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  1. Moe ziggley

    Wheel weight lead question

    A very old man told me, kid and I'm 68, if you want to use wheel weight lead here's what you do..melt down a big batch and pour it in a cardboard tube..peal off the paper..it separates..lead, tin ,zinc..saw on the lines..do the same with pewter...been collecting since last year..gonna try it soon..
  2. Moe ziggley

    Question about Morgan's Shingle

    I paced out pipe lines that we put in for the municipal road dept..then they gave me a wheel counter..my paces matched the Wally Walker..lol..
  3. Moe ziggley

    Question about Morgan's Shingle

    My Peashooter..maslin warrented..
  4. Moe ziggley

    Question about Morgan's Shingle

    My peashooter drops about 20-25 at 265yards...I put a propane tank at the fence line aimed at the hand hole and it hits the bottom.. didn't have a shingle..
  5. Moe ziggley

    Question about Morgan's Shingle

    Last time I paced off something one pace was 3 feet..so three would be nine feet..if your old maybe only 8 feet..paces = yards
  6. Moe ziggley

    Has anyone here successfully barked a squirrel?

    Airgun pellet right behind the front shoulder..drops them like a dirty rag..she says ..not bad for an old blind bastard..lol..
  7. Moe ziggley

    Help! with cleaning my musket

    I take my stuff apart whether it be flinter caplock revolver..i wash it all with dawn and hot water and soak it all in a clear plastic bucket and tote..and i made a tank out of a pvc fence post glued end caps on it an cut out the top..barrel fits nicely.. Yu can use it for an electrolysis tank...
  8. Moe ziggley

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    figured out what these are for,,than started on the double i just found barrels are rough,,found my box of parts for my waters that i took apart years ago,,put new parts in the lock and oiled up the lockes for the double,,,feelin good i taped the cam screw then went on to tap the cam witch...
  9. Moe ziggley

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Just need a bead an she's good to go .hope it makes the old man happy..I think that old man is pretty smart.. cause i haven't done much in a year since my little brother passed last nov ..and i had 3 heart operations..he got me going again.. gotta watched out for them old guys...
  10. Moe ziggley

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    An old man 85 -90 asked me to build him a pistol for a conversation piece wall hanger.he said nothing fancy just a wall hanger.I dug around an put enough pieces together to make one .. stained and waxed an old badly inletted stock..rusted an oiled a barrel with cold bluing..oiled it.. looking...
  11. Moe ziggley

    how to remove rust from breech?

    since this thread a guy brought me his flinter with the same problem but he couldnt get the breach plug out,,,i pluged the touch hole stood it on end and filled it with screw loose and pb blaster,,every day for a week or so,,put it in the vise and knocked the plug loose than took a bunch of...
  12. Moe ziggley

    Why I would recommend someone not get into muzzleloading

    sharp shooter rim fire reload website...tools an makins for the confused,,i use the dot out of roll cap gun caps,some powder, 91% alcohal and or acetone,,tap out the dent and reload if its not split,,u can do 209s for a little excitement puttin the anvil back in,,gonna try some of that synthetic...
  13. Moe ziggley

    BEWARE EMAIL SCAM

    i got one last week myself i just delete them and check my bank,,only one time my account was charged 270,,by pay pal,,someone created a personel account in my name diferent email though,,so they refunded me and shut dow the account
  14. Moe ziggley

    BEWARE OF FEDEX AND COLLECTING TEXAS.

    the best packing box is triangular,,got a fishpole in it,,had to cut it up to throw it out couldnt bend it
  15. Moe ziggley

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    the kid brought down her rifle that was behind the door for 20 years,,she has others but forgot about this one,,never seen a mud wasp nest in the breech before,,,gonna ripe the hole thing apart an see if she brought me any other bugs from up state
  16. Moe ziggley

    I hope I have not ruined my muzzloader?Help!!

    I wash with dawn and warm water..90% alcohol swab dry swab and olive oil swab..when i smell the oil rancid its time to clean again..an old guy showed me to use bacon grease..but the smell of bacon in my room drove me nuts..i was thinkin of getting some of that barsol stuff..they say it cleans...
  17. Moe ziggley

    Keeping Muzzleloading Alive

    I have over the 35 years while working had summer help kids work in the shop with me..it is a job but a rewarding experience... They never forget you and what you teach them..after i retired i moved to the woods.. It took a kid ..now 45;: three months to find me to tell me this and that other...
  18. Moe ziggley

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I got one that was still loaded like that...it hung on the wall for years loaded and dirty..i brought it home dusted it off and hung it to play with another day..few years later..awe lets clean that thing..wow its loaded..i had walked around the market with it..rode it home in the trunk of her...
  19. Moe ziggley

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Got an EiE 38 remington...That was rode hard and put away wet..never cleaned except for the barrel and swabing of the cylinder.. Did the ripe down to get to one stuck nipple..I heated it a bit oiled it a bit.beat it abit..bent the handle on the nipplewrench which amazed me my grip anit what it...
  20. Moe ziggley

    Metal working files?

    i got three sets of files from my grand father,,he rewound generators and other electrical windings which is un heard of today,,he taught me to repair harley starters and car generators later alternators...he also used the same small files in his gun work,,, some of them are like a tooth pick..i...
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