What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[WALT53]

Wife is up and healed from her hip replacement enough to be growling at me when i get too hovering so I just did some shop cleaning. got down through the multiple layers of stuff on half the back bench. found a couple locks i had forgotten about. Both full size. could have saved some mad money on the last parts I bought.
after I got bored with cleaning (first 20 seconds), I mean really bored (2 hours of cleaning) I laid out some grip panels for the 1858 Remington on a cut off from the inlet maple stock i am ignoring over there in the corner. the Remington was missing one when i got it. tried to lay it out so the stripes went longitudinally . figured they would be less likely to snap in half that way. might like it, might not.
It is for me so who cares!
never had had much use for the BP hand guns but I really have always liked the looks of the Remington.
also i find myself with 3 1847 walkers two of which are shooters. so now i have no excuse but to get them smoking.

I hope your walking lots with the Mrs or at the least she’s walking lots .

 

[Polecat_Tom]

Been working off-an-on on a full stock Hawken flintlock for about a month. Spent around six hours fitting the butt plate and it was looking good. I screwed it in place for a final check. When I went to remove the screw in the end grain it snapped off. Trying to figure out a work around.

 

[MSmith]

Been working off-an-on on a full stock Hawken flintlock for about a month. Spent around six hours fitting the butt plate and it was looking good. I screwed it in place for a final check. When I went to remove the screw in the end grain it snapped off. Trying to figure out a work around.

Consider this method/tool...
https://www.rockler.com/screw-extractor?country=US&promo=shopping&gad_source=1

 

[longcruise]

Exactly what I was going to suggest exc I didn't know there was a special tool for it

 

[Polecat_Tom]

@MSmith , @longcruise , Thank you for the suggestion. I was looking at that screw extractor and wondering if it would work. I will get one on order.