My first was a Christmas present in 1985, A TC hawkin .54 cal kit gun. Three years later I put it together. It's always shot well when I shoot it. The BP bug bit me about two months ago and all I've done is obsess about BP rifles. I've bought two more since that time. Now I have four of them. My .54, a .36 cal Seneca my wife had before she died, and a new .32 Crockett and new to me .50 Traditions LH hawkin. Lately just can't get the muzzle loaders out of my mind. Must be some kind of illness like alcoholism or something. I like it though.