What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[64Springer]

Adding the swamp to a ten inch .62 horse pistol barrel.

Not to self: Buy a small metal lathe.

 

[TarponStalker]

After receiving my Guns of the West paper cartridge former I went to work making paper cartridges.
There’s a learning curve to it but the more I did the better I got.

 

[Tacitus]

Completed another bag.

 

[Century to late]

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That's a work of art! Very nice.

 

[Jim K]

Completed another bag.View attachment 192570View attachment 192580View attachment 192582View attachment 192591

That’s nice. I like the closure system. I bought a bag from a guy this summer. I lost stuff out of it from bending over while hunting. Went back to my old bag with strap and buckle. I like yours. Very nice.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Gave my steel gong a fresh coat of paint...I blasted all the paint off yesterday!

 

[wganz]

1842 Musket Project:
Sigh.. Alas, I sent pix of the barrel to my friendly neighborhood N-SSA Small Arms Committee member and found out that since the barrel was originally a rifled barrel that it will always be considered a rifle barrel. Therefore, cannot be relined or made into a Smoothbore. Well, it could but just won't be allowed in smoothbore matches. Which was the whole point in the affair. Frustrating is the word that kind of describes it. The good news is that I can get a newly manufactured 1842 smoothbore barrel from Whitacre Barrels and that would be OK. Going to rename this from 'Johnny Cash Cadillac' musket to 'tarbaby' musket.

 

[TDM]

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Really like that one!

 

[Dutch7]

That's a work of art! Very nice.

Glad you like my new bag! It is in the mail and can’t get here soon enough.

 

[Dutch7]

This afternoon I had some shop time on a work project so I snuck in a govt job, working to convert a CVA percussion pistol to flint. Part way through with the touch hole liner/insert.

 

[Bnewberry]

Put a taller rear sight on my Woodsrunner and opened up the V so I can see the front sight and sighted it in.

 

[chorizo]

Blued and fitted a replacement barrel on a CVA Frontier. Now I have a bright and shiny barrel on the inside.

Did some trading for parts and the like and polished another barrel today. Danced from one foot to the other waiting on Mr. Hoyt to send me a rebored renegade 58 cal barrel. (that is how I am getting my exercise...patience isn't one of my virtues)

 

[Polecat_Tom]

I purchased one of the Kibler practice stocks and am glad that I did as my first attempt at incise carving didn't turn out too well. I would have hated myself if I had done this on the Woodsrunner that I have on order.

 

[TDM]

Finished the final sanding on the SMR stock. Applied two coats of iron nitrate. Then applied the first coat of Tried & True oil. Probably put 3 coats on with a 48 hour dry time between. Have the stock hanging out of the way for drying. I’ll start draw filing the barrel tomorrow and get it finished up between re coating the stock.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

I added a tapered tip to my Chambers PA Fowler. This is a Kibler iron tip used on his Southern Mountain rifle. This worked out perfectly. I glued it with JB weld and pinned it with two steel pins. Now I will be able to add jaggs such as a worm.

 

[Bullit]

Put a taller rear sight on my Woodsrunner and opened up the V so I can see the front sight and sighted it in.

Did you make that rear sight or buy it?

 

[Bnewberry]

Did you make that rear sight or buy it?

Bought it from Track of the Wolf.

 

[gunpa]

I'm gonna see if Lee's improved Minnie will shoot. Fired up the pot today. Made them a scosh harder so they would tumble lube. All lubed up now.

 

[Vtmountaindeerhunter]

Had the 1861 navy out today. Uberti. This gun looks great. I can hardly see the sights so it shoots a pattern. At least all six hit the sap bucket at 25 yards. 20 grn goex 380 ball . The gun has to be cleaned after two cylinders or it won't rotate. If I had to live in those days I would carry the 1858 when my life depends on it and the colts for good looks.

 

[Bullit]

I did some casting this morning. High winds this morning. Good time to stay in.