I can't believe it took me all this time to find this topic. I just love pics, and BP guns are at the top of my list of
things. However,
I'm almost embarrassed to post pics of my paltry collection of BP guns. So with your permission I'll muster up a few photos.
My 1st BP firearm was a lowly T/C Hawken... 1st rendevous I went to, I was rather rudely treated, quite in contrast to the treatment when I showed up for my 1st cowboy action match with my .45 Colt SAA, Riverside Arms side-by-side and a Winchester 94 in .30WCF!
But, that was back in 1985, and no one had told me different. And, then as in now, a great pard stepped up and loaned this newby a Marlin 1894 in .44-40 to shoot... but I digress
My 2nd BP firearm (Uberti copy of a J&S Hawken in the Sante Fe museum... .53 caliber) Never went to another rendevous, but did shoot, & WIN a couple of local matches with it:
And a pic of my using it in the long range side event @ EOT in 1986... while the 200 yard targets weren't particularily difficult to hit... that time as a tie breaker was a BUST!
My 2nd BP firearm, and the first I bought for SASS. Although I really wanted a Paterson, Gen'l Grant talked me into this ASM assembled 1851 using left over parts made the Colt 2nd Gen guns. All parts interchange with my 2nd Gen Colts except for the location of the pins on the front of the frame. And I used it in SASS matches for a few years... still gets limbered up on ocassion!
The 1st shotgun I used in CAS matches (predating SASS) was my 1919 Riverside Arms 12 guage, not particularly speedy as it's the predecessor to the Stevens 311, but a prior owner had carved a nice piece of wood for her! And for being so pretty, sometimes I still drag her along to a shoot, just to look good... since I can't shoot good!
The entire array of 1851s, two 2nd Gens (one near the beginning of production, one near the end, both in holsters), the ASM and a Signature Series that're used for back up duty.
My 1st rifle used in the original BP category in SASS (C&B only, no suppository handguns need apply, ah those were the days), it's the 1st Uberti 1873 chambered in .45 Colt sold by EMF.
My latest BP rifle, as yet unfired and the bookend of the above 1873... the LAST Henry chambered in .45 Colt sold by EMF!
My next Long Range Rifle was a little more competitive, a Shiloh Sharp's in .40-90BN, a long saved for gift from "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed" for my graduation gift from the Sheriff's Academy a decade before... worthy gifts like this have kept her in my good graces for the past 38 years.
As SASS eliminated the BP category in favor of those dreaded suppository handguns, I felt it necessary to update my equipment also... (actually, this was already in inventory, just found a new and pleasing use (note the decidedly ungainly pose and cavalier hold on the Stoeger).
And let's not forget the several years I used the Colt SAAs in mounted shoots, this pic from 1998 when I won the big shoot in TX.
Another shot from an early EOT... don't you just love it when you finish a stage and the spotters failed to see your misses!
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