Author Topic: What's in your patchbox? (Read 15739 times)

Tenn Hills Guy · « **on:** October 02, 2015, 08:12:27 PM »

I'm in the process of building...or finishing... a swivel breech flinter and carving out the patchbox. I'm wondering what sort of stuff one can cram in there...besides patches? I'm also building in my own release. Appears some had 'secret' release mechanisms (mine too). What secret treasures did they hold? Bill

Natureboy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2015, 09:39:16 PM »

My flinter has a sliding wooden matchbox, with a grease hole and a larger compartment. I keep tow and a tow worm in the larger one, and char cloth in the grease pit. Using the lock, I can start a fire easily, and the tow worm is used for a quick mid-shoot cleaning of the breech plug.

PPatch · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2015, 11:10:56 PM »

Treasure: Tradition holds that a Snickers bar is just the thing for a patchbox. I normally keep nothing in a patchbox though since my shooting is pretty much always off the front porch so anything I might require is at hand.

dave

Bob Roller · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2015, 02:22:15 AM »

Quote from: PPatch on October 02, 2015, 11:10:56 PM

Treasure: Tradition holds that a Snickers bar is just the thing for a patchbox. I pretty much keep nothing in a patchbox though since my shooting is pretty much always off the front porch so anything I might require is at hand.

dave

I always thought it was an ash tray for people who smoked in the woods.

Bob Roller

Virginiarifleman · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2015, 05:49:41 PM »

i keep a jag extention and extra flints in my patch boxes.

oldtravler61 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2015, 05:07:45 AM »

I'm with patch!

Kopfjaeger · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2015, 11:10:04 PM »

Tow Worm, Ball Puller, and some Tow.

Scott Bumpus · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2015, 05:11:10 AM »

Sawdust {not finished sanding yet}

Stoner creek · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2015, 03:32:48 AM »

There's a dead guy in mine.
Scrimshaw on a piano ivory.
Gets a chuckle every time!

Boatman53 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2015, 04:53:15 AM »

I'd like to see that Stoner. Are there any photos up already? I have a bunch of piano keys already. As well as a bunch of Mother Of Pearl. Was that used at all on LR's
Jim

Stoner creek · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2015, 03:17:33 AM »

Pm me with your email address and I'll send you pix. This is part of a folk art gun that I would love to post.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2015, 04:12:35 AM »

I've seen pictures of prayer holes with prayers in some of the patchbox's on this forum.

Hessian · « **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2015, 06:52:09 AM »

tallow, tow worm/ball puller, tow,3 patched balls sewn into patches.
(I might add a flint & a vent pick , char cloth)
Hessian

Pete G. · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2015, 04:57:28 PM »

I keep patches in my patchbox; both cleaning and a few for shooting, along with jag, ball puller and a spare flint.

davec2 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2015, 12:40:54 AM »

Stripped down version of the shooting tool I made for the shooting bag. This version fits easily in the patch box and, in the small leather case, doesn't rattle around. It gives me a ram rod "T" handle, a worm, a jag, a ball puller, a vent pick, and a brass knapping tool. And there is room in the patch box for and extra flint as well.

grabenkater · « **Reply #15 on:** October 13, 2015, 06:24:26 PM »

Patches, spare flint, three or four balls and a cleaning jag.

smokinbuck · « **Reply #16 on:** October 16, 2015, 01:49:41 AM »

Picked up a rifle in a trade some years back that had a nice cap, not patch, box on it. Looked the rifle over and made the deal. Low and behold when I opened the cap box there was no hole! The fellow had taken the time to inlet the cap box very nicely but didn't drill out the hole in the stock.
Mark

iloco · « **Reply #17 on:** October 16, 2015, 02:18:16 AM »

Cleaning Jag and Ball Puller in my Patch Box.

Robby · « **Reply #18 on:** October 16, 2015, 02:31:18 AM »

When I'm making it, my heart and soul go into it, when I'm carrying it, um, nothing.
Robby

Kermit · « **Reply #19 on:** October 16, 2015, 08:02:00 PM »

Jag, partches, air.

Arcturus · « **Reply #20 on:** October 16, 2015, 09:26:12 PM »

Tow, tow worm, a few patches.

Old Ford2 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 18, 2015, 03:30:20 PM »

Quote from: smokinbuck on October 16, 2015, 01:49:41 AM

Picked up a rifle in a trade some years back that had a nice cap, not patch, box on it. Looked the rifle over and made the deal. Low and behold when I opened the cap box there was no hole! The fellow had taken the time to inlet the cap box very nicely but didn't drill out the hole in the stock.
Mark

LAZY BUGGER!

Fred

axelp · « **Reply #22 on:** October 20, 2015, 04:02:59 AM »

A feather to plug my vent at night when in the woods and sometimes a jag or an extra flint. Sometimes I leave it empty. I like the idea of a dead guy.... My rifle has a folk art horse effigy patchbox so a dead horse might be more appropriate. I also have a horse effigy ball board attached to my bag strap. I call this gun my "hoss rifle."

K

cmac · « **Reply #23 on:** October 24, 2015, 05:49:43 AM »

Sometimes flints, jag, patches. Other times coffee or tea....yes it holds enough to make a corn broiler full

heelerau · « **Reply #24 on:** November 04, 2015, 02:51:27 AM »

I Just keep a couple of extra flints in any of my patch boxes.

cheers

Heelerau

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Author Topic: What's in your patchbox? (Read 15739 times)

Tenn Hills Guy

Boatman53

Hessian