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What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?
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Ordered Kibler colonial 58 smoothbore in cherry.
Couldn’t help myself. Early squirrel season is only 3 weeks long, so I said “what the hail” and went out again this morning.
Mzzlldrinpa
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Finished my father's rifle. Finished mine a couple weeks ago. His is the top one, mine is the bottom. I did the inletting and shaping, he did the sanding and put the finish on them. Our winter project.
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Picked up 35 pounds of soft lead sheets from an xray room - my friend Kerry (JakeGA) scored the lead at a scrap metal processor!
longcruise
70 Cal.
Lit up a cigar this evening & did some profound thinking.
Proverbs 27:20 KJV:
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied …
Given the cost of putting these muskets together, am going to drop using that rifled barrel and focus solely on getting 2 smooth bores out of this. If I need a 2nd rifled musket, then will stick with a Zoli Zouave since they are reasonably priced. The Loyalist Arms muskets are going to be used for practice/reenactment/hunting. That gives $$$ available to have Rob M. build a trade gun and get a Pedersoli Harpers Ferry pistol for NSSA single shot pistol matches. And have $$$ available for practice + cost of getting to matches. Less guns & more shooting is a good thing.
With that said, did one last layout and called it good for an 1842 smooth bore build. Everything else will go to my friend, David, at Lodgewood for consignment sale.
Thank God, I’m at peace with it.
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Rotated pix so it is easier to see.
Green tape is for original parts. Yellow for reproduction.
Proverbs 27:20 KJV:
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied …
Given the cost of putting these muskets together, am going to drop using that rifled barrel and focus solely on getting 2 smooth bores out of this. If I need a 2nd rifled musket, then will stick with a Zoli Zouave since they are reasonably priced. The Loyalist Arms muskets are going to be used for practice/reenactment/hunting. That gives $$$ available to have Rob M. build a trade gun and get a Pedersoli Harpers Ferry pistol for NSSA single shot pistol matches. And have $$$ available for practice + cost of getting to matches. Less guns & more shooting is a good thing.
With that said, did one last layout and called it good for an 1842 smooth bore build. Everything else will go to my friend, David, at Lodgewood for consignment sale.
Thank God, I’m at peace with it.
Edit:
Rotated pix so it is easier to see.
Green tape is for original parts. Yellow for reproduction.
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Having Rob M. Build you a trade gun will be money well spent.
64Springer
75 Cal.
Put 3 pounds of 1.5F Swiss into my wet tumbler, sans water, along with 35 .58 caliber balls.
BillyC
Shooting my .45 better every time
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I modified a brand new Centaur Forge rivet forge so it will be portable and I can take it to rendezvous events. I built and added the blower assembly so it attaches to the forge. It is made now so the blower assembly and the legs come off from the forge pot and forge pan so it will easily load into the trunk of my car. Looking forward to forging in some coal fires !!
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64Springer
75 Cal.
Is there any chance at all of that blower adding enough weight/leverage as to make the forge unstable/tippable?
Maybe a touch of counterbalance weight bolted to the opposite side.
Maybe a touch of counterbalance weight bolted to the opposite side.
tgfrench
40 Cal
Finally got the the rifle range to fire off my pietta nma revolver. Targets weren't anything to brag about (at least I stayed on paper), but I had fun and it was a beautiful day to be outside.
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Check with your local plumbers too.
longcruise
70 Cal.
longcruise
70 Cal.
Might want to play with the adjustment screw. Too light can give you some unwelcome surprises
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It’s a mix of Laurel Mountain Cherry and Maple diluted with denatured alcohol. I tried 4 different mixes until I got that color. It’s about 50% alcohol, 40% cherry, and 10% maple. I made a couple of ounces to keep, then proceeded to knock the jar over on my work bench!!!
Cleaned muskets yet again today.
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