Yes John ,still working 3 days a week.
 It motivates me to get busy on my days off .
 1 day for hunting , 1 day for church and football, 1 day for running errands and 1 day for projects
 That's my usual schedule.
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 Made up another pound of powder, just needs to dry a few days
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 Started on a fish mouth horn, 1st one ever.
 Won't be an exact copy but similar.
Kevin

I have three nice cap and ball revolvers for sale.
1847 Walker .44 cal with accessories, An 1851 Colt .36 cal and An 1862 Police .36 cal with accessories.
Picture yourself as the next Josie Wales.
Hey pistolero, see them on The Trade Blanket, pronto.
Thank you for looking.
John (Bigsmoke)

Interesting, Jim.  I had never thought of using a sheet of yellow legal paper for a background before.
FWIW, in years gone by when I used to make a lot of those valved priming horns, I kept one valve tip as a guide. 
I would install a good one in the tip and after the epoxy had set up, I would take the working parts out and then screw in the  old tip.  Then I would sand down to that, producing a tapered horn tip that followed the exact size of the screw in end.
I also had a set of numbered drill bits and I would open the hole in the screw in tip one drill size larger and I would polish the plunger and make sure the vent at the bottom was free of any burrs.
It was a PITA, but it made the horn work so much more smoothly.
I also kept a supply of replacement parts (especially springs) in case something got lost in the manufacturing process.
John

Hooked up with Eric yesterday to continue the testing of our homemade antique muzzleloader propellent.
 Here's the results to date.
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 As you can see the commercial stuff out preforms the AMP but I'm still happy with these results.
 The powder is Milled for 24 hrs. There is debate regarding better performance with longer mill times, 36-48 hrs
That's something I'll have to look into.
 As far as fouling, the 76 12 12 had softer fouling, less crunchies left behind than the  77 13 10.
 I'm told that's due to the sulfur content, less makes harder fouling??
  So still more playing to do but the 76 12 12 will be my go to recipe for the foreseeable future.
  Oh and accuracy at 25 yds was spot on with all the powders tried.
 Kevin