What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Omahkapi'si]

Take care & ride out that storm.

 

[deerstalkert]

started regulating the double .50 CVA. found it likes ffg 777 and 250g R.E,A.L.
loading for accuracy found best for both barrels at 95g.
while shooting the thing with PB and swiss fffg just to see if it liked it, i was shooting 5 with right barrel, then 5 with left at 50 yards.
so what do i do? powdered the right barrel and patched and balled the left barrel dry.
couldn't find a ball screw so made one to fit my brass range rod. the ball came out on the third try.
found the spread between barrels at 50 is 8 inches. both barrels will group close to 2.5 inches.
now to bring the left barrel over to the right. maybe tomorrow.
tried to fill some pock marks on the tang of the cherry build and burned 1/4 inch off the end. just not a very successful day. unbreeched the barrel and ordered a new tanged plug.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Busted! Oh well; there will be other days - it was great to get out and about. And those bachelor herd animals don't taste as sweet as the first year does.

We have a cyclone heading straight for us, so I had better get my priorities right and focus on battening down the hatches.

Cheers, Pete

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like that rack. nice

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Busted! Oh well; there will be other days - it was great to get out and about. And those bachelor herd animals don't taste as sweet as the first year does.

We have a cyclone heading straight for us, so I had better get my priorities right and focus on battening down the hatches.

Cheers, Pete

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hope yaw will be safe with that storm coming. hang in there

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Lubed some homemade .010 cotton patches.

 

[Terrier]

Busted! Oh well; there will be other days - it was great to get out and about. And those bachelor herd animals don't taste as sweet as the first year does.

We have a cyclone heading straight for us, so I had better get my priorities right and focus on battening down the hatches.

Cheers, Pete

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Hope everything turns out well for you.

Wishing you the best of luck!

 

[TDM]

Stay safe @aussie pete!

 

[SOLANCO]

Neighbor's funeral. Wonderful woman. Never married but deeply involved with her nieces and nephews. Service was long because many people had anecdotes about her. But that was good. Six of her nieces carried her out of the sanctuary, across the parking lot, and up the hill to her resting place in the church cemetery.

 

[Coldfingers]

that looks like its hard to do. bet u have to have a lot of patience

The inlay process is simple in itself. It the layout and getting the lines to "flow". There are "rules" to scroll work that make them more pleasing to the eye.
For instance, I think the "curls" on the vine should be a bit more circular in the curl, more compact, but I came to this conclusion after it was done.

This is a rifle by Herman Rupp, these look better shaped to me than mine.

The tools are so basic it's silly, you can make all from 1 hack saw blade, or xacto blades.

 

[Hatman/2nd line]

Not today, but over the weekend.
Practicing my wire work on a new hawk handle.
I am really apprehensive to start on the smoothrifle, but I am figuring out some of the skills to improve the work.

Nice work! You can be proud of that !

 

[longcruise]

Messed up the flap for the presentation bag. Accidentally got ink on it. Tried to bleach it out. Just went further downhill!

No pictures if y'all don't mind.

 

[tjiann]

Took my CVA .36 squirrel rifle to the range for the first time. This gun is a lot of fun to shoot. .350 PRB with 30gr of Swiss 3FG.

 

[TDM]

Got a couple of new items for the shop. I’d been wanting a hard copy of Lyman’s cast bullet handbook for sometime. I have the 1967 edition on my old ipad, it has all the really good muzzleloading stuff in it. And though my old dial caliper works just fine, I got a digital one just for grins. Even came with extra batteries.

 

[TDM]

Messed up the flap for the presentation bag. Accidentally got ink on it. Tried to bleach it out. Just went further downhill!

No pictures if y'all don't mind.

Maybe try working the area with Neatsfoot oil and a little darker stain to blend it? Might help.

 

[smo]

Its pouring rain in Tennessee after the week of snow & below average temps..
So while it was pouring….

So was I , poured a bunch of .530’s.
That should hold me till Spring’s over..

 

[longcruise]

Maybe try working the area with Neatsfoot oil and a little darker stain to blend it? Might help.

That might be helpful but I have plenty of leather and time so I'll cut another flap and be more careful this time. The damaged flap can be repurposed to a knife sheath or????

 

[James Durham]

Been making some ball starters l, powder measures, and loading blocks

 

[James Durham]

Its pouring rain in Tennessee after the week of snow & below average temps..
So while it was pouring….

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So was I , poured a bunch of .530’s.
That should hold me till Spring’s over..

Those look great. You wouldn't happen to have a .440 mold would you?

 

[G.W.DeerMouse]

Cut dovetail for front sight View attachment 87230

Finished making a Powder Horn, which I am pleased with

Very nice!

 

[BruceHuxford]

Got these done