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The Darksider's Den / Re: Which rifle for BP?
« Last post by Mako on Yesterday at 11:43:17 PM »All y'all,,, and chemicals... although plastic bags can be right handy when it's rainin'!
- I don't know...I'll bet several of us are older and have been shooting BP longer than you have. There are some pretty old codgers on this forum...
- The first handgun I ever fired was an original 1860 manufactured in 1861 (family gun). I have fond memories of that. I had just finished the 2nd grade, we cast balls for it in the back yard over a "camp fire", used a can of who knows how old Dupont FFFg powder (i still have the can and some of the powder) only the caps were new. The old caps we had wouldn't fire, we had to go to the hardware store to get some new caps.
- I was hunting with a '73 in 44 WCF manufactured in 1886 (family gun) when I was 17 (I remember because I killed deer with it that year). The second handgun I ever fired is a SAA in .45 Colt manufactured in 1896 (I was 10).
- I still have all of those guns along with four family model 94s (Pre-war 20" saddle Ring carbines made in the '20s except for mine which made in the '50s) stamped 30 WCF (mine is the only one that is marked .30-30)
- I only shot vintage and antique guns until I was in college. I only shot a pump shotgun or automatic a few times on the ranch (ranch guns, not mine), I have the original 30" double barreled cheap Belgian shotgun every hardware store sold that belonged to my great grandfather, and I shot that until I was 18 and bought myself a Rem 870. I'm not boasting but, when were your revolvers and rifle manufactured and when did you start shooting them? Who are you call'n a Newbie?
Just phun'n you...
~Mako