What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Matt85]

Did some more goofen around with my An IX pistol, much of it was racing around on an ATV pretending to be French cavalry . Funniest part was when some people came to look at a house for sale on our road and they got see a bearded hill billy ride past at 30mph waving a flintlock pistol in the air .

Did do a little bit of target shooting, here is 70gr of Goex Fg under a bare .678" ball. Three shots at 10 yards off a tripod rest. Not the best load but not the worst. Problem is the larger balls require you to clean the bore every 3-4 shots or you will end up with a stuck ball at some point (I normally use .65" balls).

 

[Rob M.]

Work on my NW gun a little then back to the other one ... Refining the tang carving and the buttstock , slimming and refining ... Man !! I'm getting gitty ! I wanna shoot these two NW guns so bad ! Tee hee hee !

 

[Fisherking]

Had some company today…

 

[dwtrux]

Yesterday, spent the morning shooting the March Roundball Match with Bayou Muzzleloaders and welcoming two new shooters to the club.

 

[22ceejay]

Our club "Yadkin Valley Longrifles" had a Over the Log Shoot. We had 11 shooters along with good weather, a little gusty wind but not bad. A great time was had by all.

 

[scottmc71]

Tried my luck shooting this months peanut butter jars with my .36 cal percussion rifle. Needless to say the cold and wind was the real winner.

 

[ETipp]

Been working on trying to fit a rear sight from a different rifle on my Crockett rifle. Lots of filing but its in there. Not sure about it until I test shoot and determine the sight picture. Also got in contact with Tom A Hawks on making a peep for my Crockett rifle. I'm thinking that's the best route to take.

Did some bluing touch up on a couple ML's.

Oiled up some others.

 

[Muley Gil]

I soaked the breech of my 1842 Harpers Ferry musket (1844 lock, 1845 barrel) in a mixture of automatic transmission fluid (ATF) and acetone for two days. I was then able to remove the nipple. Probably the first time it had been out since the 1860s. I also dimpled some .678" round balls and cast some 345 grain .58 caliber semi wadcutters.

Today, I dip lubed the round balls. I also sized the SWCs and loaded 25 of them with 45 grains of Goex FFFg. Got a skirmish in Statesville NC next weekend.

I hope to finish loading ammo tomorrow.

 

[db1]

I bought a nice powder horn at the local flea market for $15.00

 

[Grenadier1758]

It was too cold to go to the range, so I went through my pile of scrap wood and fettled up 4 powder measures on the 75 year old Shop Smith. 65 to 85 grain volume measures of 2Fg GOEX. Pardon the mess. Still does a good job of being a wood lathe. Applying some final coats of True Oil to finish.

 

[SciAggie]

I waxed my Jaeger and apoligized to it. I purchased an unmentionable and carried an unmentionable this weekend.

 

[Icemanxxxv]

Finished my fixture for supporting the front end of my Kibler Mountain Rifle stock during the build.

 

[Jim K]

To windy to shoot this afternoon so after my nap I went out to my shop and worked on my Kibler SMR. I took the barrel pins out and removed the barrel. Checked for rust as this is the first I had it apart since I put it together last summer. Everything good. Put a coat of barricade on it and put it together. Tore the lock completely down and lubed and greased it as I reassembled it.

Then I fired up my Lee pot and while that heated up I cut cleaning patches. Then cast a bunch of .311 balls.

It was a good afternoon even if I couldn’t shoot.

 

[Old Sparky]

My first batch of supposedly soft lead was too hard. Now I'm recasting my round balls. Need to find a use for the semi hard lead. Maybe conical bullets

 

[Dale Lilly]

Went to church this morning ... but last evening I finished cleaning my sorta still unclean ML rifle. Then I cheated. I mounted a scope on my only breech loader [] Not nearly as much fun as working with my MLs. I said, some time back, I never wanted one of those new fangled things. However, one of 'em got a hold on my pants leg and I drug it home [for a great price]. I will probably never shoot it, bit it is purty

 

[Sprglde]

Took me a while but I finally sent a ramrod down range today.

 

[TDM]

Took me a while but I finally sent a ramrod down range today.

Them that has and Them that will.

 

[appalichian hunter]

made a big batch of deer jerky, out of the deer I killed in our late muzzleloader season, so I guess that's related to the thread's intention.

 

[DuncNZ]

I came down with Covid instead of going to the range , No ml stuff for me for a week or so . I'll just sit here oiling gunstocks .

 

[ppb]

I came down with Covid instead of going to the range , No ml stuff for me for a week or so . I'll just sit here oiling gunstocks .

Yuck! That’s a drag…
Get well soon!