What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Comfortably_Numb]

I aggravated the bejeezus out of a bunch of people here today. Well, it is muzzleloading related.

 

[WALT53]

I aggravated the bejeezus out of a bunch of people here today. Well, it is muzzleloading related.

Yup thats right up your alley lol.

 

[Gtrubicon]

I removed the grips from my Uberti 1858, removed the finish and ugly red stain to reveal some nice looking brown toned wood. I’ll start the refinishing process tomorrow after work.

 

[Terrier]

I removed the grips from my Uberti 1858, removed the finish and ugly red stain to reveal some nice looking brown toned wood. I’ll start the refinishing process tomorrow after work.

How did you go about removing the finish on the wood? Just sand it off? Scrape? Chemical?

 

[Gtrubicon]

How did you go about removing the finish on the wood? Just sand it off? Scrape? Chemical?

I used 000 steel wool with acetone. It took about 20 minutes to remove the clear finish and stain.

 

[Snooterpup]

I aggravated the bejeezus out of a bunch of people here today. Well, it is muzzleloading related.

Excellent work! We expect nothing less, and if’n it was considerate, humble and less snarky we’d be more than a bit worried about you. Keep on keepin’ on.

 

[Snooterpup]

I tore my old TC rifle apart and finally took the time to rework all the brass/wood to make it fit entirely flush. There were always bits and pieces that were too proud and I finally had enough of looking at it and feeling it. It looks amazing now. Way better than the factory had it in 1970 something. I refinished the stock as well. I finished it in a beeswax/lemon oil rub in and then about 8-10 coats of Johnsons. Its like owning an entirely new rifle. Kinda' exciting

Let’s see some photos! Did the same to my really early T/C Hawken. Used Track’s Original Oil Finish though in combo with light sanding to fill the pores on the walnut. Photo on mine. Turned out great.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Well Rob did a post for me on shinning up a ruff barrel and when the weather permits I’m gonna give er a go just getting all my ducks in row .

I soldered the rib on my cape rifle , gave it a tap and it fell off, I’ll have used epoxy on old ribs before so that’s the way forward We get Araldite in uk. , it’s a bit thicker than normal clear epoxy , so sticky fingers later it’s done no guess more photos later

 

[WALT53]

I soldered the rib on my cape rifle , gave it a tap and it fell off, I’ll have used epoxy on old ribs before so that’s the way forward We get Araldite in uk. , it’s a bit thicker than normal clear epoxy , so sticky fingers later it’s done no guess more photos later

Gordon do you use a oxy acetalean torch or a propane torch .

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Gordon do you use a oxy acetalean torch or a propane torch .

Hello. No I usually use our gas range stove theses days , I recently bought a better propane torch but it kept catching fire , I had bottles for oxy acetalean , argon for tig but gave them away as I was spending £400 a year renting I bought a bottle for mig welding but at £80 a refill I have gone back to stick welding On this job I had run out of decent etch flux, and it was rubbish what I had. I have soldered a number of ribs when i can get the the metal clean the other problem was these barrels were only held together with a putty stuff , and were moving . The top English makers often use pine resin as a flux. I got the barrel perfect for soldering but the rib had deep rust and although I ground much off the steel was still black, I chose epoxy rather than use a new steel rib . It’s the problem with derelict guns. Like the epoxy did not hold the stock together now I have three bits, a lot of the wood was soft and broke away and oils had soaked in ? So now I have been wood scraping in the hope of a good epoxy joint
I have done well on the heavily dented shot barrel so this is a minor problem. Getting on a bit now 81 in March , just a number ,
Nice to chat I wish you well

 

[longcruise]

@Gordoncourtney epoxy is a good alternative. Seems like you have the right stuff. I have a shotgun with a rib that was epoxied on over 45 years ago and still going strong .

 

[WALT53]

Hello. No I usually use our gas range stove theses days , I recently bought a better propane torch but it kept catching fire , I had bottles for oxy acetalean , argon for tig but gave them away as I was spending £400 a year renting I bought a bottle for mig welding but at £80 a refill I have gone back to stick welding On this job I had run out of decent etch flux, and it was rubbish what I had. I have soldered a number of ribs when i can get the the metal clean the other problem was these barrels were only held together with a putty stuff , and were moving . The top English makers often use pine resin as a flux. I got the barrel perfect for soldering but the rib had deep rust and although I ground much off the steel was still black, I chose epoxy rather than use a new steel rib . It’s the problem with derelict guns. Like the epoxy did not hold the stock together now I have three bits, a lot of the wood was soft and broke away and oils had soaked in ? So now I have been wood scraping in the hope of a good epoxy joint
I have done well on the heavily dented shot barrel so this is a minor problem. Getting on a bit now 81 in March , just a number ,
Nice to chat I wish you well

Well Gordon your keeping busy and moving that’s the important part keep it up and good luck with your projects.By the way your only as old as you feel just keep keeping on .

 

[Gordoncourtney]

Well Gordon your keeping busy and moving that’s the important part keep it up and good luck with your projects.By the way your only as old as you feel just keep keeping on .

Why thank you for your kind words, hope we chat again love from way across the pond London.

 

[DrLaw]

I aggravated the bejeezus out of a bunch of people here today. Well, it is muzzleloading related.

Okay. That got me curious and I went looking to see if anybody responded that were aggravated. I did not see any responses that indicated the bejeezus was aggravated out of anybody. You sure you did that?

The Doc is mildly curious now but not so much that you have to answer C.N.

 

[aussie pete]

I headed off a couple of hours before last light to check on a small earth tank. I took the camera in the hope of getting a few images of birds as they came in for the last evening drink. It was hot. I traveled light, leaving the heavy Hawken back in camp. The pure-bred dingo female came in fast, obviously thirsty. She drank, walked a little of the perimeter, then nestled down on the grassy berm in the shade, not a full thirty metres from me. She stayed for the next twenty minutes, departing only when I rose up from the jumble-up of timber. The images tell me that she knew I was there; whether she knew I posed no threat is pure conjecture, but man, what a pleasant experience.

Cheers, Pete

 

[Sir Boniface Harrison]

I headed off a couple of hours before last light to check on a small earth tank. I took the camera in the hope of getting a few images of birds as they came in for the last evening drink. It was hot. I traveled light, leaving the heavy Hawken back in camp. The pure-bred dingo female came in fast, obviously thirsty. She drank, walked a little of the perimeter, then nestled down on the grassy berm in the shade, not a full thirty metres from me. She stayed for the next twenty minutes, departing only when I rose up from the jumble-up of timber. The images tell me that she knew I was there; whether she knew I posed no threat is pure conjecture, but man, what a pleasant experience.

Cheers, Pete

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Beautiful. Can these be raised as pets? She looks like she could use a meal or two.

 

[aussie pete]

Beautiful. Can these be raised as pets? She looks like she could use a meal or two.

Some folks have raised them as companion dogs, not a common occurrence though in these times. 'Google' Australian Dingo for a literature review of information. The native dogs in my area are usually very lean, always on the hunt. Wild dogs, or dingo dog crosses, for some reason most always do look heavier.

Pete

 

[SgtMaj65]

Cleaned up and repurposed 2 tins. One mint tin for a buddy to hold his jags and patch material, the other a load of my olive oil/bee's wax lube mix for him to use with his nes .32 squirrel gun.

I love to repurpose things … like old Sucrets and newer Altoids tins, an old 1930s-era library table for a work bench, wood pallets for a host of outdoor things and old found-in-a-closet cammo pants to make sand bags for bench resting my BP rifles at range. I let my imagination take over. Oh, and I don’t fill those bags with sand, I used washed old fish tank gravel. Works great.

 

[robstock]

Spent my morning sanding down and refinishing the benches I plan to use in my muzzleloader work area I’m setting up. The tops were in rough shape. Still have some scars on ‘em but then so do I.

 

[TDM]

Spent the day building a gun rack for my oldest granddaughter to put in her room for her Traditions Deerhunter cap lock and her unmentionable .22 and .410.