What's Everyone Doing?

[KDubs]

Uhhhh. Yes I think
 I guess I'll wear them in. 
 Never thought about stretching them, didn't know too.
 We'll see how this weekend RDV goes in 100* temps.
 
Kevin

[BEAVERMAN]

When I have made any buckskin garment in the past, I put the hides in a washer with just water and ran them through a cycle with HOT water and hot rinse, then with a friend or 2 when just removed from the washer we start stretching by hand pulling against each other like tug o war, work that for about 15 mins, then we staple one side of the hide to a sheet of plywood then stretch the other side and staple and repeat for the ends, let this dry thoroughly, then make the garment, then it will continue to stretch for the next 8 or 10 times it's worn, your mileage may vary but don't be surprised if those get real loose!, On the bright side it will make you feel like the diet is working!

[KDubs]

If I'd only known.
 I tried looking for videos but kept finding leggings videos instead.
 I made these pants tight at the recommendation of a friend.
 Also I made them based on a kiowa indian design.
 The fringe is what holds the outside seam together.
 Each piece of fringe goes thru a double hole back to front then tied off. there by making a stitch as it were.
 If the pants do indeed stretch I can in tie the fringe and punch a few new holes .
Kevin
 

[BEAVERMAN]

 

[No Powder]

Went to the shed at 4am this morning and cast 100 round balls. 490's using a Rapine  bag mold. On and off the rest of the day, I was removing sprue, trimming, rolling, and weighing. Trying to turn them into 10x material.

[RobD]

Ordered a new bbl for the Woodsrunner and built a new ball board for its .530's 

[KDubs]

A new bbl??  What's wrong with the old one.
 I've been away a few days, I don't know what's going on.
Kevin

[RobD]

A new bbl??  What's wrong with the old one.
 I've been away a few days, I don't know what's going on.
Kevin

The original is a .45 and it's just fine ... I feel the need for bigger bore and a tad lighter rifle.

[KDubs]

Makes Sense.
 Kevin

[No Powder]

Kevin, wasn't you at a vous this past weekend ? Aside from the heat , how did things go, and did your new britches work alright ?

[KDubs]

100* every day but the buckskins felt ok.
 They did stretch a bit but nothing I can't fix.
 Had a major gunk build up in my kibler, couldnt prick the vent hole or get her to fire.
 Luckily they had water on the course so I gave her a drink and the water eventually soften things up enough to open the touch hole.
Ran some patches and good as New.
 Had a good time but all shooting had to stop at 2pm.
 Long time to sit around in the heat.
 [ Invalid Attachment ]
Kevin

[Bigsmoke]

Kevin,
Get a fouling scraper in your caliber.  .62, right?
It looks like a big brass screwdriver that screws onto your ramrod.  Get the right screw size.
Not sure if October Country is still carrying them or not, since Treso has gone under the radar.
Maybe he is making them now?
Or maybe Track of the Wolf.  I think they are making a lot of their ramrod stuff now as well.
Hope that helps.
John

[RobD]

Smaller bores .45 and under can be a bit feisty for ignition issues in hot/humid weather.  I recently fired my .45 Woodsrunner 27 times in row, almost non-stop, in mid 90F hot sun, no wiping between shots, with nary a hitch.  The keys for my success have been using Heavily saturated Gato Feo lubed patches, wiping off BP residue of the pan and frizzen and flint with a flannel cloth, and always picking the touch hole to insure that the hole is clear and to increase the area of chamber powder to receive the heat of the detonated pan powder. 

[Winter Hawk]

Water was off all day.  There is a big sewer rebuild project in the village and for some reason they had to turn off the H2O.  We were warned beforehand that this might happen so I had a couple of buckets and five gallon water jugs filled for toilet flushing, hand washing etc. We have a RO filter for our drinking water at the sink and it has its own pressure tank, pressurized by the water to the house.  It stayed under pressure so we had good drinking/cooking water available.  The water main came back up around 8:30 (that's 2030 hours for you military types) and I was able to get the veggie garden beds wet for the night.

Otherwise it was same-o, same-o.  Flung some arrows with my old recurve bow, didn't do too bad but nothing to write home about.  It's been so hot and dry that my lawn has turned brown.  Weather man says it will get rainy tomorrow and Wednesday, I hope so as the ground could stand a good soaking.  Oh, I sent a couple of patches down the bore of the Hodgepodge Rifle (M/L content).
 

[KDubs]

Not sure how much gunk was in there but I did scrape. Twice and ran a ball puller down there just to be sure I didn't dry ball before I poured water in.
 Got a bunch of slate gray powder out like graphite
 It's all good now
 Gave ginger an endoscopy, barrels all clean.
 Actually thinking of going back to my percussion TC for awhile.
 These flintlocks take a bit a fussing sometimes.
Kevin