What muzzleloading stuff did you do today?

[smokepolehall]

I stuck a cleaning Jag and a patch down in the bottom of my under hammer the whole Jag tip can't completely off the rod the little wooden dowel in that fits up into the Jag that came out I'm fixing to wrap this traditional gun around a tree and I'm going to try a couple of cans of black powder to it and blow it up

Ok n who forgot to keep jag tight ? I have done same thing. You can not believe how long it took me to get rod end screwed back onto the threaded jag end. A few days because i would get so mad. I got a spin-jag to put on my range rod.

 

[smokepolehall]

This Bunker i have been living in for over a year, is the pits on my rifles. When it rains hard it floods the floor in each of the 5 rooms, i walk in rubber boots n man the water pump n hose. I spotted some light rust on 2 of my rifles this morning at 5 am. So i cleaned the barrel surface n covered them with lithium white grease.

 

[ENCORE50A]

I stuck a cleaning Jag and a patch down in the bottom of my under hammer the whole Jag tip can't completely off the rod the little wooden dowel in that fits up into the Jag that came out I'm fixing to wrap this traditional gun around a tree and I'm going to try a couple of cans of black powder to it and blow it up

Every jag I use, I use blue Loctite on.

 

[smokepolehall]

I could not stand the triggerguard spur-curl on my T/C Hawken any longer. I took my old hack'em up saw n cut that protrusion off. Then i took the t-g off put into vise n had at it. Cleaned it up with my files, then polished it smooth. In stalled it back on my Hawken. Now it has the horrible brass shine on it again. It took some time of years to have that shine stop. It sticks out like a sore thumb. I will now look for a fast patina to stop that bright glow.

 

[Pathfinder60]

Picked up 50 Fury 275gr .402 Star Tip 2P bullets and 50 light blue Harvester 45 cal sabots for my Paramount. Initial test fit is very favorable. Nice snug interference fit from muzzle to breech. Hopefully they shoot as well as they fit.

 

[Buck O]

A buddy's son brought me a new / old Hawken .50 TC. Been a safe queen among 5 or more others so they gave me this one. Tore it down, cleaned and prepped it and put a a musket cap nipple cause of my fat fingers!

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

Tested new muzzleloader action prototype.

 

[Mnt monkey]

I'm curious what's your results will be with that 22 twist Barrel on the Paramount and the 275 I'm afraid the 22 twist is going to be limited

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

I'm curious what's your results will be with that 22 twist Barrel on the Paramount and the 275 I'm afraid the 22 twist is going to be limited

I agree with you. I bought that Douglas barrel many years ago, when I was trying to save money. I bought it as a blank and turned it down. I saved some money, but not any time. For some reason, it never shot that well with the 275 grain Parkers.

You are right about the faster twists. Most of the barrels I have used are 1-20 Brux barrels I bought from Arrowhead.

What barrel brands are you using with the 1-18 twist, and where do you get them?

 

[Mnt monkey]

I have seven 18 twist barrels Brux, Krieger and McGowan,,, in the last 10 years I have put together or had built 16 20 twist barrels I have shot some 22s and 1 ,24 twist,,, also a 16 and a 14 twist. I like the twenties but they are limited and again all of my work has been with jacketed bullets no big lead bullets I realize that's a different twist scenario the 20 will run out of twist it's limited to the 240 and 250 grain 40 cal bullets in a light blue every 20 twist that I tried the larger longer bullets would shoot an inch and a half and and do it very consistently but they wouldn't put bullets in a hole I know all of us from time to time get a barrel that does things different that may shoot everything we put in it I've had barrels like that I've tried to base my results and my experiments on multiple barrels I'm very stubborn until I see something that's showing itself Barrel after Barrel I will not take that as proof however I've shot so many bullets in the twenties in the 18s I'm absolute on the 18 my 18 barrels even shoot the lighter bullets just as good and some of them even better than the 20 does sometimes if you just read and listen to established norms you're missing things I'm not out to prove established Norms to be wrong only to prove that they are the best sometimes they're not

 

[Humyeah]

I built myself a carbon fiber ram rod with titanium 10-32 threaded inserts and custom hornady eldx bullet seater out of brass

 

[dennyntx]

I built myself a carbon fiber ram rod with titanium 10-32 threaded inserts and custom hornady eldx bullet seater out of brass

That's nice

 

[MaxPower]

I came to MM....

 

[Shorty]

Raining again, got out of the skin doctors and decided to stop at local gun shop. No will power here, lol, as in the corner sat an Omega Z7, 50 cal., black stock, all dirty, no breech plug. I told the feller to give me a good cash deal, he said how about $100.00, i said sold. Took it home, cleaned the living crap out of it. Its about 98% perfect. Wooowie, awesome gun, what a deal. The barrel lug was loose, Probably shot terribly and the guy ditched it..I used bearing and shaft loctite on the screws, that out to hold it. Was going to use it for a donor gun, not anymore, it never seen much use… blind pig gets the acorn…

 

[ElDiablo]

Received a few boxes of .40 200 gr TC shockwaves and some more Harvester light blues to shoot in my .45s. Midway has a pretty good deal going on the bullets at the moment.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...ampaign=&utm_content=product-description-link

 

[Shorty]

Thanks ELDiablo for the heads up, got seven boxes heading my way, great price…

 

[retrieverman]

It’s 107* under my porch, but I finally took time to sight in the new to me TC Hawken with the laminate stock. I zeroed it at 25 yards with 60 grains of T7 and a 350 grain cast bullet in a Harvester crush rib sabot. It’s too dang hot for shooting to be fun, so I probably won’t mess with it again until closer to OK muzzleloader season at the end of October.

 

[Shorty]

It’s 107* under my porch, but I finally took time to sight in the new to me TC Hawken with the laminate stock. I zeroed it at 25 yards with 60 grains of T7 and a 350 grain cast bullet in a Harvester crush rib sabot. It’s too dang hot for shooting to be fun, so I probably won’t mess with it again until closer to OK muzzleloader season at the end of October.
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[Shorty]

Retrieverman, I cannot believe how hot you people have it there across the south and west. Here is a pic of our weather forecast. We have been getting an unusual amount of rain. I think we are in for an early winter with a lot of snow. Hope you all stay safe..

 

[deermanok]

It’s 107* under my porch, but I finally took time to sight in the new to me TC Hawken with the laminate stock. I zeroed it at 25 yards with 60 grains of T7 and a 350 grain cast bullet in a Harvester crush rib sabot. It’s too dang hot for shooting to be fun, so I probably won’t mess with it again until closer to OK muzzleloader season at the end of October.
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Nice looking rifle.