Mr_Pale_Horse
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I moved to a shotgun only state, back when foster slugs were about the only choice. There had to be a better way to put lead into a deer.
What got you started?
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I needed a handgun for home security, and I ran accross a closeout...CVA repro of the .44 "1858 Army Remington" $40 kit.
After I finished it, and popped the first cap, I was hooked.
Now have a Traditions brand (Pietta) .44 "Navy Colt" and a Lyman Trade Rifle .50 Flintlock. I have also previously onwed a CVA single-shot "Prospectors Pistol" and one of the .31 "Pocket Remington" models.
After I finished it, and popped the first cap, I was hooked.
Now have a Traditions brand (Pietta) .44 "Navy Colt" and a Lyman Trade Rifle .50 Flintlock. I have also previously onwed a CVA single-shot "Prospectors Pistol" and one of the .31 "Pocket Remington" models.
scrat
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Well i have a lot of guns already. it was a change. i was always currious of musket guns same time i never thought about using a rod to ram a bullet. One day i just gave it some thought and did it. then i just kept buying more.
Coyote Rider
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I used to shoot when I was a kid, but when I got older and wanted to buy a gun I discovered that where I was living you had to go to someone with an FFL and fill out a form 4473, which is really the same thing as federal gun registration. "Screw that," thought I. So I tried BP, and was hooked!
CoRoMo
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What lifestyle?????????????? I don't wear buckskin if that is what you mean.
I bought a muzzleloader because my state places the blackpowder season during the elk rut and center fire rifle seasons are all after the elk rut. Plain and simple. I haven't adopted bow hunting yet, if ever, and I want the best possible chance to fill the freezer with meat. The odd thing is that in all the years I've been hunting elk, I've fill my tag every year during a rifle season, and I haven't gotten one with my muzzleloader yet. That is a bummer because I've had many more chances, and been closer, more often, to elk during that blackpowder season. I just happen to be holding the wrong gender/tag in my pocket for the animals I'm within range of. During the rifle seasons, I seem to get lucky and drop the elk I'm tagged for fairly easily.
tiger rag
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I am a history buff that is one perspective of my intrest the other is the novelty aspect of black powder at my local range (I get a lot of looks). as has been stated I put more 223 down range in an hour than I would in a year of black powder.But the shear enjoyment of the sport has no equal for me!
stevereno1
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The starting of a "primative weapons" season in Ga. got me started. 3 weeks of archery(It got me into archery as well), then 1 GLORIOUS week of Muzzle-loader the week before all of the 95% of the rest of the state's centerfire deer hunters pulled me right into the fold. I shoot a t/c woods rifle with 150 grains of pyrodex pellets, and a 295 gr. powerbelt hollowpoint. #11 caps.
stevereno1
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That damn rifle kicks harder than my 7mm. rem. mag.! (i don't mind it much though).
rommer25
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It started with a cowboy movie
One day back in the late seventies, I was in a local gun shop talking to the owner (in those days, they usually owned the store and took time to shoot the breeze). We were talking about guns in the movies. He introduced me to black powder and I brought a Spiller and Burr kit. It was the cheapest black powder gun he had. It was fun and I would take it with me on hunting trips. My buddies and I had a lot of fun. A couple of them got cap and ball pistols too.
That gun went into my gun safe for about 20 years. Then one day, I got it out and started shooting it again. The pound of powder I still had was a good as the day I got it. So were the caps. I still shoot that brass pistol and now have a few more. The last couple of years, black powder pistols are all I shoot.
One day back in the late seventies, I was in a local gun shop talking to the owner (in those days, they usually owned the store and took time to shoot the breeze). We were talking about guns in the movies. He introduced me to black powder and I brought a Spiller and Burr kit. It was the cheapest black powder gun he had. It was fun and I would take it with me on hunting trips. My buddies and I had a lot of fun. A couple of them got cap and ball pistols too.
That gun went into my gun safe for about 20 years. Then one day, I got it out and started shooting it again. The pound of powder I still had was a good as the day I got it. So were the caps. I still shoot that brass pistol and now have a few more. The last couple of years, black powder pistols are all I shoot.
Smokin_Gun
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My Natural born Akwesasne Mohawk/Mountain Man/Military Survival and Killer instincts...
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What got me started, I'm still very new. Building black powder firearms from kits has been a dream of mine, way back to my teenage years. Early this year I had some heart issues at about the same time the movie "the Bucket List" came out, so I thought that if I didn't get started soon that I may miss the chance. What started out as a hobby for me has really turned into a "family" hobby.
I built a .44 cal 1860 army revolver, my brother gave me a .32 cal squirrel rifle, and I had an old Marlin .22 simi-auto rifle. when I got ready to go to the range with these both of my sons and my youngest daughter all wanted to go, we all had a wonderful time. So a habit has started most weekends when I don't have to work, and the weathers good off we go. Now it took a little longer for my wife to come around, at first she complained about the cost, I explained to her that for what we spend at the range I couldn't buy my kids a burger lunch at any local chain. Then she was worried that one of us would get hurt, after hearing all of this I said look come out with us just one time to see how all safety rules are followed and how much fun we all have together not to mention the time together. so she did, and now I have another in the family hooked. On her first trip she got a double bull's eye, ( guess who's target is on the ice box).
Buts whats so wonderful about all of this is something that started out for me, and has become some great family time all together.
P.S do forgive the bad spelling.
I built a .44 cal 1860 army revolver, my brother gave me a .32 cal squirrel rifle, and I had an old Marlin .22 simi-auto rifle. when I got ready to go to the range with these both of my sons and my youngest daughter all wanted to go, we all had a wonderful time. So a habit has started most weekends when I don't have to work, and the weathers good off we go. Now it took a little longer for my wife to come around, at first she complained about the cost, I explained to her that for what we spend at the range I couldn't buy my kids a burger lunch at any local chain. Then she was worried that one of us would get hurt, after hearing all of this I said look come out with us just one time to see how all safety rules are followed and how much fun we all have together not to mention the time together. so she did, and now I have another in the family hooked. On her first trip she got a double bull's eye, ( guess who's target is on the ice box).
Buts whats so wonderful about all of this is something that started out for me, and has become some great family time all together.
P.S do forgive the bad spelling.
Peter M. Eick
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Just wanted a Walker after seeing original ones down at Collector's here in Houston. Pretty simple, just an interest in history.
Lot of fun to shoot too!
Lot of fun to shoot too!
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Shot my first BP when I was in Boy Scouts and loved the sound and smoke, many many years later after all the auto chunkers and revolvers, I was in a pawn shop "just looking" when it hit me. I saw a Ruger old army is SS that was looking really dirty and bad, I asked to see it and after looking at it I haggled my way down to $160 out the door. Did I forget to mention that it was a 1976 bicentinal model and came with a holster. After some good cleaning and a trip to the range, the hunt was on for more!
Now to find a ROA SS 5 1/2 barrel.
Shot my first BP when I was in Boy Scouts and loved the sound and smoke, many many years later after all the auto chunkers and revolvers, I was in a pawn shop "just looking" when it hit me. I saw a Ruger old army is SS that was looking really dirty and bad, I asked to see it and after looking at it I haggled my way down to $160 out the door. Did I forget to mention that it was a 1976 bicentinal model and came with a holster. After some good cleaning and a trip to the range, the hunt was on for more!
Now to find a ROA SS 5 1/2 barrel.
chipperi
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When I was in scouting I was with an explorer post that did War of 1812 reenactments. I was in a rifle company so I carried a flintlock Kentucky long rifle. I still have that rifle but sadly the main spring is busted. I would love to get it fixed but haven't had the time to mess with it.
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