard about the clouded leopard that somebody let out of the Dallas Zoo. For those not familiar, Neofelis nebulosa, is nearly extinct in the wild. They are sort of a pocket-sized sabre-toothed cat, not nearly as large as the Smilodon genus tended to be.

Sorry, sometimes I get off topic....

...but interesting 'off topic'

 

[Tacitus]

I made a leather cover for my pocket flask. Feels much better in hand than bare brass.

 

[Brazos John]

Feels much better in hand than bare brass.

And it looks SOOO much better! Beautiful!

 

[COTNTOP]

Tore a CVA Hawken down and found a piece of metal that I have no idea where it came from. My shooting partner was gifted several badly abused ML rifles and we are trying to clean them up. The barrel on the CVA cleaned up and shot really well with clean and intact patches, just worried where the spare part came from.

 

[Brazos John]

just worried where the spare part came from.

Ramrod retaining spring-thing?

 

[Kansas Jake]

Might it be the ramrod retainer spring? It’s a flat curved spring with a loop on one end . It is held in place by the front lock screw.