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    Information on period weapons...

    Hello, I'm back! I still haven't made up my mind what to do about this gun issue, BUT...the 34th Alafia River Rendezvous in Homeland Florida is coming up in a couple of weeks. A good friend reminded me that I should make a point of visiting there and see what I can see. Anyone from here going to...
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    Forgive me for being so long to reply. I have been mulling this all over...meantime my in-laws showed up three days early for the holidays. I don't want to say that this subject is on the back burner, but for the moment, it's merely simmering. I will be back shortly, to reread all this...
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    Information on period weapons...

    Laughing out loud BW! Now the horrible truth...I have given about -- that much thought to Mr. Polk's ancestry and his relationship with his brother. (smile) I didn't even know he had one. (wink) I just want him to have a weapon to protect himself and his wife and son and shoot the occasional...
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    Squire Robin, would a cattlemnan likely have one of these shotguns in the early 1850's?
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    Okay, is there any reason why we can't use this one? It says it was mfctd in 1819 and transformed to percussion in 1860. Putting it in the hands of the main character, would make the gun roughly thirty-five years old in the time frame of the story line. Is it possible to say that it was...
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    Hope this helps? Good Lord! I came to the right place I think. I'm a little pressed for time, so when I come back in the morning I am going to compress this information and choose a rifle only. Then, if you good gentlemen will, you can teach me all there is to know about it, if you don't mind...
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    Hank, thank you for the details on the different umm...well, you know what you said up there. (smile) Believe it or not, it did shed a lot of light on the whole thing. Tipis, I will check that out, thank you very much! Rebel...okay...if you HAD been living in this time period...(grin)...
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    I am in the process of constructing a novel based in Florida in the mid-eighteen hundreds--during the third and final uprising of the Seminole Indians under the leadership of Billy Bowlegs. Living in the area and being familiar with much of the history, the material is flowing very well...
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