muzzleloader / 4th of July noisemaker

[Delmar]

I haven't been to to gun range yet, but I have fired my muzzleloader..


in the bark yard...


twice...

...with a .45 plastic bullet in a sabot!



no kick with the plastic bullet but plenty loud!

 

[Delmar]

So, like I said I test fired a couple of plastic bullets in sabots and it worked real well, but I got to checking and those suckers are like 12 cents a piece. Then I got the bright idea to do the same thing, with paper patch. I took my half inch glue stick and wrapped 3" paper tape around it until it was .50, then cut off sections with my handy dandy garden shears.

 

[Delmar]

The plastic bullets in the muzzleloader were a big hit at the bon fire last night! I found a spoon that measures right at 55 grains of powder (I figure precise measurement is not all that important when dealing with the low pressure of pushing a 30 grain plastic bullet) so I was able to just dip the powder out of the jar and dump it down the barrel with a funnel. This made loading in the dark not only possible, but easy! What a wonderful noise maker!

 

[2cool9031]

Lots of fire coming out of the muzzle?

 

[Delmar]

Lots of fire coming out of the muzzle?

I thought there would be, in the dark, but not so much. More powder, perhaps?

 

[2cool9031]

I thought there would be, in the dark, but not so much. More powder, perhaps?

Maybe a double load??? I would take mine out to shoot, but the fun is short lived when it's cleaning time.

 

[Flintlock]

Agreed. I usually shoot a few loads out of my flintlock, but since it's raining and I don't feel like cleaning it, I'm gonna pass today.