What muzzleloading stuff did you do today?

[user 25551]

Ordered 5 more lbs of Swiss 2f. Shooting heavies burns through it at a decent rate.

 

[LAUDY1962]

felt pretty good today went out and scouted for turkeys and got a few shots off .

 

[BP Addict]

The wife had surgery on her mouth. I read Muzzle Blasts magazine while I waited.

Walt

 

[ElDiablo]

Received my new Brux Omega barrel from Mark this afternoon. Got it fit to the stock, bedded and started cleaning the bore. Damn, that nitriding leaves a lot of gunk in the bore. Excited to get it to the range this weekend!

 

[brownisdown]

Looks like it has been shot some already.My nitride barrel was not that dirty.

 

[ElDiablo]

Looks like it has been shot some already.My nitride barrel was not that dirty.

Anything’s possible but doesn’t appear to be to me. My McGowen from Mark was this was as well. Lots of brown (not powder) residue.

 

[brownisdown]

I know some of the grease they pack them with will do that also.After looking at it further,I may have misjudged it.As you stated,it may have been from the nitride inside the barrel.

 

[ElDiablo]

Got the Brux Omega put together and ready to shoot tomorrow. Bedded/loctited the rail, installed a scope, finished bedding the lugs, free-floated the barrel, worked the trigger down to just under 2 lbs, bore-sighted, headspaced the plug, cleaned and polished the bore and sized some Furies.

 

[user 25551]

Spent the afternoon learning pouring from a Ladle, that was an experience, but got a decent handle on it and made some shooters for the weekend. All keepers are with .5 grain of one another. I had 4 that were to light.

 

[SparkPlug]

Gettin ready for a weekend at my brother's. Packed up a batch of 200 #11s I run last night, then did a run of 110 #10s that will be ready to go tomorrow. After that, I run who knows how many roundballs and REALs through my 45 and 50 cal molds. That should keep us goin for a bit

 

[.45er]

Spent the afternoon learning pouring from a Ladle, that was an experience, but got a decent handle on it and made some shooters for the weekend. All keepers are with .5 grain of one another. I had 4 that were to light.View attachment 33705View attachment 33706

What smoker do you plan to launch those missiles from?

 

[user 25551]

What smoker do you plan to launch those missiles from?

Haha, My Tc Renegade with a 32 inch Rice Barrel. Here she is before I finished it.

 

[.45er]

Haha, My Tc Renegade with a 32 inch Rice Barrel. Here she is before I finished it. View attachment 33707

I've always been fascinated with setups like that. I'm guessing 13lbs. on rifle weight?

 

[user 25551]

I've always been fascinated with setups like that. I'm guessing 13lbs. on rifle weight?

I would say that is a fair weight. I haven't put it on a scale yet, but feels about right. I bench shoot it in this configuration only and I still have my stock 50 barrel for muzzleloader season.

 

[ElDiablo]

To celebrate Earth Day today, I decided to go “plant” some lead out in the desert here with the new Brux Omega!

 

[smokepolehall]

I got out under pole barn to continue shooting my T/C .45 Hawken. My red dot is fine, turns out the picky .45 does not like cotton ball wads. I shot 4 times with the cotton ball wads n my group at 25 yards was 5" using 40 gr of T 7 3 F. Same load no cotton ball wads gave me a 3 shots cutting each other about 5/8".

 

[ElDiablo]

Got my and my son’s applications in for muzzy deer, elk, antelope, sheep, goat and moose in Utah.

 

[gman57]

2 weeks ago I sent my 10 yr old Bushnell DOA 250 back to Bushnell (power ring wouldnt move) they sent a new replacement scope yesterday but Im not sure if its muzzleloader friendly like my old model was. Im waiting on their reply now. But fantastic customer service from Bushnell regardless.

 

[JeffB1961]

ordered a wheeler engineering fat wrench for mounting scopes .

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/wheeler-engineering-fat-wrench-torque-screwdriver-set

 

[Ninering62]

ordered a wheeler engineering fat wrench for mounting scopes .

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/wheeler-engineering-fat-wrench-torque-screwdriver-set

I've never had a torque screwdriver for scope mounting before. I swapped out the Bushnell 3500 Elite that was on my Accura for the new Meopta Optika 2-10x42 PA Z-Plus on it & I thought about how nice it would be to have one right now.
Let us know how you like it.