What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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bat119
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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.
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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!
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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.
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
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Yes! One of my favorite movies and quotes!
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.”
“And I have this here piece of hard rock candy, but it ain’t for eatin’ but for lookin’ thru.”
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There really are a lot of great quotes in the movie.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.”
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.
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.
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.
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...!
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
32 Cal.
Outlaw Josey Whales I believe.
My favorite quote is when Granny Hawkins says "that big talk don't mean doodly squat"
Track of the Wolf has 5/16” Delrin rods
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.
Blue barrel, polished brass and tiger stripes? A little bling never hurt anybody.
BAM! I should have thought to look on their website. Thanks!
