What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[oldschoolhunter55]

I got a drum of oil in at work and it came on this nice, red oak pallet. I don't have a tabletop planer but do have a table saw and 5" DA sander so I cut up the pallet and made me a simple range box for taking to target competitions. Still need to sand and finish the fold down front and glue some leather in the rifle rest notch.

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dang thats nice. u sir do good work. thanks por pics

 

[IanH]

dang thats nice. u sir do good work. thanks por pics

Thanks. I was too lazy to dovetail the corners or pocket cut the screws so they wouldn't show and it's too rainy to forge the hardware but it's glued and screwed, solid and almost ready to go with me to a shoot in three weeks.

I can't decide whether to line the top tray with felt, newspaper, or striped ticking.

 

[Flint.]

Flint the people in the picture might be David Wright on the left and Mel Bank's on the right. David is a very gifted artist and Mel is a history lecturer on anything during colonial times.
Sure wished I could have made it to the show.

You are correct. I told Mel that the artist paid me to take that painting off his table. Lol. David and Mel signed it for me.

 

[Flint.]

Flint the people in the picture might be David Wright on the left and Mel Bank's on the right. David is a very gifted artist and Mel is a history lecturer on anything during colonial times.
Sure wished I could have made it to the show.

David Wright and Mel Hankla.

 

[mikesto44]

Flint I typed Hankla but obviously I didn't catch the banks when it posted. I have a few of David's prints. One he personally signed and gave to me.
That one I cherish very much.

 

[sethwyo]

Wind wasn't blowing this morning so I thought I'd get out and do some muzzle loading.
Couldn't hit nothing at 200 yards moved into 100 and still could not see where I was hitting, so I went over to Beaver hole and tried a few shots at some cattail sticks and seen that my sights are way off

 

[sethwyo]

At about 20 yards it's hitting quite a bit low and off to the right.
At 200 yards it's no wonder I can't hit a barn.

 

[Terrier]

Wind wasn't blowing this morning so I thought I'd get out and do some muzzle loading.
Couldn't hit nothing at 200 yards moved into 100 and still could not see where I was hitting, so I went over to Beaver hole and tried a few shots at some cattail sticks and seen that my sights are way off

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, back to the workbench you go!

 

[sethwyo]

I think that's exactly what I'm going to do,
I'm going to take these adjustable sites off and put a non-adjustable sight on this. So it can't ever move one way or the other up or down, have the zero at 200 yards and then just figure where I need to hold at 100, and if ever I'm firin at a Target beyond 200 I'll hold a bit high

 

[John Stark]

Pucked a little over a pound of powder this morning and cast 12.25 pounds of .495 balls.

 

[sethwyo]

If you got a minute can you tell a little more about your powder pucking? How you do it?

 

[sethwyo]

Speaking of gunpowder I'd like some of us to petition the moderator to starting a section for black powder,
For example there's a section on flintlocks a section on percussions,
a section on rifles,
a section on handguns,
etc etc,
remember there would be no guns if it was not for blackpowder,
I would like to see a section specifically for discussing black powder

 

[John Stark]

If you got a minute can you tell a little more about your powder pucking? How you do it?

After ball milling the three different types of pixy dust for about 12 hours, I add just enough distilled water to prevent dust from forming when stirred. I then use a 12 ton press on a 40 mm Internal Diameter rosin press. Pump it until it holds my body weight (165 lbs.), let it sit for about 30 seconds, release the pressure and pop it out. I then let it dry for about 9-10 days before I proceed to grinding.

 

[RRidgely52]

I got a drum of oil in at work and it came on this nice, red oak pallet. I don't have a tabletop planer but do have a table saw and 5" DA sander so I cut up the pallet and made me a simple range box for taking to target competitions. Still need to sand and finish the fold down front and glue some leather in the rifle rest notch.

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I got a drum of oil in at work and it came on this nice, red oak pallet. I don't have a tabletop planer but do have a table saw and 5" DA sander so I cut up the pallet and made me a simple range box for taking to target competitions. Still need to sand and finish the fold down front and glue some leather in the rifle rest notch.

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Don't sand to much... rustic looks better... beautiful box...

 

[longcruise]

Speaking of gunpowder I'd like some of us to petition the moderator to starting a section for black powder,
For example there's a section on flintlocks a section on percussions,
a section on rifles,
a section on handguns,
etc etc,
remember there would be no guns if it was not for blackpowder,
I would like to see a section specifically for discussing black powder

Well, discussing the making of powder is not permitted per MLM rules. Not that I personally care one way or the other. But given that it might save you the from the effort to get it started.

 

[Kansas Jake]

If someone found this site they can probably find one of several others that do discuss making black powder.

 

[sethwyo]

really wasn't what I was bringing up, Not interested in a section for discussing the manufacturer of black powder,

There's a vast amount of History and events and circumstances and people and times and places that have to do with black powder.
it would just be a discussion section for the material, just like the section for flintlocks just like this section for percussion lock just like the section for handguns

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Did a woods walk and a bit of paper shooting. I was pleased with that old Investarm 45. I dropped down my patch thickness, to compensate the dirty barrel as the day progressed, it seemed to get more accurate some how

 

[longcruise]

really wasn't what I was bringing up, Not interested in a section for discussing the manufacturer of black powder,

There's a vast amount of History and events and circumstances and people and times and places that have to do with black powder.
it would just be a discussion section for the material, just like the section for flintlocks just like this section for percussion lock just like the section for handguns

I'd be on board with that.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Still working on some border work- the hours pass by quickly. But it’s coming along.