What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

[nick_1]

I love patina and have zero use for show trucks. I ordered a 9.5k winch and my plan is to mount the wench on a plate with a hook so that its portable and can be used on different vehicles.. just will need to wire the different vehicles so I can plug the wench in easily. I have another truck but Isa blew out her knee a few days ago and it would be a two person job with a truck and probably make a mess out of my yard. I suspect the wench will just ease her up out of there... the tractor is guaranteed to make a mess and again that's a two person job. And the tractor is a mile up the road..

 

[TDM]

Got my TOW order in today too. Some 20 ga wads, cards, and patches. Also got 1/2 dozen French Amber and a dozen English flints, 1” x 1 1/8” for the trade gun. I do a fair amount of business with Track, but have had poor results getting flints that aren’t all humpbacks, even after asking not to. Well, this time I asked them “please, please, please no humpback flints” and it worked! Except for two that are borderline, they’re the best I’ve received in a long while.

 

[Compressorguy]

Fire blued the screws on my Pedersoli Kentucky pistol kit to match my rifle.

 

[Compressorguy]

and installed a new flint, ball of fire now!

 

[Century to late]

Refinished the barrel on my Pedersoli Kentucky flintlock rifle in a “French grey”. Used Brownells oxpho blue rubbed back with grey scotchbrite. Also chamfered the edge of the brass lock plate.
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Got my TOW order in today too. Some 20 ga wads, cards, and patches. Also got 1/2 dozen French Amber and a dozen English flints, 1” x 1 1/8” for the trade gun. I do a fair amount of business with Track, but have had poor results getting flints that aren’t all humpbacks, even after asking not to. Well, this time I asked them “please, please, please no humpback flints” and it worked! Except for two that are borderline, they’re the best I’ve received in a long while.

Wow nice spark o matics.

 

[ETipp]

Took Crockett back to the woods this morning. Only got two bushy tails but had a fair amount of action and a great hunt.

Came home, cleaned my squirrels, cleaned my Crockett Squirrel rifle, and loaded it back up for in the morning.

I love this stuff.

 

[Dutch7]

Made smoke!
Shot 5 targets at 25 yds. This is the first I have shot at paper in a long time.
@BillyC - time to head north

 

[Century to late]

Started putting together a tap and die kit with corresponding drill bits just for ML Builds.

 

[Rob M.]

Rasped the fore stock of a N.W gun down some , refining it ...then forged out a trigger guard for the same NW gun , then fit it and drilled the tang screw hole and drill and tap the tang ...fit trigger guard to the gun and affixed it via tang screw and two wood screws , then I center punched and drilled the touch hole and inlet the side plate too . Hopefully be shooting it tomorrow for first time ....

 

[ArmorerRoy]

 

[Cayman like]

Rasped the fore stock of a N.W gun down some , refining it ...then forged out a trigger guard for the same NW gun , then fit it and drilled the tang screw hole and drill and tap the tang ...fit trigger guard to the gun and affixed it via tang screw and two wood screws , then I center punched and drilled the touch hole and inlet the side plate too . Hopefully be shooting it tomorrow for first time ....

Looks great! Like that lock and trigger guard.

 

[Rob M.]

Looks great! Like that lock and trigger guard.

Thanks . Can't wait to shoot it tomorrow , all excited .

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Tried paper cartridge shooting. That is strange to this ol' roundball pouch & horn shooter.

 

[ETipp]

Took my Crockett Squirrel Rifle back out this morning. Slow day for squirrels but was able to get two more for the smoker.

 

[Sir Boniface Harrison]

Got my TOW order in today too. Some 20 ga wads, cards, and patches. Also got 1/2 dozen French Amber and a dozen English flints, 1” x 1 1/8” for the trade gun. I do a fair amount of business with Track, but have had poor results getting flints that aren’t all humpbacks, even after asking not to. Well, this time I asked them “please, please, please no humpback flints” and it worked! Except for two that are borderline, they’re the best I’ve received in a long while.

I was thinking of making my next gun a flintlock. How long do individual flints tend to last, and can you revitalise old ones using a grinding tool or similar? (awaits guffaws of laughter...!)

 

[Kansas Jake]

My limited experience is they can last from on shot to 100 or more shots. 20-40 shots would be common, especially if you knap the edge as they get dull. A lot also depends on the quality of the lock.

 

[Century to late]

My limited experience is they can last from on shot to 100 or more shots. 20-40 shots would be common, especially if you knap the edge as they get dull. A lot also depends on the quality of the lock.

What's the average price for a flint?

 

[Kansas Jake]

Track sells English for $2.50 each. I knap a few from chert. Those are free although after bandaids they probably are about the same as purchased ones.

 

[TDM]

I was thinking of making my next gun a flintlock. How long do individual flints tend to last, and can you revitalise old ones using a grinding tool or similar? (awaits guffaws of laughter...!)

No one answer on that one. Mainly depends on the lock and the geometry of the arc of the cock to the frizzen face. Also, some locks have really strong main springs, some have really strong frizzen springs, and some have both. Those locks are flint killers, you might only get 10 shots before needing to knap the flint. But if you have a well balanced lock and decent quality flints 40-60 shots isn't uncommon. Don't think I've ever gotten over 60, but some folks do. The problems with a lock can be corrected too with a good polishing and filing down the width of the springs. Just have to be careful and polish out the file marks. Knapping a flint takes a little getting used to but it's not difficult. There are a number of methods that work, but my method is to leave the flint installed and at half cock with the frizzen open, I place the bottom of my left index finger under the bottom of the flint edge with a light pressure and tap the edge of the top of the flint with a brass rod or antler tine. Just light taps along the edge and the bottom layer will flake off on your finger tip.

 

[TDM]

What's the average price for a flint?

Agree with @Kansas Jake. If you buy in quantity the price comes down a little, maybe $2.30 each. But most places won't sell more than a dozen at a time now. And I've tried making my own on a number of occasions. Mainly all I accomplished was reducing a pound or more of nice chert into one, barely serviceable flint!