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[musketman]

Here is something to think about... :hmm:

Now much money do you think you spend (per year) on your muzzleloading hobby?

This can include new guns, going to rendezvous, powder, ect...

Not wanting to know what you buy, just a rough estimate of the amount of cash flow that is allotted to fund your hobby...

 

[roundball]

:hmm:...not sure I want to get into posting dollar amounts but I'll say I spend quite a bit what with shooting most every weekend year round, then hunting, and picking up the occasional used rifle and refinishing it, etc.

But it's my only vice and I enjoy it a lot...plus, we're having our 38th next month so the Chief-of-Staff must be OK with it too!

:redthumb:

 

[The Kansan]

MM,

Interesting question! For me, it varies from year to year depending upon my activities; 10 years ago I spent a weekend demonstrating roundball casting techniques to the public. As a result I had about a 4 year supply of cast balls which cost me virtually nothing. 3 years ago a dear friend of mine from Indiana bought all (about 15 boxes!) of the local Walmart's left over swaged .530's which were marked down and then gave them to me since he shoots a .50.

I haven't bought a gun in a couple of years, but plan on going back to a Flinter before the end of the year.

Soooo... Figuring cost of gasoline, powder, tomahawk handles, time off from work to attend various events, entry fees, (which may be negated with profit from trade goods!) electricity to run the dehydrator for safely preparing authentic dried foodstuffs and various other odds & ends needed for trekking, public demonstrations and rendezvous... I'd guess somewhere between $150.00 and $800.00 per year. (I'd love to narrow it down, but I really can't!)

...The Kansan...

 

[Ridge]

Probably $1,000-$1,200 a year. It's been fairly cheap since I got "kitted"........the real cost was in the beginning.

 

[Gary]

Gun building seminars, motel, car rental, tools - excess of $1,500 a year exclusive of parts & books. I believe I singlehandedly keep the BP economy afloat. :no:

 

[musketman]

the real cost was in the beginning.

That is true, it is easier to re-supply that it is to gear up...

I'm not wanting exact amounts, just a rough ball-park figure in what you are willing to spend...

 

[robinghewitt]

I refuse to answer on the grounds of self-incrimination :blah:

 

[The Kansan]

I'm not wanting exact amounts, just a rough ball-park figure in what you are willing to spend...

Well now that's a whole different story! I'm willing to spend several tens of thousands of dollars, but since I can't see spending more than I paid for my house on my buckskinning, I try to keep things on the cheap side! ::

Actually my biggest expenditure is for gasoline to get me there... Nearly everything else I already own or can make pretty cheaply.

...The Kansan...

 

[soggy]

:hmm:I guess I'm like most of the rest of the fellows. Gasoline, powder, and caps would be my biggest expense. Everything else I try to make myself or barter for. I shoot at a regular monthly club shoot the year around, and travel to at least three weekend shoots through out the summer.That doesn't sound like much but I live about a 2 1/2 hrs. drive from the range, and gas ain't cheap up here (about $4.00 a gallon).I would estimate that I spend $ 1,200- $1,500 per year and don't regret any of it . :results:
Soggy

 

[biliff]

Careful boys, could be somebody's wife has hacked Musketman's password and is setting her husband up. The fifth amendment doesn't apply if you're married. :crackup:

 

[Gary]

There is a court recognized confidentiality privilege between spouses. But, that doesn't apply outside of the courtroom and in the home where it counts. Musketman may be in deep doo-doo now. :blah:

 

[jdixon]

Exact dollar amount - I can't say. My other hobby is fishing, and I can say one thing for certain, all forms of black powder hunting and shooting that I have engage in add up to only a only a fraction of what I have spent on fishing. However, dollar for dollar, I must say that the black powder hobby is a better deal. :thumbsup:

 

[musketman]

Careful boys, could be somebody's wife has hacked Musketman's password and is setting her husband up. The fifth amendment doesn't apply if you're married. :crackup:

What's going on here? ::

I didn't start this thread! :hmm: :crackup:

OK, just kidding...

My only cost now days is the powder and electricity to melt lead, everything else is self sufficient...

 

[Holley]

Besides the guns and powder, would that include the whole camp you purchase to stay in, or the tons of books and other research material I constantly obtain??? Now there is the first time purchase of the camp...or in my case could the be on going purchase of the camps..since I do 5 or so time periods. Now that gets expensive. Two full decked out tipis and then the wall tent, French bell tent and tarps. Lets' see, all the cooking gear....then we get into the bed, linens, buffalo robes, parfleches, beaded material and now we can get into all the Ladies outfits needed for the time periods and then the everyday stuff to the fancy diner and ball dance outfits...hats, gloves and....Oh, yea...the different clothing for weather for the different seasons of the year....

Lets see...what do I spend a year...couple of thousand or more for the food, camping and travel. Then we have hotel bills to get there...the traior, or should I say 8 trailors I have purchased, built, and then left two on the road side because they were dead. Left one in Rawlings, Wy parking lot....that was fun. STUFFED everything in the old E300 van and left enough room to drive, see out the windows and get to my purse. Got to get to the purse...all ladies need their purses. Gave away 4 of the trailers and still have two that I use.

Then there is the storage, excuse me, special rooms in the house for the books, clothing and hides. Cannot leave hides in the garage or the clothing....not in HOT HUMID FLORIDA!!!
And what about all the materials to make all the stuff you haul around?????

Thats' it...I done...so is my retirement paying for all this STUFF! :blah: :blah:

 

[flashpanner]

$30,000......Itemized as follows:

$7.00 Overdue liburary books on muzleloading, gunsmithing, special inter library transfers

$37.50 Fuel. to go "shopping" in nearby towns to "just look at" BP guns.

$25.00 For rendezvous entrance fees

$25.00 for catalogues from Dixie gun works, Track of the Wolf, Woodcraft tool supply, etc.

$28.57 Dinner out to "discuss" new interest in this hobby with the wife.

$32.00 For long stem roses and a card.

$187.32 for new dress. (for her, silly!)

$120.00 for psychological counseling. (family, friends and co-workers thought you were nuts!)

$450.00 round trip airline ticket for mother-in-law to visit you and your wife for a 2 week visit. (remember that "discussion" dinner earlier?)


$378.16 Dinner, flowers a new dress and a night at the opera with the wife. (she has to say yes now. You have given her everything she as asked for)


$942.23 She said yes! You finally got the gun kit!

$82.52 for extras (horn, powder, leather, etc.)

$671.25 Tools (chisels, screwdrivers, vice, workbench)

and finally...

$27013.45 for new truck. After all even though you own a SUV that is suppose to be used as a "Sport Utility Vehicle" with 4 wheel drive and be able to be rough with it, heaven forbid if those fancy tires ever get off the pavement, let alone see any dirt or worse yet MUD!

(maybe next year I can work on getting a second gun?)

 

[thomas]

Sounds like my house too!LOL

Thomas ::

 

[Holley]

Hey, thats how I ended up with my HOUSE, had to put my tipi poles somewhere! :results: :youcrazy: :youcrazy:

 

[oomcurt]

While I haven't been involved with this whole thing for a year...I have given some thought to what the figure might be..and a way to er...sort of finance it. Ebay! Not quite sure in what category I should place the wife though...lessee...antique..naw that won't work...hmmm...OW! Damm..that hurt...Sorry Dear.

 

[Tahquamenon]

I tend not to nit-pick the costs of the things I enjoy. If I did it might influence what I do to the point of me being less satisfied.

Annually for operations and maintenance about $500-1000 a year depending.

Not counting new rifles here and there and the like.

For Pete's sake, don't let my Director of Domestic Activities find that out.

 

[bob1961]

$30,000......Itemized as follows:

$7.00 Overdue liburary books on muzleloading, gunsmithing, special inter library transfers

$37.50 Fuel. to go "shopping" in nearby towns to "just look at" BP guns.

$25.00 For rendezvous entrance fees

$25.00 for catalogues from Dixie gun works, Track of the Wolf, Woodcraft tool supply, etc.

$28.57 Dinner out to "discuss" new interest in this hobby with the wife.

$32.00 For long stem roses and a card.

$187.32 for new dress. (for her, silly!)

$120.00 for psychological counseling. (family, friends and co-workers thought you were nuts!)

$450.00 round trip airline ticket for mother-in-law to visit you and your wife for a 2 week visit. (remember that "discussion" dinner earlier?)


$378.16 Dinner, flowers a new dress and a night at the opera with the wife. (she has to say yes now. You have given her everything she as asked for)


$942.23 She said yes! You finally got the gun kit!

$82.52 for extras (horn, powder, leather, etc.)

$671.25 Tools (chisels, screwdrivers, vice, workbench)

and finally...

$27013.45 for new truck. After all even though you own a SUV that is suppose to be used as a "Sport Utility Vehicle" with 4 wheel drive and be able to be rough with it, heaven forbid if those fancy tires ever get off the pavement, let alone see any dirt or worse yet MUD!

(maybe next year I can work on getting a second gun?)

being able to do all this and still stay married == priceless :crackup: ....oh this isn't the creidit card comercial :shocking: .............bob