What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Cut some round balls in half for an upcoming video experiment!

 

[user 49399]

Cut some round balls in half for an upcoming video experiment!

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[TDM]

Made a 70 gr powder measure for a fellow member that gifted a side plate to me.

 

[pacanis]

I have been wanting to try a short starter with a flat head, as opposed to a ball. It should fit in my shooting pouch better. Today I made one from a piece of oak, a hardwood dowel, a piece of brass tubing, and a brass rod. All joints are glued and pinned.

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For stain I used Fiebing's medium brown leather dye, then I finished it with two coats of Watco Danish oil. Tomorrow I'll rub on some Sno-Seal and call it good.

Definitely more compact. I like it.

 

[Grenadier1758]

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I know that around the St. Louis and at Pall Mall, Tennessee (Alvin York Match) we need half balls marked in the center to measure the distance from center of the X target in the Over-the-Log matches. Not sure What Mark is intending to do with his half balls. I do know that a number of my club's members getting ready for a local X match were making sure that they had their half balls to get the correct score for their shots.

 

[Century to late]

Made a 70 gr powder measure for a fellow member that gifted a side plate to me.

Looks like a whistle. Not poking fun at ya. Great design looks.

 

[user 49399]

Made a 70 gr powder measure for a fellow member that gifted a side plate to me.

I think I gotta try that.

 

[trueblue8364]

I shopped around for more....

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

Made a ramrod for my Fowler

 

[Abarnes]

I have been wanting to try a short starter with a flat head, as opposed to a ball. It should fit in my shooting pouch better. Today I made one from a piece of oak, a hardwood dowel, a piece of brass tubing, and a brass rod. All joints are glued and pinned.

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For stain I used Fiebing's medium brown leather dye, then I finished it with two coats of Watco Danish oil. Tomorrow I'll rub on some Sno-Seal and call it good.

Beautiful, any particular reason for the square head?

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Beautiful, any particular reason for the square head?

Thanks. I cut the head from a length of oak board leftover from making a bow.

 

[Bruce Vanderhoofbprvan]

Got a little range time in…..this target is a total of ten shots….five high right, four at the bullseye, one…uh…flinch, jerk, didn’t squeeze…I dunno. All in all, I was happy!View attachment 87272

Good shooting1 What distance ?

Buzz

Finished making a Powder Horn, which I am pleased with

I also went to range an indoor one close to house 3 miles half freeway , quick. good staff unlike some opther places I have been , polite not intrusive never an issue. Not the greatest lighting for my old eye,
Fired ruger old army for first time , what a nice piece `bout 30 of tri7 kinda magnum feel may have not seated cci #11 caps throughly with dowel as four had to be struck again bu I believe I changed hammer spring , I will try going back to original. Also first time firing a 1992 CVA made by ASM colt 1851 navy this one has a good deal fatter grips than most and feels great in my pa, functioned well with around 25 of 4ffff , nice shooter. I am a little vague on the precise loads as I had planed to go a good 6 weeks ago and charged the cylinders of three pistols at that time, no cones caped untill at firing line. Lastley was the troublesome 1848 Wells fargo Uberti a beautiful pistol way to small for my hands after a lot of work still some cap problems , this one I think has track of the wolf nipples the others Slick Shot.

I got to go back to range but may drive to Spenceville a free outdoor range not far from the town of Linda on east side of Beale AFB U2 and Blackbird country, once sold a 1981 Honda CBX ,with 4 into one pipe, man that sounded good , formula 1 car audio, motorcycle to a fellow that piloted those, they must be roomy `cause he must have been `bout 7 feet tall with gas prices here I had been limiting my trips but when I started at that indoor range it was $10 then `bout 2019 or so $20 last visit $25 I don`t know how long their sesions are but most of my trips had been about two hours, with the latest increase I am going to go back outside. I like it better anyway. Weather suiting me of course.. Buzz

 

[ochsner_tim]

Hi Tim, thanks and yes I scribed everything on that horn. It was a long job! Not sure what you mean by “ solid fill” ?

Pathfinder, Your varying line weights look solid color. Where mine have close scribe lines but still some white showing between the inked line (hatching). Your scrimshaw solid areas look like brush stroke fonts. Mine never look so sharp and perfect fill. Maybe the photo is not close enough to pick up the individual scribe lines. It looks great. Are you using a blade, point, graver?

 

[PathfinderNC]

Pathfinder, Your varying line weights look solid color. Where mine have close scribe lines but still some white showing between the inked line (hatching). Your scrimshaw solid areas look like brush stroke fonts. Mine never look so sharp and perfect fill. Maybe the photo is not close enough to pick up the individual scribe lines. It looks great. Are you using a blade, point, graver?

I think I follow your question (a picture might be helpful though); To get a broader coloration or to graduate ink darkness I will scratch the surface and carefully stipple the area with my pen nib tip. A small smearing of the ink can also create nice graduation and then rub it back with a small 3M pad if I want it to fade out. My graver is just a nail stuck into a dowel, which I file to get a burr to engrave with, If your lines are not taking the ink maybe you need to scratch deeper. Also, any ink that 'floods the banks" can be scraped away with a sharp blade and regain a crisp edge.

 

[John May]

As promised a picture of the Belgian Single Shot pistol that I have been tinkering with, I managed to shoot it yesterday although the patch/load combination meant that I only had a dozen patches of the right size, still, it shot well enough off-hand at 25 metres. Ended up with an 88/100 with 10 shots. I am jinxed as I can generally only manage 88/89 with whatever pistol I use! I have yet to break that magic 90 but it will come...
No markings at all on the pistol, nothing except Acier Fondu on top of the barrel which I am led to believe means cast steel? A Keeper methinks?

 

[Vtmountaindeerhunter]

Went looking for bever . Was hoping 35 grains of fff 777 and 530 rb would be enough. The amount of work they are doing is amazing. Very large trees cut and across river. Found the house along the bank. Honestly though they have made for excellent duck hunting for me the past few years. When the corn gets flooding after it's cut the ducks flock in.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

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Yep...going out shortly to put together a video using round balls cut in half. The results should be interesting.

 

[user 49399]

Yep...going out shortly to put together a video using round balls cut in half. The results should be interesting.

 

[user 49399]

Got in some groundhog practice using a box that was roughly the size and color of a groundhog.

40 yards, standing, off hand.

50 grains Pyrodex 2f, .495 patched round ball

Traditions Kentucky, .50 caliber, percussion

 

[Justin.44]

Picked up a little lead on my lunch break