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Often from time to time i get asked that question as i am sure we all do. Living about 16 miles from down town Los Angeles you dont find that many people who shoot black powder. At the range i even had a fella ask me once if i had a felony because i was shooting black powder. Black powder shooting for me is an art an art that not that many people have.
Back when i was a kid i remember my father and his 1952 Chevy. That Chevy had to be started a certain way as most cars did. You had to tap the gas pedal a certain amount. Then pull the choke cable a certain amount feeling the resistance of the cable. Then you would turn the key. once it warmed up you would have to slowly push in the choke cable. I remember my father keeping a few sets of points and condensors in the glove box. They had to be adjusted just right. I believe it was 16-19 thousands of an inch. Today most mechanic shops the kids dont even know how to install a set of points. I remember about 5 years ago i used to take my kids to a train museum. Called travel towne. I recall looking in those old steam locomotives at all the knobs, valves and levers. Thinking to myself there probably is only a handfull of people that even know how to operate this in the united states. There were so many of them all different with different valves and levers. most rust shut or painted shut. Mostly just for looks. But again no skilled operators to even be able to get them going. How many more machines and items are there in the united states that we used to pioneer that know one knows how to operate. Probably a lot more than we all care to imagine.
Shooting black powder is an art. Seems as though each gun you have is different and likes a different method. There are not a lot of us who shoot black powder. I shoot black powder and so do my boys. We learned and have mastered the art of shooting black powder. Black powder will not be forgotten with this family. I am very happy to have learned how to shoot black powder and share shooting black powder with others. It is truely an art form of shooting. Some people still like to go to the range with 1000 rounds of ammo to blow off. I used to do that. However i find my self now taking it slow making every shot count. mastering the gun and doing the fine tuning and machining myself. Like is used to be. I feel its important to keep this tradition alive and learned. Hopefully we wont ever be looking in a glass case at a museum trying to explain to someone how black powder worked. Like those trains in the museum or the old chevy. they had a purpose in life. They did their job but too many people today take it for granet and do not respect the fact that. If it were not for those old machines of yesterday they would not have what they have today. So these are my reasons for shooting Black Powder.
Back when i was a kid i remember my father and his 1952 Chevy. That Chevy had to be started a certain way as most cars did. You had to tap the gas pedal a certain amount. Then pull the choke cable a certain amount feeling the resistance of the cable. Then you would turn the key. once it warmed up you would have to slowly push in the choke cable. I remember my father keeping a few sets of points and condensors in the glove box. They had to be adjusted just right. I believe it was 16-19 thousands of an inch. Today most mechanic shops the kids dont even know how to install a set of points. I remember about 5 years ago i used to take my kids to a train museum. Called travel towne. I recall looking in those old steam locomotives at all the knobs, valves and levers. Thinking to myself there probably is only a handfull of people that even know how to operate this in the united states. There were so many of them all different with different valves and levers. most rust shut or painted shut. Mostly just for looks. But again no skilled operators to even be able to get them going. How many more machines and items are there in the united states that we used to pioneer that know one knows how to operate. Probably a lot more than we all care to imagine.
Shooting black powder is an art. Seems as though each gun you have is different and likes a different method. There are not a lot of us who shoot black powder. I shoot black powder and so do my boys. We learned and have mastered the art of shooting black powder. Black powder will not be forgotten with this family. I am very happy to have learned how to shoot black powder and share shooting black powder with others. It is truely an art form of shooting. Some people still like to go to the range with 1000 rounds of ammo to blow off. I used to do that. However i find my self now taking it slow making every shot count. mastering the gun and doing the fine tuning and machining myself. Like is used to be. I feel its important to keep this tradition alive and learned. Hopefully we wont ever be looking in a glass case at a museum trying to explain to someone how black powder worked. Like those trains in the museum or the old chevy. they had a purpose in life. They did their job but too many people today take it for granet and do not respect the fact that. If it were not for those old machines of yesterday they would not have what they have today. So these are my reasons for shooting Black Powder.