What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

Bassdog1 said:

I went through all of my powder supply and vacuum sealed most of it in individual packs and packed it in a heavy duty plastic storage box and stored in an outside shed. Trying to keep minimal amount in my shop in case of fire

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I have really thought about doing that so I can get some of my powder out of the house... Just really have no good place to keep it out of the house.

My R/P club hosted a NRA Women On Target course today. I had the pleasure of introducing the ladies to the wonderful world of muzzle loading firearms. Gave "em a break. Only took the .45 calibre T/C Hawken. The smile after their first shot is the reward.
I put up a board with clay birds hanging from it at 30 yards distance. Many broken clays after the women were finished.

Pre-loaded twenty charges for my P-H Whitworth rifle to shoot in the morning.

Apart from that, nothin'.

RanchRoper said:

My brass capper from Cabelas came in the mail today. I made a leather one on weekend which works good but now I have a plan B too.

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Cabelas new gun policy: Muzzleloaders go to FFL....period.

Made some .36, .44, and .44 walker paper cartridges.

I checked out how inners of my 1766 French Infantry Musket worked. (Loyalist Arms)

ord sgt said:

My R/P club hosted a NRA Women On Target course today. I had the pleasure of introducing the ladies to the wonderful world of muzzle loading firearms. Gave "em a break. Only took the .45 calibre T/C Hawken. The smile after their first shot is the reward.
I put up a board with clay birds hanging from it at 30 yards distance. Many broken clays after the women were finished.

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i have seen 10-1 more smiles with blackpowder shooting generating the 10! there is just something about it.
people seem to be nervous or at least sadly serious shooting unmentionables but get almost giddy when peering through the white cloud.
long live holy black!

i finished waxing my cows knees, cleaned my 50's, 54's and 12 bores. discovered i already had cleaned them. now they are squeaky clean. must be senility. but they are clean!
started inletting on the barn find 32. barrel and tang done.
knapped a few flints. coughed up my lungs from the forest fire smoke.
i'm done.

Took it out for a sight in yesterday, definitely a shooter!

Robby

Cast 50 Lee Real bullets for my White Mountain 50 caliber carbine. Also cast a few more 54 caliber balls for the Renegade. Trying to get ready for hunting season and get the 54 dialed in.

deerstalkert said:

i finished waxing my cows knees,

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And I am sure the cows were happy!

ord sgt said:

And I am sure the cows were happy!

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makes them slid through the grass better! faster when running from the wolves.

Made up some paper cartridges for my Zouave and did some work on the rear sight. Now I have to go fix my lead trap/ sand box.

Cutting patches and melting lube into them for my 32

Went to Dixon’s in PA.

mark_fare said:

I made some paper cartridges for my Brown Bess musket from a kit I bought from Jefferson Arsenal. I was going to try shooting them tomorrow, but it is so dry at my local range that those paper cartridges are too much of a fire hazard.

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I went out and shot those Brown Bess cartridges I made. They are much easier to load than patched ball. 110 grns of Goex 2F and a .690" round ball. Here are my results. 25 yds off hand. Shot 10 rnds, hit with 7.

Worked on two projects- Mountain Dulcimer #133 and the .54 Colonial Rifle. Both just about finished

I joined this forum.

I cut a batch of 44 caliber lube plugs for my 1858 Remington (Pietta)
I cast a batch of .575 round balls (for several of my rifles)
I cast a batch of .454 round balls (for my 1858 Remington (Pietta)
I hung out on the forums for a couple of hours.
I thawed a pork butt for smoking (pulled pork) for tomorrow.
I cleaned out my range box and refilled 5 cappers, 2 flasks and a bottle of MAP.
Mixed a new batch of modified Ed's Red cleaner. (Use only Mineral spirits, Marvel Red and White gas) This stuff is great for cleaning revolvers and (unmentionables).

I ordered a .600 Lee double cavity mold, ramrod tip, ball puller, jag, wads and cards for my Chambers Fowler I'm building so I can shoot it when I finish building it.

made a "Ball Sack" . that is what the wife called it. works for me.
holds 60 .530 balls so i guess it will work.
used a 3 inch cannon ball i had laying around to form the pouch.
done for the day. must be getting old. have 7 muzzleloaders asking to be shot and can't muster the ummph to shoot.