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I will be 76 in a few months and time, combined with "Youthful Excess" have taken their toll. I began shooting traditional muzzleloaders late, in my early to mid-60s. Those smoke belching, sulfur smelling firearms completely dominated my interest for the last 10 years or so. Yes, I stay in...

Please excuse the extra "e" that found its way into Nebraska, transforming it to Nebreaska. I'll proof better next time.

Here are a few photos to give a feel for the rifle collection and museum.

Here are a few more photos. The quarters are tight in the main gun room so I couldn't get back far enough to capture the rifles for their full length, so I did it piecemeal from butt stock to barrel. A Dimick and a Beavais rifle, both given to Indians:

I took the advice of some good people on this forum and drove across the High Plains, north to the Western-most tip of Nebraska. The trip from Golden, Colorado goes across the High Plains, and our route took us through the Pawnee National Grasslands. It is mostly broad open spaces with trees...

A few months ago, I shot in a competition class that permitted us old guys to shoot sitting, if necessary, and to use peep sights as well as open sights. The sitting is necessary for me, but I chose to use a percussion rifle with a Redfield Olympia peep sight setup. Although it was permissible...

Just for fun: A few Gemmer and several Hawken rifles at the Cody Museum in Wyoming. Match the number on the upper right corner of the cards to the numbers below each rifle.

Welcome from Golden, Colorado! Formerly from Virginia before 1985. I also collect WWII firearms as well as WWI and before.

Those are fine looking rifles! You mentioned the small sights on the Kibler. I cannot shoot well with small sights. I have a Schimmel barn flintlock rifle with a 42 inch barrel that has whopping big sights and I can shoot that rifle accurately.

Like I said, it doesn't trouble me at all about what you do. I don't know if there even is a risk of blowing in the barrel. I don't see it as much of an issue. I don't judge your approach one way or the other. I just choose to do it differently. We all choose the level of risk we are willing to...

You are correct in stating the obvious. The rules were written to reduce risk of injury or death. It is taken for granted that some rules will be violated in order to actually use the firearm. The rules were not drafted to stop people from shooting. Of course, if I don't do the first action...

There are some people (politicians) that blow enough hot air to fill at least a 75 mm Howitzer.o_O There are some O-1's that might take a similar approach.

I do. Even if I have to bend the rules, I approach the firearm as if it was loaded, then do what I have do with caution. Never did that. Never did that. I've done that many times with modern firearms - very carefully, and only in my basement with the concrete foundation as a wall. I stopped...

I don't have any data about disastrous results of blowing down the barrel. I don't know when and where the issue became controversial. I don't care what people do individually. For me, it is very simple. I do follow the same safety rules when I shoot muzzle loaders as when I shoot more modern...

I have many more muzzleloaders than need or I can shoot on a regular basis (actually, I need all of them because I want them). I cycle through four: An early Lancaster style flintlock; a "Hawken" style rifle made by a local some years ago. It came with a Redfield, Olympic, peep sight; a half...

This was my first Colorado State Muzzleloading Shoot. In fact, this was the first muzzleloading "competition" I have ever entered. The whole event was a terrific experience. It's not common to get such a fine, helpful, generous group of people together. I felt very comfortable with the people...

What planes? I don't see any planes: 😁

After 1969, I didn't touch a firearm until the mid-1980s. A friend convinced me to go to an outdoor range with him. Punching holes in paper was fun! That experience triggered my interest in guns again.

The cat was a volunteer guard for my collection of fire arms. I am afraid that he is no longer with us, having passed away some time ago.His name was Rusty, short for Rusty Bore.

That looks really exciting! The few hours that we spent together at the range was an invaluable experience. Even more than wishing you a successful hunt hunt, I wish you a really good fulfilling time with your son.