• This community needs YOUR help today. We rely 100% on Supporting Memberships to fund our efforts. With the ever increasing fees of everything, we need help. We need more Supporting Members, today. Please invest back into this community. I will ship a few decals too in addition to all the account perks you get.



    Sign up here: https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/account/upgrades
  • Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.

    We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.

    Use this link to sign up please; https://membership.nra.org/recruiters/join/XR045103

Recent content by justtim

the hawken shop
Shop deals on ebay
L & R
Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. J

    Show me your "CHUNK" for NMLRA.

    That's how it used to be. Just a log laid out to shoot from. BUT, as in most things men involve themselves in , it soon turns into "arms race" or gizmo collection.
  2. J

    Show me your "CHUNK" for NMLRA.

    A picture from the Alvin York shoot showing a bunch of chunks.
  3. J

    Show me your "CHUNK" for NMLRA.

    A chunk can be as simple or complex as your skills will allow. Should be adjustable up and down. Some just stack boards or plywood pcs. This one belongs to Colton, and is nice. Most will be some variation of this . Does not have to be this nice but folks like to impress. LOL.
  4. J

    Show me your "CHUNK" for NMLRA.

    First is the .45 flint log gun. Built for a friend who passed away and I was able to buy it. 28# gun. 2nd is my 54 flintlock. 14# . We have a match here that is restricted to 14 # max guns so this one is a single use gun.
  5. J

    Show me your "CHUNK" for NMLRA.

    2 of mine. Both .54 cal. one a underhammer the other a mule ear lock. One weighs 26.5 lbs and the other 28 lbs. Both barrels 48" long. I'll try to scare up pics of my flint log guns.
  6. J

    Smoothbore Use

    I have four smoothbores from 12 ga down to 28ga. The 28ga is a NW Trade Gun and I built it with a heavy barrel to shoot roundball in competition. Typically a match will be 5-6 shots with ball and 3 birds thrown from a trap. That's all the roundball shooting I do with one, the rest are all for...
  7. J

    Middlesex Double Barrel

    This whole subject is giving me a headache. I'd love for everyone to shoot a flintlock like I do and welcome all to try one. BUT, this started out as a dodge to get around taking a test .Why one could get an exemption just by using a flintlock boggles the mind. As if they are not "real" guns...
  8. J

    Middlesex Double Barrel

    Amen. Your first gun should not be what is arguably the hardest gun there is to build.But to each his own
  9. J

    Middlesex Double Barrel

    Knee jerk reaction from people who have never used the gun ? Really ? Several , myself included , who had/have first hand knowledge replied back to you.You don't have to take any of our advice, but please don't poo poo our knowledge on this. If you want the darn thing, buy it. I feel like my...
  10. J

    Middlesex Double Barrel

    OK, I'll wade in on this against better judgement. I have a friend that has one of those doubles. The locks are JUNK. I can't say it any other way. He had to buy two Silers and pay someone to fit them to the gun. That'll add about another $500 to the gun. Here's my view, coming from someone who...
  11. J

    Friendship Spring Shoot pictures

    Some of him shooting would be nice. Took a camera but forgot to take some shooting. Thanks Ben.
  12. J

    Friendship pictures

    Correct Ricky. Most of us are too damn old to put up a lodge anymore and the other tents follow "Eastern" which is what the majority do. I'd imagine out West at Rendezvous you see a lot of lodges.Remember "Western Chuck " ?Even he went Eastern. :surrender:
  13. J

    Friendship Spring Shoot pictures

    You boys done well Ben.I'm grooming my grandson, Jackson, to give you boys a run for your money. But on the other hand by the time he is old enough to compete with you two, you'll be in the next age division.Good shoot, good time.
  14. J

    Lead pot

    My old Lee bottom pour (30 years old) has probably poured close to 10,000 rounds over the years. Yes, you have to clean them out now and then but for the money it has served me well. I just ordered a new one and gave the old one to a newbie at the club.
  15. J

    gun stock blanks

    You don't cut blanks from green wood. You cut the tree into slabs (I'd go about 2 & 1/2 to 3 " here) and dry them. You only cut the blanks once the wood is dry. If you want to sell wood for guns you are about 4 years away from selling anything. You "sticker" the slabs, ie: stack them with strips...
See more
Back
Top