What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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At the range yesterday. Shot my recent .54 cal German Jaeger rifle with .530 ball and LePage target pistol .4490 ball. I was on the paper, but that was all. Rick shot his recent Woodsrunner and made one cloverleaf hole!
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Wow, that is something else for a standard grade stock. I didn't expect to see so much stripe. I want a Woodsrunner but not ready to pull the trigger. I was thinking for stripe like that I needed to get Fancy grade. Be nice if Kibler's web site showed examples of what to expect for the different grades. Seems most of the customer example pictures are all Fancy. Can't wait to see the final finish on your rifle.
At the woods walk I attended yesterday another guy had a rifle almost exactly like your Jaeger that he showed me. His was a .58, however. (He shot a different rife in the match, I think he brought the Jaeger along as a backup.) Is the maker's name on the barrel? The one I saw has "John In (some German town)" on the top flat.
Love to see a picture of the.58 Jaeger, especially if is was German. Mine has V.T. Shilling - Shule (Town) on the top flat. The other side of mine.
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Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of the rifle I saw yesterday. If he brings it again I'll ask if I can take some.
Second coat of Chamber's gun oil on the SMR this morning.
disassembled and Cleaned , oiled an whipped down,
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Ordered some more Prime All kits from 22 Sharpshooter.
Well there was a stain on the forearm left side from a worm? I guessed. Then while finish sanding the hole opened up and confirmed my suspicion. It was right between a barrel pin and ram rod pipe pin just slightly above their centerline just about the same size as the pin holes. At first I wasn't going to do anything with it, but after I stained the stock and blushed it, well I just couldn't leave it un-delt with. I had a scrap piece of big box store maple. I applied tanic acid and iron nitrate blushed it out and scraped off the stained wood with a utility knife razor. Spent about a half hour packing that hole with the dust. Once full I dropped a small drop of CA off a pin and it darn near impossible to see. Below is a picture of the area were the repair is. You have to look real close to see it. I guess it's a win. The stain really looks good under the finish. just looks like Anyways my bet is a fancy grade wouldn't include a minor defect and would have more curl.
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Did a great job on the repair! Looking good.
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No kudos to me. My mother-in-law, bless her, is from the old country, Birmingham, she solved the riddle straight away. A suspicious lot, the Brummies.
Cheers, Pete
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Made some jute tow and wiped down the Chambers .62 caliber smooth bore.
I made some a while back to try it out, Jute rope de-constructed works really well. Now I need to make a bunch of 8-32 tow worms.
Waited patiently for the Amazon Santa to show up at my doorstep 
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chopped 7 inches off that Colerain barrel i fudged up last week. started to recrown it but it was just to cold in the shop. -4 and no relief in sight. guess i need to install a wood stove out there. sigh, another project.
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Watched an old episode of ‘The Real McCoys’ where grandpa had to sell his old Baker flintlock musket. But then he got it back. Good show. They don’t make shows like that anymore.
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I didn't shoot. I didn't build. i didn't even clean.
I did buy. CVA sxs .50 express rifle! can't wait.
I did buy. CVA sxs .50 express rifle! can't wait.
Looks great to me! Nice going.
