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  1. Larry (Omaha)

    Now that is a sweet under-hammer pistol!

    My good friend Rod came over for a visit Tue since I am recuperating from hip replacement 3/21/24. Naturally we had to have coffee and a muffin along with tales of our muzzleloadng journey together since the early 70s. In his early years Rod cranked out all kinds of muzzleloaders, but mostly...
  2. Larry (Omaha)

    This post is for anyone who wants to ask Newbies a build question.

    I will start with a simple photo and ask......What am I doing here and why? Please, if you are an old hand and can do it blindfolded, no need to spoil the post for those learning. Larry
  3. Larry (Omaha)

    My wife is a keeper!! View the Hudson Bay blanket gun cover she made.

    I asked her to sew the material on the sewing maching so I could hand stitch. Well, she went ahead and made the whole cover! She even lined it with nice cotton fabric. Not bad for a women who worked as a beauty operator! Larry BTW that is for my soon to be finished 48" barreled 62 cal flint...
  4. Larry (Omaha)

    My new front sight from under-rib cut off

    My new 62 cal 48" tapered round barrel smoothie build is coming along. Dummy me made a brass sight blade only thinking of soldering it on. Well that is no problem if ya can hold it. My wife said her fingers would get too hot if she held it, so I scratched that idea. 😂 I searched in my...
  5. Larry (Omaha)

    My previous boss's double flint shotguns and a little more

    Schauenburger Zeughaus posted a beautiful French double flintlock pistol. After looking and drooling I remembered the photo I took with my Brownine Instamatic in the late 70's or very early 80's. This photo was a collection a previous major construction company owner had. When I saw this...
  6. Larry (Omaha)

    A tip for newbies wanting to do inlets

    When doing inlets of metal to wood, unless a guy gets carried with the chisel, we will always need to have the fit line or curve trimmed a tad. In case anyone is interested, here is what I do for curved inlets: When the wood is removed to the depth, but still inside the marked line I use a...
  7. Larry (Omaha)

    Do you like to do butt stock area detail using a vice or on a bench?

    When ya got a chunk of wood to start with it will take lots of position moves to get at the work. Excluding barrel and RR work I do most of the build with a stock on the bench in some fashion or another. #1 This is the chunk I started with #2 Is a makeshift cradle that sits right next to the...
  8. Larry (Omaha)

    Rest in peace Terry Kamstra

    Terry Kamstra of Sheldon Iowa passed away 1/23/24. Terry was loved by all and will be missed! Terry was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sheldon where he was a member of Knights of Columbus. He was also an active member of National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), Iowa Black Powder...
  9. Larry (Omaha)

    Want to make Hudson Bay Blanket gun sleeve

    My current scratch build is a Kentucky style smooth bore flintlock with a 48", 62 cal barrel. Needless to say I do not have a gun case or sleeve that will carry this build to the range. Diggin through my stuff I realized that I have a Penny's brand Hudson Bay Blanket. I want to make a sleeve...
  10. Larry (Omaha)

    Another way to make patchbox update with finished product

    I posted an earlier thought on making a patchbox. (Dec 5, Making the knuckles of PB hinge out of tubing) Thoughts don't always work out, but here is my finshed patchbox. I knew ahead of starting fabrication that a steel 1/16" pivot would end up getting soldered to the work, so I used aluminum...
  11. Larry (Omaha)

    Patchbox cavity photo would be appreciated

    Doing a build with a patchbox I have started making. The pachbox will be this style, with a custom shape to my design. All my previous PBs have been with the hinge at 90 deg to the lid. I am ignorant with respect to how the internals are placed/made for this style. Any inside, historically...
  12. Larry (Omaha)

    5' X 7/16" hickory bare wood straight grain ramrod

    My present build is a 20 guage 48" barrel smoothbore and will need a range rod. I like my range rods to be Hickory and longer than the barrel by 8 to 12 inches. I have not found a ready made source for what I want. I can make one, but too lazy. Any help where to go would be appreciated. Larry
  13. Larry (Omaha)

    I love Muzzleloading video: Manton double barrel flintlock pistol

    Hey guys, get your napkin out to catch the drool. Larry
  14. Larry (Omaha)

    Overshot card versus over powder card

    When shooting a 20 guage smoothbore long gun, I see all kinds of loading methods and ask: Really what difference does it make if you use a overpowder card for over shot? I have witnessed the reverse, but a thin overshot card to me is not going to seal the gases as well when placed over powder...
  15. Larry (Omaha)

    Another thought (to me) for making a patchbox hinge

    Doing a Kentucky rifle build now, and contimplating my upcoming need for the patchbox. All my scratch build patchboxes have been with the hinge parallel to the butt plate. I have never made a PB with the hinge perpendicular to the butt plate but would like to. I always struggle with making...
  16. Larry (Omaha)

    "I love Muzzleloading" .......His video on a underhammer flintlock

    Enjoy, but don't drool on the rifle. Larry
  17. Larry (Omaha)

    Would you share a photo of flush flintlock (lock) panel?

    Doing a build using a Chambers Ketland flintlock. The lock plate has no bevel and hence it will be inlet flush with the side panel. My previous builds had locks with beveled side plates allowing for less trimming of the side panel at the cock arc zone. Now, with this Ketland there is a...
  18. Larry (Omaha)

    My way to create scratch build Lock and side plate panels

    There are several ways to arrive at a end result in a scratch build, but it also has to do with what you have to work with. If you don't have a vice that rotates and a blank that is square this is what I am currently doing on a smoothie build: First of all with respect to a rotating vice, this...
  19. Larry (Omaha)

    How do you measure for lock panels on a tapered round barrel build??

    Ok guys: All my scratch builds have been with octagon barrels. I am currently making a smoothie with a tapered round barrel, which I have never done. The breech end needed be milled ( in my case filed) flat for the lock to seat against. This now made the breech end of the barrel a non equal...
  20. Larry (Omaha)

    How did the itzie bitzie teenie weenie screws leave my work bench?????

    Ha, had a issue with the Starrett dial caliber as it got out of time.:mad: No problem says I, get out the shop light, a nice white hanky, the smallest screw driver I have and take it apart. While doing this dial clock timing I am aware that the IBTW screws are still laying on the white hanky...
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