What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Century to late]

Did some more practice carving on the partial fore stock. Cut all the lines free hand today. Feeling a bit more comfortable but still can’t get the edges as crisp as they should be. Only cut myself twice. I’ll keep practicing.

Looking good.

 

[bat119]

Tested some 54cal. 300gr. REAL bullets, TC Hawken Green mountain barrel 1:28 twist
80grs. 2F at 50 yards I like what I see so far

 

[Terrier]

Did some more practice carving on the partial fore stock. Cut all the lines free hand today. Feeling a bit more comfortable but still can’t get the edges as crisp as they should be. Only cut myself twice. I’ll keep practicing.

Dang... couple more days of practice and you'll be turning out museum pieces! Week, tops!

 

[Walkabout]

Don't ask, lol. Took my Pedersoli Harper's Ferry .54 pistol for a shoot. Wasted at least a half dozen caps trying to get it to fire. Cleaned the breech out really well and finally got it to go boom. Need to clean more thoroughly in the future.

 

[TDM]

Dang... couple more days of practice and you'll be turning out museum pieces! Week, tops!

Thank you. But when I finally try this stuff on the real stock I’ll be as nervous as a you know what I’m Church!

 

[TDM]

Finished for the day by just cutting some lines and conclaves. Didn’t get the stock line very straight. I’ve got a tool in mind to make tomorrow to help with that.

 

[DrLaw]

I carved out the outline of the entry-pipe carving on the stock today. I sanded areas of the other carvings I did to smooth out the look of the carving (ahead of and behind the cheek-piece on the butt of the gun). I still have to add depth to them, but that will come later. Right now I am hung up on the tang carving. I just cannot come up with a symmetrical drawing of either a shell or leaf design. It's not that I cannot find them on the web, but that my drawing skills are ever so slightly lacking. Somewhere, I have a pair of compasses from old school drafting my father did, but I have not found them yet.
I also still need to do the line on the stock similar to what TDM has up there in the photo.

The Doc is out and tired now.

 

[longcruise]

@Terrier https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/63383798

 

[Fisherking]

Thanks Walt. And I’m not fishing for compliments. Overall for a first attempt at this I’m pleased. But it’s so easy to mess up! Carving on a practice stock is less stressful. But I will endeavor to persevere.

“Endeavor to persevere.”

Pale Rider?

 

[TDM]

“Endeavor to persevere.”

Pale Rider?

Yes! One of my favorite movies and quotes!

 

[Fisherking]

I am a fan as well Sir.

“And I have this here piece of hard rock candy, but it ain’t for eatin’ but for lookin’ thru.”

 

[TDM]

I am a fan as well Sir.

“And I have this here piece of hard rock candy, but it ain’t for eatin’ but for lookin’ thru.”

There really are a lot of great quotes in the movie.

 

[azmntman]

Stopped in my ol fav sporting goods store while 180 miles away on business. Sad to see they had a smaller section of bp goods and guns and inflation arrived there too. Got a package of targets and some watermelon hard candy though.

 

[Terrier]

Finished the new (sorta) powder horn and affixed it to the new possibles pouch. Sealed with beeswax around the cap and used 4 brass plated brads to hold it tight.

I’ve had that horn rattling around in a box of leather tools I’ve been in and out of many times since the mid 80s and it’s a testament to horn’s durability in general that it’s still in one piece and it still looked as good as the day I bought it at a Tandy store in California.

The question everyone seems to ask about horns is, “How much does it hold?” Answer: a LOT less than the first one I made years ago. And that’s a good thing.

I filled it up then dumped it into a paper bowl this morning and the Goex FFFg weighed in at 203 grams on the kitchen scale. (7.16 ounces). Converted to grains, that’s 3132, or approximately 62 shots for a .40 cal with a 50 grain load. Probably more than my shoulder could stand in one outing, so that oughta work.

Scrimshaw to come later.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Shot the WoodsWalk at Friendship.
I had FUN day shooting with old & new friends.
We had a blast!.....video coming out Sunday.

Even a little chicken dancing was going on...!

 

[kelvinator]

“Endeavor to persevere.”

Pale Rider?

Outlaw Josey Whales I believe.
My favorite quote is when Granny Hawkins says "that big talk don't mean doodly squat"

 

[minish]

Does anyone have a source for a 44” x 5/16” Delrin ramrod?

This never happened to me before, but I guess it’s because I’ve always used Delrin or metal ramrods almost from the beginning…

Don’t say it never happens!

And I wasn’t giving it the juice, either. Probably why it didn’t git me any worse than it did.
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Track of the Wolf has 5/16” Delrin rods

 

[Nor Cal Mikie]

Bought a BP rifle kit from a member here yesterday. Thinking a little Tiger Stripe "burn work" on the stock should be a fun project.
Blue barrel, polished brass and tiger stripes? A little bling never hurt anybody.

 

[Terrier]

Track of the Wolf has 5/16” Delrin rods

BAM! I should have thought to look on their website. Thanks!

 

[Abarnes]

I finally got my 4 bore miné ball mould made and cast 1 2250 grain ball before work