what's the coolest historical firearms related thing you've done
I discovered an out of the way attraction in the mountains of West Virginia with my step son. It was a tower that ran up a cliff over a small stream. They melted lead at the top and dropped it down the tower into the water below. The fall shaped it into lead shot. It was a neat little way to make more shot than hand presses.
The wife of a friend of mine manages the historic site of Carroll Mansion in Baltimore which also features the Pheonix shot tower. Pretty cool!
Dang! Thread winner, there!When I was in the US Army I made a "Hollywood" parachute jump into Nijmegen Holland to celebrate the anniversary of 'Operation Market Garden'.