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.

 

[COTNTOP]

Helped a young buck check his sights, he missed a deer. The kid was about to lose faith in his Mountain Rifle because of a miss on a big deer, turned out it was a bit of buck fever.

 

[Norman Brooks]

@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.

May I make a suggestion. Drill appropriate pilot hole and use beeswax on screw thread when installing screws. I have done that same thing once and it wasn't fun getting screw out.

 

[flconch53]

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

That is what I would suggest then plug it

 

[Polecat_Tom]

May I make a suggestion. Drill appropriate pilot hole and use beeswax on screw thread when installing screws. I have done that same thing once and it wasn't fun getting screw out.

Yes, I don't know why I didn't use the wax on this screw. Even had it sitting on the shelf behind me.

 

[mushka]

I have lubed screw threads in the past with simple hand soap, it works well.

 

[nkbj]

Have to cast up some sample slugs from a mold that is going to be altered to produce a heavy smooth sided round nose for paper patching in a .458 bore. Get 'em bundled up with the mold and shipped off.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Went shooting dimpled .600 round balls verses smooth round balls for a future video.
The one is full of SNAFU fun.....so...I left the craziness on the video.
I had fun putting it together!

 

[Banjoman]

Went shooting dimpled .600 round balls verses smooth round balls for a future video.
The one is full of SNAFU fun.....so...I left the craziness on the video.
I had fun putting it together!

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How many videos do you usually have in the works at any time?

 

[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.

I was able to remove the screw by drilling 1/16" holes around the broken screw. I drilled the depth of the screw. Then I took the smallest screw driver I had and pushed it in connecting the drilled holes. I was then able to move the screw back and forth and using needle nose pliers I was able to back the screw out. Then drilled a 3/8" hole and glued in a dowel.
It took about 1/2 hours to complete the operation.
I think it definitely would have been easier to have remembered to use the wax that is now sitting on the work bench.

 

[sethwyo]

I only saw owls and squirrels!!

hoo did you see ?

 

[cm289]

Unboxed the 1980 Lyman GPR I recently purchased. Hoping to shoot it this weekend.

 

[aussie pete]

Unboxed the 1980 Lyman GPR I recently purchased. Hoping to shoot it this weekend.

Nice. Looking forward to seeing the results. Have fun!

Cheers, Pete

 

[deerstalkert]

I have lubed screw threads in the past with simple hand soap, it works well.

In the past i used bar soap for a thread lube. over time i discovered said screw threads rusted. Discovered that most bar hand soap has salts in it's ingredients. switched to bees wax. no salts, won't absorb moisture and makes the screws thread in smoothly. also squeezes excess out to be wiped off easily.