What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[tc45dave]

Ordered a sizing die from North East Trade Co. Will probably receive my first Minie Balls next week for sizing.

 

[smo]

That's the great difference about need and want. I think it was in "The Count of Monte Cristo" when Edmond Dantes was asking Mercedes about why she gave up on him and married another. She said it was because of her need to have security in a marriage. His reply was that she had what she needed to be secure, but she wanted more than what she needed.

Most of us have what we need to shoot our muzzleloaders. However, none of us have all that we want.

I never wanted anything I didn’t need..

 

[Grenadier1758]

Well, @smo, there is that truth also.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

I don’t need anymore guns got 24 but I still ended up bidding on a pair of Wesely Richards .5 barrels to make into a flintlock double rifle £260, a 11 gauge ml shotgun as I liked the hammer £180 and a very tatty 8 bore £220., photo And you have to add on 28% buyers premium and tax

The way I looked at it an original Bess flint action on EBay uk is £240 plus and very scarce , never see percussion locks , so I end up modifying old shotgun locks at £20 / pair

I was 80 on Tuesday. , just lost at auction 1850 ml rifle I wanted by £35. So gone a bit mad in the head I guess. Still down for £600 on a load of Holts rubbish in sealed bid auction , but I’ll have a pile of gunny parts Bid on three might win one. I’ll crap m myself if I win all three. Ha ha. I am totally mad

The bonus yesterday some valves arrived for a fender base amp, Bought it for a £1 at a car boot sale , been up in loft till my son said it’s worth £700.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

I don’t need anymore guns got 24 but I still ended up bidding on a pair of Wesely Richards .5 barrels to make into a flintlock double rifle £260, a 11 gauge ml shotgun as I liked the hammer £180 and a very tatty 8 bore £220., photo And you have to add on 28% buyers premium and tax

The way I looked at it an original Bess flint action on EBay uk is £240 plus and very scarce , never see percussion locks , so I end up modifying old shotgun locks at £20 / pair

I was 80 on Tuesday. , just lost at auction 1850 ml rifle I wanted by £35. So gone a bit mad in the head I guess. Still down for £600 on a load of Holts rubbish in sealed bid auction , but I’ll have a pile of gunny parts Bid on three might win one. I’ll manure m myself if I win all three. Ha ha. I am totally mad

The bonus yesterday some valves arrived for a fender base amp, Bought it for a £1 at a car boot sale , been up in loft till my son said it’s worth £700.

I wanted to add but had to go back to Holts. French guns and rifles are often mentioned and this came up , mainly to show their different design of trigger guard as photo Sitting here as rain is tumbling down west of London

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Well not much today but yesterday I received a package from MBS. several cleaning Jags, adaptors and worms to create a set for each shooting pouch. Some center drills, sheet brass for making ramrod thimbles, and a set of riffler files.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Cut myself off short. The french one is obviously the strange trigger guard. The single is the 11 bore , and the barrels are the .5 no2

 

[oldwood]

Tried to help a friend in learning a basic step in scratch building a rifle. Almost have the barrel inlet. He took it home to see if he could finish it.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

I have a gun builder acquaitance that will have tables at the Fort Fred market faire in 3 weeks. I have been forging lots of items to help fill empty spots on his table. Today I forged 4 more small hooks with integrated nails you can tap into the wall. I also made a couple large pot hooks for someone for their iron ware in their camp. I'll make Larry a dozen of these to sell. These are the first two.

An old (80) smith showed me how to make those once when I helped fill in at a smithing exhibition. My own wall hooks have a circle base that hangs on a nail, but the ones you made are actually more practical and can't easily get knocked off the wall like mine can. The thing I showed him was an "underhook", which has the point toward the wall so if you hang something at eye level, you can't accidentally "hook your eye out".

He also showed me the curl at the end of hooks to avoid injuries.

Here's another "hook" of a sort, though this one is formed into a circle to hold the fairy lamp. You make the cross bar of the ahnk by looping the workpiece over itself and welding it, then cutting the loop you have formed to shape the cross. Loop at the top (which makes it a sort of ahnk) is also welded conventionally with a scarf. You leave the circle that holds the fairy lamp open so you can expand it slightly to fit the fairy lamp base. Hang on a nail. You can move it around as needed.

 

[Shiloh]

That axis rotation will get ya every time

I find that the shift of the continental plates gives me more grief than anything.

 

[mushka]

Wants and needs are not the same. Wants will always out number needs.

 

[ernbar]

Watched a video on YouTube where the gentleman eased the inside corners of the loading gate area to allow removal of the cylinder rod. A few minutes using sandpaper strips angled the inside corners enough to make the part come out for easier cleaning.

 

[Ohio Rusty]

An old (80) smith showed me how to make those once when I helped fill in at a smithing exhibition. My own wall hooks have a circle base that hangs on a nail, but the ones you made are actually more practical and can't easily get knocked off the wall like mine can. The thing I showed him was an "underhook", which has the point toward the wall so if you hang something at eye level, you can't accidentally "hook your eye out".

He also showed me the curl at the end of hooks to avoid injuries.

Here's another "hook" of a sort, though this one is formed into a circle to hold the fairy lamp. You make the cross bar of the ahnk by looping the workpiece over itself and welding it, then cutting the loop you have formed to shape the cross. Loop at the top (which makes it a sort of ahnk) is also welded conventionally with a scarf. You leave the circle that holds the fairy lamp open so you can expand it slightly to fit the fairy lamp base. Hang on a nail. You can move it around as needed.

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Vert attractive hook !!

 

[BillKilgore]

I was intrigued by the discussion here about rehabbing old knives. I took this ugly little folding knife and made it into a nice fixed blade with cherry scales.

 

[SciAggie]

Placed another order at TOW this morning, I told my wife I’m pretty sure I have everything I need now. I don’t think she bought it.

The Amazon guy checks in on me if I go more than a couple of days without a delivery...

 

[BillyC]

Well a month after building my first Kibler kit I ordered another one today. Same caliber SMR as the one I built for my grandson but this one in cherry for me. It’s one of his quick ships so it will ship on Monday. I’ll probably have it on Tuesday.

 

[Stantheman86]

Stocked up on caps

 

[64Springer]

Starting to rebuild a horn I butchered 15 years ago.

Turned maple spout.

JB Welded in place.

Plug witlin tomorrow.

 

[Eterry]

Got home from work and the TOTW fairy left me a present.
A bag of .675 balls for my 14 bore, wads and a jag for the same gun.

Tomorrow looks like a fine day to go shooting.

 

[BS2366]

A few items got delivered today. Messed with them a bit after I was done with work.

CVA Kentucky kit. Barrel, stock, butt plate, and trigger guard.

CVA Kentucky small parts and screw kit, trigger, and lock, and Hawken ram rod from Deer Creek.

Nipple repair kit from TOTW to fix a Traditions buckskinner we got last weekend. Nipple was seized. Looks like someone shot it a few times and put it in the closet. Got the barrel cleaned out, but broke the nipple off.

Front sight from Midway for the Traditions buckskinner.

Should have some sights delivered tomorrow.

The CVA stock is going to need some work. Barrel only came with one tenon and will not seat in the stock enough to get pin through. Barrel fits very tight. The Deer Creek small parts kit has 2 new tenon's with it. I'm going to have to open up the barrel channel a bit. Barrel doesn't look like it's been fired. Has a light coat of rust and nipple was seized. Broke it off trying to remove it. Luckily I ordered two oversize nipples with the TOTW repair kit.