What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[aussie pete]

wow. it looks very dry. be careful bud. dang yaw have a lot of different animals to hunt. do they all taste good.

The deer provide beautiful table fare in all environmental conditions @oldschoolhunter55; the pigs taste very strong in lean conditions, a taste that has to be acquired. The best way to consume wild pigs is to catch them young, fatten them with grain in a sty over a couple of months, then dispatch them for the table, cooking them whole or in roasted pieces with marvelous crackling.

Cheers, Pete

 

[Harry Marinakis]

Yesterday I rebuilt the locks & triggers of my 35 year old .50 cal rifle, and my new .38 cal rifle that never really worked properly. Had to do some filing on the old, worn .50 tumbler and sear. Had to relieve some wood in the mortise of the .38 cal.

I sighted in both rifles and tested them out to 100 yards.

Both rifles now work perfectly, except I'm still working on the nut behind the trigger.

 

[flatcreek]

Put skinner peep sights on my .32cal Crockett and my .54cal Cabelas Investarms Hawken a couple weeks ago and finally got the chance today to put them on paper and start dailing them in. Actually my .32 Crockett got a few shots through it on a different paper target to start, but the rain pretty well consumed that target. This one pictured has my last 4 shots with the .32 before switching to the .54. My .54 got sight adjustments after each shot up till the 5th shot. 5,6, and 7th shot I did not mess with the sight as I know I jerked the 5th. Pretty happy thus far.View attachment 359842

Targets look great, how about some pictures of the sights. I may like to use them on my rifle.
Thanks Phil

 

[JohnHoff]

 

[longcruise]

Minie ball, with a flat semi - wadcutter point.

I think it might be a bit too long when they keyhole. Not the only cause possible but usually the final contributing factor.

But, in all fairness to science, it could be climate change!!

 

[2 shots]

i purchased it that way.honest.

really.

 

[DrLaw]

Decided to put the Kibler Fowler back together after the last coat of BLO dried. I also figured out what caused the blowout of the wood ahead of the lock and got that fixed. Stained the ramrod and it is drying now.

Pics will be coming later when the rain stops and the sun comes out. According to the weather reports, Thursday.

The Doc is out now.

 

[Tshaw]

I just acquired a Lyman / Zoli reproduction 1863 Remington Zouave. The rifle is in great shape, but it is missing the rear sight blades and the screw that holds them in the base. Does anyone on here know source for these parts? A 3-56 tap screws into the threads on the base with no problem. I could make the blades I just don't know where I could find the correct screw.
Thanks for any help!

 

[Psycho Mike]

*pictures of peep sight on his Hawken*

Nice John,

Some time ago when I had my very blonde Lyman Plains (this style Hawken vs. the Great Plains), I had a peep and globe setup on it. Probably (okay...definitely) not period correct, but it was the terror of the prairie dogs out at the farm. To them, it must have seemed like the front-stuffer version of Matt Quigley had come to town (not that I was that great of a shot, but if I could see fuzz in the globe, that set trigger was gonna hurl a round ball their way )

 

[deerstalkert]

finished drilling the rammer hole on the fowler i just started. sweating that process and it turned out fine. ended up with a 3/16 web so all is good.
wife is having a total hip replacement Thursday and i can't concentrate on the build so i put the barrel in and clamped it all together so the wood wont crawl and closed the shop until after the cutting is done.

 

[Daryl Crawford]

At my hunting club last weekend and a fellow brought in the rifle below. He asked me what I could tell him and mentioned he was gifted it 20 years ago and that it had been in the closet since. The lock was very tight. I removed it, cleaned and lubed it, then started working it. Within a few minutes it was throwing sparks, even with the junk agate in the jaws.
I told him I would get the gun cleaned up, gather some things, and get him shooting it.
This past weekend he and I were both at the club and he gave the rifle to me. He said he would not use it, that I had been helpful in teaching his son things about shooting and hunting, I was clearly passionate about flintlocks, and I should keep it and enjoy it.
It has a single stage trigger, a Russ Hamm lock, figured maple stock, brass inlays, straight .45 barrel, and is nicely carved. No makers mark yet found. I feel incredibly blessed.

 

[Stykbow]

Worst day's shooting ever. Decided to use conicals for the first time with my Investarm .45 'Hawken'. Half my caps didn't go off, and half my shots 'keyholed'. Had to take the nipple off several times to clean the spark channel, and despite cleaning every 3 shots had three hangfires. The only good thing to say is, of the 12 or so shots I managed to fire before I got ****** off and went home, at least they all hit the card. Distance 50 metres.

What’s the twist on that barrel?

 

[Loja man]

finished drilling the rammer hole on the fowler i just started. sweating that process and it turned out fine. ended up with a 3/16 web so all is good.
wife is having a total hip replacement Thursday and i can't concentrate on the build so i put the barrel in and clamped it all together so the wood wont crawl and closed the shop until after the cutting is done.

Praying surgery and recovery goes smoothly!

 

[Loja man]

At my hunting club last weekend and a fellow brought in the rifle below. He asked me what I could tell him and mentioned he was gifted it 20 years ago and that it had been in the closet since. The lock was very tight. I removed it, cleaned and lubed it, then started working it. Within a few minutes it was throwing sparks, even with the junk agate in the jaws.
I told him I would get the gun cleaned up, gather some things, and get him shooting it.
This past weekend he and I were both at the club and he gave the rifle to me. He said he would not use it, that I had been helpful in teaching his son things about shooting and hunting, I was clearly passionate about flintlocks, and I should keep it and enjoy it.
It has a single stage trigger, a Russ Hamm lock, figured maple stock, brass inlays, straight .45 barrel, and is nicely carved. No makers mark yet found. I feel incredibly blessed.

Darly that is a great gift!! Way to go above and beyond out of kindness in setting him up to be able to shoot it!! A good day!!

 

[aussie pete]

Decided to put the Kibler Fowler back together after the last coat of BLO dried. I also figured out what caused the blowout of the wood ahead of the lock and got that fixed. Stained the ramrod and it is drying now.

Pics will be coming later when the rain stops and the sun comes out. According to the weather reports, Thursday.

The Doc is out now.

Looking forward to the pics! Cautionary principle, please make sure you dispose of the BLO soaked rags appropriately .

Pete

 

[Colonial Boy]

Today/ I turned the blanks for the wooden bullet project, hopefully I have more than enough but there are a lot of cracks.

 

[Psycho Mike]

I ordered a coning tool, if that counts