What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Moleman]

Went to our local hwy 40 garage sales. Picked up a hat that needs a little upgrade to be PC, a pewter mug and a super lite steel fry pan for trekking.
Not bad ......10 bucks for all 3 pieces.

 

[Century to late]

Made a 60 grain and a 20 grain powder measure today for a fellow member.

Beautiful

 

[TDM]

Beautiful

Thanks Tyler.

 

[Banjoman]

Scrounging around in the barn, I found some old sisal string for tow and some old string to use on a powder horn to give it an old look.

 

[bajabuc]

Picked up these little tins off amazon, good for patches, char cloth and many other items. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CV94DNJ?psc=1&ref=product_details

Altoids boxes are cheaper and they come with altoids

 

[TDM]

Picked up these little tins off amazon, good for patches, char cloth and many other items. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CV94DNJ?psc=1&ref=product_details

I’ve bought those before and they work quite well. They’re large enough to hold a flint and steel plus char cloth and some tinder. They have some round ones too with a screw on lid. I keep punk wood char in those. They seal well enough to put out any lingering embers.

 

[LANEY REECE]

Made a 60 grain and a 20 grain powder measure today for a fellow member.

Man those look (sharp) looks good.

 

[TDM]

Man those look (sharp) looks good.

Thanks Laney!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Packed for camp and ready to head out early tomorrow. Got some beef smokies for supper tomorrow night, and lots of buffalo jerky to snack on. Coffee and bacon for breakfast.

 

[8Ball]

I made a fire channel on the breech plug of my Fusil de Chasse to improve ignition.

 

[deerstalkert]

Packed for camp and ready to head out early tomorrow. Got some beef smokies for supper tomorrow night, and lots of buffalo jerky to snack on. Coffee and bacon for breakfast.

your Bears up yet? we have been seeing them here and one got a neighbors hog the other day.
your bacon for breakfast made me think of it

 

[longcruise]

Altoids boxes are cheaper and they come with altoids

You old guys are so sarcastic!

Packed for camp and ready to head out early tomorrow. Got some beef smokies for supper tomorrow night, and lots of buffalo jerky to snack on. Coffee and bacon for breakfast.

Every time you describe one of your trips to camp I just want to run away from home.

I made a fire channel on the breech plug of my Fusil de Chasse to improve ignition.

I did that with my first plank build. A capper. I see it given the "no no" treatment but it was suggested to me by a reputable builder so I did it. Working fine still. Gonna do the same thing when I build my SMR fainter.

Turns out it was pretty common back "in the day".

 

[deerstalkert]

today i got out my Walker and cast some balls for it. shot 3 cylinders at 25 yards. need to work on it. high and left.
got back to work on my build. wasn't really in the groove for that so cast some .577 balls. boy do they use up a pot of lead fast! also cast some .58 R.E.A.L's .

 

[Omahkapi'si]

your Bears up yet? we have been seeing them here and one got a neighbors hog the other day.
your bacon for breakfast made me think of it

Oh ya bears been up for awhile. Think some don’t sleep much anymore.
Took this in January at camp. In my camp.

 

[sethwyo]

recaped

 

[Norman Brooks]

I made a fire channel on the breech plug of my Fusil de Chasse to improve ignition.

That does help, polish it smooth, that way you don't have a lot of buildup of fouling...

 

[8Ball]

That does help, polish it smooth, that way you don't have a lot of buildup of fouling...

Yes, I did polish it to a smooth finish before reassembly. Heading to the range tomorrow to give it a try!

 

[wiscoaster]

(Yesterday) made up some paper catridges for my Colt Dragoon using two different fabrication techniques to seat the ball and took them to the range to shoot. All shot fine, but I had a heck of a time with cap jams, and there's already Slixshots on that pistol. I'm going to dress the hammer face and also try to bend the hammer spring a bit to give the hammer more tension to hold that cap on there until ignition back pressure is done. Raining today, so no range trip to try it out planned.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Good morning from Piikani Camp.

 

[Gtrubicon]

Good morning from Piikani Camp.

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That looks quite relaxing.