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What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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Cast 25 .530 Minie from Lee mold for my Traditions Whitetail .54.
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I got out hunting this afternoon. I missed a deer that was embarrassing close - and I had a rest. I still get excited sometimes…
Loja man
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I hesitate to say that we all have done that but how about most of us have done that!! Next time you’ll connect!!
ernbar
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There’s usually no one at my range after 1 pm which is great.
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Took my T/C Renegade flintlock down from the Wall of Guns this morning. Loaded with a patched round ball and went out to dispatch an unopened can of soda. 7 grains of 3f Old Eynsford with 50 grains Triple 7 under the ball. Primed pan with a little 3f Old Eynsford.
Flat out missed with the first shot. Second attempt resulted in a couple of misfires... which showed me how much I was flinching. Wiped the frizzen off with my thumb and tried again... this time making the shot to great pyrotechnic and explosive hydraulic display. Can ended up in two pieces.
Have decided I need to get the flintlock down more often... and maybe clean the oil off the frizzen before I load it.
Mea maxima culpa.
Flat out missed with the first shot. Second attempt resulted in a couple of misfires... which showed me how much I was flinching. Wiped the frizzen off with my thumb and tried again... this time making the shot to great pyrotechnic and explosive hydraulic display. Can ended up in two pieces.
Have decided I need to get the flintlock down more often... and maybe clean the oil off the frizzen before I load it.
Mea maxima culpa.
Wow! Now that's a blind!
Took the lock off my T/C Renegade flintlock for cleaning and lubrication. Need to do that more often. Used an oven set at "turbo" & 200 degrees for ten minutes to dry out the lockworks. Didn't think I wanted to disassemble it... not that smart. 
Interim status of my Jaeger remodeling project. I think it’s coming along nicely. Only thing is, I’ll have to get a new front sight. This one has shrunk considerably, over the past 30 years! The inlay I found in an old percussion shotgun buttstock, I had around the shop. I just cleaned the brass parts. Didn’t want to remove all that beautiful patina they have built up over the years. Still a little sanding to do, but I want it to look a little worn.
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I warmed up some bear oil and melted some beeswax, mixed and poured in tins for patch lube. My straight bear oil works but I want to try it this way.
Here’s the picture 
Let us know how it works out...
Went to a nearly shut down Field and Stream and spent $40 on ALOT of BP stuff marked 90% off.
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Stripped a cut down Renegade stock today so it could be refinished at a later date.
Good times with my 21 Year old Grandson today. He had a newfangled pistol to break in but I brought smokepoles! 80 grains of 3f APP in my 54 New Englander under a 535 grain No Excuses conical kept flipping my 3/8 thick AR 500 gong around the target frame so fast and hard that the whole 35lbs of target and frame was getting slammed to the ground! I think the round ball shooting was what converted him to a new world! Yes it was cold. But we were distracted!
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Removed the trigger mechanism from my .50 New Englander, cleaned it, oiled it, and put it back together. Then I joined this forum.
Loja man
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Send me one of the small tins and I’ll let you know how it works! ;-)
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