What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[flatcreek]

Well if her nose is like mines nose your dead in the water ,the reason I know have my little shop I got kicked outa the basement .

I think women are born with a supper nose, mine has one also.

 

[Rebel bull]

I no longer have that problem after 32 years. for the last 14 years I've had the door from the shop standing open into the house

 

[DrLaw]

Not what did I do, but what I got. The e-mail that the Fowler I ordered is being shipped today.
Now I just need to be patient, like the people trying to get Ketchup out of the Heinz bottle. "Anticipation" (You know you just sang that word!)

The Doc is out now.

 

[brewyak]

A family friend is a shooter on the Kentucky Corps of Longrifles. We are planning on doing a camping trip with my parents next year to Ft Boonesboro the same weekend as the shoot. Wanted to this year but my wife is 8 1/2 months pregnant so that probably would have been a bad idea.

Nice! Hopefully see you next year!! Well you never know she could have given birth at the Ft. that would have been a great story for them growing up

 

[brewyak]

What a great looking rabble! Congrats to Kentucky

We will get them at the spring shoot next year!!

 

[Robin101]

Well, more than just today, but I wrapped it up today.
I made this this set of .58 Bucks County styled guns for myself some time ago. The reactive agent I use on the wood, Aqua Fortis, never stopped working and over the years the wood became almost black and the beautiful figure God put in that wood was pretty much obscured, so I stripped them and at the risk of screwing up some of the best incise carving I have ever done, sanded them, used an Alcohol based stain, and re finished them with an all natural Tung oil finish. Didn't hurt the carving too bad and once again the grain pops! Now to the range.

Robin

 

[wiscoaster]

First shots today through my new Loyalist British Sea Service pistol .62 caliber. All went well. Using 2F Swiss, lightly lubed tow and .600 balls. Started light at 25 gr. and worked my way up through 30, 35, 40 and 45. Stopped at 45 gr. because heavier loads weren't giving any shooting advantage, but were beginning to knock my knuckle a bit too much. This gun seems to like the recommended 35 gr. load just fine. It shoots about six inches high at seven paces, sighting down the barrel and putting the top of the tang at a six-o'clock hold to POA. I do think the lock time is a little slow, but maybe I'm comparing with Kibler locks. I started getting misfires toward the end due a weak spark from a dulled flint, and after some emergency field knapping, got it sparking enough to get off another half dozen shots. I shot until I used up all my tow, which was I'd guess about 20 rounds. Conclusions: I'm happy with this gun. It's a lot of fun and runs and shoots well.

A friend took a video of me shooting:

 

[ArmorerRoy]

First shots today through my new Loyalist British Sea Service pistol .62 caliber. All went well. Using 2F Swiss, lightly lubed tow and .600 balls. Started light at 25 gr. and worked my way up through 30, 35, 40 and 45. Stopped at 45 gr. because heavier loads weren't giving any shooting advantage, but were beginning to knock my knuckle a bit too much. This gun seems to like the recommended 35 gr. load just fine. It shoots about six inches high at seven paces, sighting down the barrel and putting the top of the tang at a six-o'clock hold to POA. I started getting misfires toward the end due a weak spark from a dulled flint, and after some emergency field knapping, got it sparking enough to get off another half dozen shots. I shot until I used up all my tow, which was I'd guess about 20 rounds. Conclusions: I'm happy with this gun. It's a lot of fun and runs well.

A friend took a video of me shooting:
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That is a great looking pistol.

 

[Xenophon]

First shots today through my new Loyalist British Sea Service pistol .62 caliber. All went well. Using 2F Swiss, lightly lubed tow and .600 balls. Started light at 25 gr. and worked my way up through 30, 35, 40 and 45. Stopped at 45 gr. because heavier loads weren't giving any shooting advantage, but were beginning to knock my knuckle a bit too much. This gun seems to like the recommended 35 gr. load just fine. It shoots about six inches high at seven paces, sighting down the barrel and putting the top of the tang at a six-o'clock hold to POA. I do think the lock time is a little slow, but maybe I'm comparing with Kibler locks. I started getting misfires toward the end due a weak spark from a dulled flint, and after some emergency field knapping, got it sparking enough to get off another half dozen shots. I shot until I used up all my tow, which was I'd guess about 20 rounds. Conclusions: I'm happy with this gun. It's a lot of fun and runs and shoots well.

A friend took a video of me shooting:
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Pretty darn cool!

 

[Rob M.]

Not a bunch today ...other things to do ...but I cut the buttstock to length , Length of pull , and shape of the Carolina gun buttstock end ... and rough cut out the buttplate out of sheet brass . I'll grind the buttplate to final shape and attach it to the buttstock tomorrow hopefully ... Got the bird feeder back up too ! Thank goodness ! Those cardinals have been MAD at me !! They are chirping and happy this evening ! SHEEW !

 

[PathfinderNC]

I finished up Powderhorn #69. I am enjoying incorporating these hex symbols on hom’s. Very pleasant to look at and a classic genre. And they give magical powers to your powder

 

[Tannehill]

Today the anterless deer season started. So I am sitting in my blind hoping Bambi’s mommy comes into the clover.

Was planning to use my CVA .45 Kentucky but the lock broke this week. So I’m using my trusty 50 TC Hawk.

 

[Loja man]

My second son Ethan and I are soon to be off to Daniel Boon National Forest for the weekend! It is youth only gun weekend! We are camping and he is hunting with his very own muzzleloader! Hopefully he gets something! I will keep you all posted!

 

[Erwan]

Hi everybody,

Today I did nothing for muzzleloader, only paper, lead, and powder :

 

[Terry Lightle]

Went to range with 32 flintlock and filed sight till on the nuts at 25 yards.then made about 60 percussion caps after cleaning the 32.Rabbit hunting and squirrel hunting after muzzleoader season when not in the woods with longbow

 

[Rob M.]

Not much ....yet again . Too much runnn and such ....but ... I cut , filed and ground the buttplate to final shape , slabbed off the wood of the stock along the barrel , side plate side , and carefully at the side plate , thickness of bolster on lock ... Tonight , after I get the fire started and goin , I'll put the buttplate in the coals for a bit till its red , then toss it in water to anneal it so I can bend and shape it tomorrow ...then drill the holes , make the nails and attach it to the buttstock .... Cutting up a good chunk of deer backstrap tonight . Cook up some chucks and gonna dice some up with onions ...like a hash ...gonna be yummy !!

 

[WALT53]

Not much ....yet again . Too much runnn and such ....but ... I cut , filed and ground the buttplate to final shape , slabbed off the wood of the stock along the barrel , side plate side , and carefully at the side plate , thickness of bolster on lock ... Tonight , after I get the fire started and goin , I'll put the buttplate in the coals for a bit till its red , then toss it in water to anneal it so I can bend and shape it tomorrow ...then drill the holes , make the nails and attach it to the buttstock .... Cutting up a good chunk of deer backstrap tonight . Cook up some chucks and gonna dice some up with onions ...like a hash ...gonna be yummy !!

Your not gonna eat that all at once I hope or we’ll have to start calling you Deer Chops .Did you make the knife looks home made .

 

[Rob M.]

MAN !! I feel full !! Ugh ! Ate too much of it ! LOL .... I'm pretty sure I bought that knife at a rendezvous years ago

 

[RobertIN]

Nice day outside so I hung up the stock of the SMR. End grain does NOT want to finish soaking up oil and it kind of scares me when I see it not matching the rest of the stock/looking white. Pretty wood though.

 

[WALT53]

MAN !! I feel full !! Ugh ! Ate too much of it ! LOL .... I'm pretty sure I bought that knife at a rendezvous years ago

Okay then Deer chops it is then .lol