What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[Rock Home Isle]

Dug this little day horn out of the pile.. cleaned it up somewhat. Hope it turns out like it looks in my head.View attachment 391062View attachment 391063

I love a small to medium hunting horn

 

[The Black Tyrone]

Wonderful I have a passion for cape guns. Got

i have a passion for cape guns , I have two a good one by Reilly with a nice patch box.

And another with dented barrels and broken stock,?cheap at auction . Took weeks to decent and epoxy together, probably shootable, Both around 12g Great fun

Nice, you can be proud of those beauties!

 

[FlaminCrow]

I love a small to medium hunting horn

As do I, no need carrying extra weight.

 

[wiscoaster]

Dug this little day horn out of the pile.. cleaned it up somewhat. Hope it turns out like it looks in my head.

Damn....really nice-looking article for a finishing project. Don't forget to post finished pics!!

 

[FlaminCrow]

Damn....really nice-looking article for a finishing project. Don't forget to post finished pics!!

I will do that.

 

[Taevers]

Well, this isn't just today; pretty much every day a little bit until I'm finished, so don't intend to post "what stuff I did today" because I just keep working on a bit at a time each and every day. as now today with more barrel draw-filing:

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If I do only one flat a day, I'm doing something "muzzleloading" on that day.

Note the "flag" on the very end of the tang so it catches my attention and is less likely to get snagged or bumped. I have broken a SMR tang once. (If you really want to dig into my long-past posting history. But please don't, as it's not very edifying.) But a mistake once made and subsequently a method to avoid repeating. I hope.

Coast, knowledge costs money and blood. You smart.

 

[Terrier]

 

[Taevers]

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Terrier,
My old cow boss always told me, “you make your own luck”. Coast got the lesson too.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Been pretty nice in Kentucky the past 3 days. That means....3 afternoons of shooting, made 3 different fun videos & burned through a pound of Swiss. It doesn't get much better than that..!!

 

[Grenadier1758]

Went to a local thrift store and browsing the book selection a book on the history of St. Louis from 1764 to 1865 was on the shelf. At $5.50 it was coming home with me. Then the clerk only charged me $140.

Quick scanning of a few sections uncovered the details of the 1780 Battle of St. Louis. Perhaps the most significant of the battles of the Rev War fought west of the Mississippi River. Details of the Hawken brothers. It emphasized that of the six Hawken brothers, five were gunsmiths and Sam and Jake established the gun shop in St. Louis. Had a few anecdotes about the guns. Some may have some basis in fact. Some were legends that Sam may have repeated during his newspaper interview when he was 80.

 

[Terrier]

Then the clerk only charged me $140.

$140? Dang. That got expensive!

 

[Grenadier1758]

Pesky decimal points. $1.40.

 

[SASS114019]

Been pretty nice in Kentucky the past 3 days. That means....3 afternoons of shooting, made 3 different fun videos & burned through a pound of Swiss. It doesn't get much better than that..!!

Send me your empty powder containers. I'll pay postage+

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Send me your empty powder containers. I'll pay postage+

You are interested in those empty plastic containers..??
None of them are metal anymore.

I throw them away all the time.

 

[WALT53]

You are interested in those empty plastic containers..??
None of them are metal anymore.

I throw them away all the time.

Ya I just threw over a dozen away myself .

 

[SASS114019]

Ya I just threw over a dozen away myself .

I just paid someone on Ebay $50 to send me a dozen of them. Maybe he went through your trash.

 

[WALT53]

I just paid someone on Ebay $50 to send me a dozen of them. Maybe he went through your trash.

What are you useing them for,if you want more I’ll keep some for ya might even have some metal goex cans kicking around .

 

[WALT53]

What are you useing them for,if you want more I’ll keep some for ya might even have some metal goex cans kicking around .

Welp no muzzle loading today or much reading on the subject this mourning I had other commitments one with a special shovel.Got this windy surprise yesterday and well you can guess the out come lol .

 

[SASS114019]

You are interested in those empt

You are interested in those empty plastic containers..??
None of them are metal anymore.

I throw them away all the time.

What are you useing them for,if you want more I’ll keep some for ya might even have some metal goex cans kicking around .

I store a couple of things that require HDPE (Recycle code #2) containers.

Most used plastic contianers are either #1 or #5. HDPE bottles are surprisingly uncommon and tend to be fragile when you do find them (Like milk cartons). and amazingly expensive when you try to buy them as unused empties.

 

[bajabuc]

i need access to a welder...close to knoxville tn. three 4 mm holes to weld and retap