What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[jackstanton]

Rearranged my shooting bags, made one dedicated to .54 caliber for my new Kibler Woodsrunner (assembled by Olskool) then took her and her sister (my Kibler SMR) to the Range.

Olskool and I must share the same eye as I needed no sight adjustments. All shots were inter-connecting at POA. My only complaint is I ran out of daylight to soon. I cleaned my babies and we are now ready to get back to the range.

 

[45man]

No need for coal to forge now, just the sun!

 

[WALT53]

I spent the morning cutting out a gun sock from a military surplus blanket for my fusil de chasse. I had it sewed up by suppertime, deciding to sew it by hand rather than mess with setting up the sewing machine.

We like pictures you know .

 

[deerstalkert]

loaded up my 11 gauge with #6 shot. went out to water the new green bean plants and discovered most of the leaves and climbers were nipped off by the snow shoe hare that has been hanging around. wish it was winter, i would make a ball bag from his white hide. guess i shouldn't think of them as pets. hasenpfeffer anyone?

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Shot my frontier caplock this morning. Ringing steel at 50/75/100/120 yds. Pretty happy to tag a couple of gongs at 120 with off hand shots.

 

[wiscoaster]

Still working on paper cartridges for the M1861 Colt Special. I discarded the ones already made and mentioned in a previous post because I decided the paper I was using for the outer casing wasn't robust enought. Back to the drawing board .....

 

[awreis]

Used my diamond faced grinder disc and trued up some new flints to fit my lock better. I used a Dimond dremmel bit last time but the grinder clamped in a vice is definitely the way to go.

 

[Big Tom 52]

Just received my new (to me) Lyman Trade rifle in 50 caliber. I'll be on the hunt for patches, and round balls to work up a load for hunting season. I have a 45 and 50 caliber, I wonder if I can think up a believable reason to buy a 54 so the wife doesn't make me sleep on the couch again! LOL

 

[RHG]

unboxed my Patriot pistol....

 

[longcruise]

unboxed my Patriot pistol....

And didn't post pictures!!

 

[RHG]

 

[wiscoaster]

Nice pistol!!

 

[Loja man]

Shot my frontier caplock this morning. Ringing steel at 50/75/100/120 yds. Pretty happy to tag a couple of gongs at 120 with off hand shots.

Well done!! 120 yards off hand!! Nice! My boys saw your picture in a post the other day. They were trying to figure out what your name was. I could not remember offhand what indigenous language it was or the meaning?

 

[deerstalkert]

Just received my new (to me) Lyman Trade rifle in 50 caliber. I'll be on the hunt for patches, and round balls to work up a load for hunting season. I have a 45 and 50 caliber, I wonder if I can think up a believable reason to buy a 54 so the wife doesn't make me sleep on the couch again! LOL

tell her you are buying it for her. being .54 it is lighter in weight, just right for her!







no, it didn't work for me either

 

[PathfinderNC]

I am working on another horn (#65) that I hope to display at the CLA show. It certainly didn't seem like an all day activity but every bit of nine hours went into the engraving on is so far.
One thing about horn-work; If you make a mistake or decide to change something, even after you have engraved and inked the lines in, it can be remedied. It can be done by using a very sharp scraper (such as an X-Acto blade or a good knife) and scraping away at the engraving until you are below the carved lines. I then often use a bit of 220 sandpaper to finish it out. The procedure works well, even for deeply carved lines like I do.
This is what happened today- if you look at the engraving I did at the base of the horn (the 'weave' design I call it). Originally I had a "quilt" pattern there (drawn on first and looked appealing, then scratched in), but when done it just didn't look right. Not enough visual weight. I tried to modify the design but but nothing seemed to get it right. So I did the hated thing and removed it: almost three hours of work scraped away. But the new design works well to my eye and I can go forward with this horn feeling it's up to snuff, so far!

 

[Gtrubicon]

I am working on another horn (#65) that I hope to display at the CLA show. It certainly didn't seem like an all day activity but every bit of nine hours went into the engraving on is so far.
One thing about horn-work; If you make a mistake or decide to change something, even after you have engraved and inked the lines in, it can be remedied. It can be done by using a very sharp scraper (such as an X-Acto blade or a good knife) and scraping away at the engraving until you are below the carved lines. I then often use a bit of 220 sandpaper to finish it out. The procedure works well, even for deeply carved lines like I do.
This is what happened today- if you look at the engraving I did at the base of the horn (the 'weave' design I call it). Originally I had a "quilt" pattern there (drawn on first and looked appealing, then scratched in), but when done it just didn't look right. Not enough visual weight. I tried to modify the design but but nothing seemed to get it right. So I did the hated thing and removed it: almost three hours of work scraped away. But the new design works well to my eye and I can go forward with this horn feeling it's up to snuff, so far!

I could spend 90 hours on it and it would still be a mess! Your horns are absolutely beautiful, I love the detail you include on them.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Well done!! 120 yards off hand!! Nice! My boys saw your picture in a post the other day. They were trying to figure out what your name was. I could not remember offhand what indigenous language it was or the meaning?

It is Blackfoot for timber wolf.

 

[PathfinderNC]

I could spend 90 hours on it and it would still be a mess! Your horns are absolutely beautiful, I love the detail you include on them.

Thank you very much !

 

[longcruise]

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That's a pretty piece probably shoots as good as it looks.

 

[8Ball]

Fitted (drop-in should I say...) a flintlock into the caplock mortise of my new Pedersoli Kentucky in .45 which are CNC machined for sure... perfect fit, a breeze.

After the easiest mod I ever made on a ML my son and I headed to the range last Sunday morning to give it a try. Woohoo!