What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

got back to work on the cherry half stock. don't know why but half stock's and pistols are hard for me. have some scraping and sanding to do. Also have two more stars to inlay for barrel pin plates.
gun show tomorrow and another dadgum dr's appointment so may not get much done on the little thing tomorrow.

It’s coming along nicely @deerstalkert!

Thanks Thad.
so far i have had to chop 6 inches off the barrel when the stop failed and i milled a nifty hole through to the bore, then had a tang break so replaced that. Then had a end mill go wonky while making a recess for the tang screw and ruined another tang. 3rd plug and tang was the charm.
took 4 pours to get the nose cap right.
good thing i am building it for a real dummy!

deerstalkert said:

Thanks Thad.
so far i have had to chop 6 inches off the barrel when the stop failed and i milled a nifty hole through to the bore, then had a tang break so replaced that. Then had a end mill go wonky while making a recess for the tang screw and ruined another tang. 3rd plug and tang was the charm.
took 4 pours to get the nose cap right.
good thing i am building it for a real dummy!

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Well, I like the lines, hope it will make a good shooter for you.

TDM said:

Well, I like the lines, hope it will make a good shooter for you.

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I think it will come in weight wise around 6#. .45 cal colerain barrel and a Bob Roller lock.
just about time to brown the barrel.

February always heavy on the bills, been doing a whole lotta nothing this month itching to get out and get some projects done

deerstalkert said:

I think it will come in weight wise around 6#. .45 cal colerain barrel and a Bob Roller lock.
just about time to brown the barrel.

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Excellent weight for a .45.

just weighed it. without butt plate, toe plate, front and back sights. dead on 5 lbs.
every time i get to this stage i want to shoot it!

TDM said:

Well, I like the lines, hope it will make a good shooter for you.

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now just a minute! how did you know i was building it for me?

longcruise said:

I was gifted a cool old rusty buckle by @Ohio Rusty for the presentation shooting bag. It's sitting in a puddle of Naval Jelly right now. Should clean up and have a nice oldish look.

Mailed a check today for his postage.View attachment 292449View attachment 292450

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Would you please post a pic of it after it comes out of the jelly, like to see how it comes out!

Loaded four rounds of FF in a pistol, at 20 ft I made two figure eights right in a 2 in bullseye.

Planning on using some rubbing alcohol for the first time, due to advice from one our brothers here on the muzzleloaders, to after I've cleaned the gun with hot water and dried it out and applied a bit of oil I'll use the rubbing alcohol.

Finished the Buffalo powder horn and made a sturdy range rod too. So my granddaughter is all fixed up now. I had ordered a 7/16” Delrin rod from TOW and had previously measured it and cut it to length. Was going to turn a handle on the lathe but I had a section of good hickory from an old hammer so I used that, should fit her hand well. Pinned and peen both ends.

Lucky girl! Really nice work on the horn and strap. I like that short bit of hammer handle too!

Test fit my homemade percussion caps on new CVA nipples. They fit nicely. These are empty caps, as I haven't loaded them with Prime-all yet. I will be loading them for testing soon. My cap maker cost about 50 cents.

got back from the DR. other than test showing i had a heart attack last friday i am fit to recycle.
wife not happy with me. didn't tell her. seems that was a mistake?
anyway i finished inletting the stars on the cherry build. 3 fit like they grew there and one needed some fixing. little glue and dust and it looks good. 75 percent doesn't please me but guess thats my new nickname.

deerstalkert said:

i had a heart attack last friday i am fit to recycle.

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Wow, happy to hear you are fit to recycle. Follow the doctors' advice I enjoy reading your posts so would like to keep on this side for awhile.

well, after 54 years of wedded bliss, i learned today that i am a heartless, thoughtless, lower than dirt, worthless worm!
I won't post what i was called when i quipped, "if i am heartless, what is all the fuss about?"
i did learn that it is a scientific fact that men are sub human.
i really have to plead guilty as charged. this woman has physically saved my life 3 times in the last 54 years. She says she is so mad because she can't save from this. jeepers, it was just a little one!
came home and the garage was the safety zone so i worked some more on the cherry build.
gonna be a long night. dang Dr's big mouth.

Went to our local Sport Shop to look for a muzzleloader rod, but found these instead Life is good

Took delivery of the next Kibler kit. The quality of the wood was beyond what I expected. No real surprise, because the other kits have been the same way.

deerstalkert said:

got back from the DR. other than test showing i had a heart attack last friday i am fit to recycle.

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How does a test show what day you had it on.
Take care of yourself, I enjoy your post also.