Sand, sand, and still sanding! Listening/watching The Big Sky, sipping a cold one. Good day off from the grind!
What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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I spent part of this afternoon hanging up trophies... being my first year with the Tennessee Longhunters I unexpectedly gathered some hardware for my shooting this past year, and received four trophies last night. I hadn't previously known they awarded trophies at the Annual Meeting for the bi-monthly shoots and was sorta shocked when I ended up with a table full. Three 1st Places and 2nd Place in the aggregate.
I never thought of myself as an especially good shooter, but the Kibler SMR has apparently made me into one! Aw, shucks... Yea Me!
I never thought of myself as an especially good shooter, but the Kibler SMR has apparently made me into one! Aw, shucks... Yea Me!
Rang some steel this morning at the club with my Frontier flintlock. No fresh grizzly signs anywhere today.
Ran a gathering of like minded folks with the objective to get out of the house, show off our winter goodies, get reaquainted with each other, test some firearms, sight em in, new old, seseif we still got it and the objectives go on and on. Did this in a driving rain fresh off an overnight rain storm. Did I say it was raining the entire time? I had 11 folks show up to shoot! It was pouring rain and 11 showed up.......
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You done good Pilgrim...
Banjoman
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Made a different backwoods hillbilly shooting bag for my SMHR.
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Made a different backwoods hillbilly shooting bag for my SMHR.
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Found forgotten muzzleloading plunder when I finally reached a certain level among my caches of Old Man Stuff. I knew I had some of the items "somewhere", but hadn't moved that particular pile since 2004. Cast round balls don't rust, but they do turn white. Luckily, I always greased my molds.
Duplicates can now be sorted, priced, and exchanged for frog skins. YAY!!
Duplicates can now be sorted, priced, and exchanged for frog skins. YAY!!
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Putting togather a shot pouch for a friend's .54 longrifle . Made an 80 gr. powder measure for it. Found a nice powder horn from 1982 , and attached the full horn of fffg to the pouch. Put priming horn in , pan brush , cork screw wad , and patch retriever for his ramrod , and a ball pouch w/ 30 .530 round balls , package of .015 unlubed patches , (actual thickness .012 thickness). Will make a 3/16" steel , 44" range rod with bore protector , and ball puller. Also , a 44" wooden range rod for bore wiping . Will hand him a bottle of "Competition " patch lube and bore cleaner..............That should do it , until he forgets to put powder under the prb.
Worked on brass plate for the end of my patch box lid. First attempt the drill bit was dull and one of the two holes was off center, so scrapped it and made another plate. Got it to fit, drilled holes in it, marked hole location at the end of the lid, drilled a pilot hole and it was not perpendicular to the plate so screw was not seated flush.
Plugged hole and will try again to drill straight down
Plugged hole and will try again to drill straight down
Had so much fun shooting today I’m going back out tomorrow. 
Banjoman
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See any Bigfoot tracks?Had so much fun shooting today I’m going back out tomorrow.
No fresh tracks today. But I was on the lookout.
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Dag nabbit, I was a hair short in my measurement on the front of the trigger guard...
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Tim, don’t you hate it when those things happen.
Ringing gongs again this morning. 52F!
No grizz tracks today. Flintlock shot great.
No grizz tracks today.
Flintlock shot great. 
