What did you do today

[APG]

I irritated the shooters to the left of me and to the right. Smoked them out shooting my Hawken and my 1861 Springfield.

 

[bisleyjohn]

New purchase, definitely porcine!

Pitted bore and cylinder. I may be able to lap some of it out but the gun is never going to be perfect unless I can persuade my Firearms Officer to let me import a new barrel and cylinder. Now there's a flock of winged porcine beasts for you )

 

[jimairwin]

Our 50 yard bench match, open class and peep sight classes, were well attended with some great scores despite strong winds. I think I placed about 6th in both 50 yard bench matches with an open sighted gun. Best of all I won the 50:50 playing card poker match, taking home $45.

I’m happy with my bench gun as in several of the targets the holes were about touching. It was my first match shooting left handed. My left eye is clearer. I need to decide how to set up the sights better for elevation. I had to guess how low to hold below the bullseye with a 6 o’clock hold. It’s mostly a chunk gun but I need to make it my bench gun too.

My smoothbore was giving me ignition fits. I pulled the breechplug last night and there was caked powder at the plug, all but blocking access to the touchhole. This seems a by-product of shooting 1F powder. I installed a barrel steel white lightning liner (not stainless) and hope it will fire more reliably and faster. I’m no good with hang fires.
@Grenadier1758
@Justin.44

Nothing like hangfires to teach one about follow-thru!

 

[rich pierce]

I can only follow through for part of a second- unless I’m shooting off the bench! Can’t wait to get back to the range and see how ignition is now.

 

[hanshi]

A good friend and I went to the range today to burn some powder. I took my much used .45 Lancaster style flintlock; my friend had his eye candy .50 he built for himself. Can't swear to it but I may be finally getting just a tiny bit of my "mojo" back. No photos but did put 6 shots in 2-1/4" at 50 yds.

 

[Woody Morgan]

Picked up 30# of cleaned battery posts a friend's brother came up with.
When I got home and looked in the box there were two 2" cannonballs looking at me. Sure like to find out where those came from!

wm

 

[JohnnieT]

I purchased a rifle from another member here and it arrived today, early enough to unpack it and give it a once over. It’s much nicer in person than the pictures could present. I love it when a transaction goes well from start to finish, and I can’t wait to try it out this weekend!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Not much today but picking up 4 lbs of Goex 2fg tomorrow!

 

[smo]

Fired my Trapper .50 pistol a few times...

It had been loaded since October....
Of 2019!
It went off with a bang!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

4 lbs of BP in the shed and ready to go!

 

[deerstalkert]

riced 8 oz of new BP. fired 10 loads from a .50 just to see if it would fire. cracked the sound barrier with 110g volume! love the huge white cloud of smoke! it even put 10 in 3.75 at 50yards

 

[Woody Morgan]

Put 20# of scrap lead into ingots. Started building new pads for the jump seats in the boat. Old school buddy stopped by on his way to LA and dropped off an 8# keg of modern powder and a pound of 4f Goex that he found in the shop.

wm

 

[kje54]

Finished two individual, vertical racks for the Hawkin style rifles.

My new gun rack

 

[Britsmoothy]

Got powder...yaaa. Man it has gone up in price!
At list I got some. Vendor has just renewed his licence and say he plans to get more

 

[Capnball]

Probably take everything out and clean it. Quick patch down the barrel and a wipe down. I put em away clean so it doesn't take to long.

 

[Kestrel]

going for a ride out into the Owyhee mountains with my sister and her husband. Gonna find a hilltop and bbq some elk steaks. Good times

 

[1950DAVE]

Cleaned rifles again, just in case. And 1851.
Dave

 

[Mulebrain]

Got the anvil, and swage block moved to blacksmith shop location next to cabin.
I had my friend bring his tractor and bucket to help me move them.

Next will be workbench build and mount vise etc....

 

[deerstalkert]

felt like i was back home in the 50's looking at your pictures, until the last one with the ridgid chopsaw and the visqueen.
did you one hand that anvil?

 

[Mulebrain]

felt like i was back home in the 50's looking at your pictures, until the last one with the ridgid chopsaw and the visqueen.
did you one hand that anvil?

Ha! I know, and the Rigid will be gone soon. The anvil is nearly 450lbs 1923 Peter Wright from a steal mill in PA. I nearly broke my arm getting it into my truck, as it broke free from the dolly.