Bucket List Item Check Off

[wganz]

Am retiring on 01 August(that way the health insurance stays for the entire month) after too many years and there are some things I want to do.
A Big One is finally getting to go by Dixie Gun Works in Union City, TN. Been trying to get there since I was 16 and am 66 now. Yeah, like a kid going to finally go see Santa.

Here is my prioritized shopping list:

1. Pedersoli Indian Trade Musket
2. Parker Hale Volunteer Rifle
3. 1851 Yank Snubnose

What else that is 'IN STOCK' there should I consider?

 

[Urban Coyote]

Congratulation for your retirement, awesome, it's a great place to be. I've been at it for a while and it allowes me to shoot a couple days a week (mostly blackpowder), do a bit of fishing and take my time hunting in the Fall.

Wishing you a grand retirement, now get out there and be somebody, get that bucket list filled.

 

[sheriff john]

Keep adding to the list ...50 years ago or so on my first trip to DGW, they had a selection of cannon and mortar barrels at reasonable prices. Still regretting not buying one, sticking it in the car trunk, and driving home. Racks of antique guns of all persuasions, etc. and the man who waited on us was Turner Kirkland himself. Have fun.

 

[Sean E Bug]

a 32 or 36 cal Kentucky rifle kit. good winter project and fun to shoot.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I was there in 1971 and have always wanted to go back. They had boxes of parts you could buy by the pound,as well as many fine rifles . I left with a swivel breech 45 caliber which I still have.

 

[wganz]

Back.

Will post pix sometime later today once I decompress from the trip.

 

[D.Summers]

That looks like a dangerous place to visit! I'd just bring a set amount of cash, no credit cards!!

 

[VA Hawken]

Wow.. What a place to visit..

 

[Timber Wolf]

Back.

Will post pix sometime later today once I decompress from the trip.View attachment 155962

So, what did you buy?

 

[Brazos John]

I'll take numbers 3, 7, 11, and 23.

I noticed that a trapdoor carbine that was too short for the rack had a dowel in the barrel, to make up the length. Good idea!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Wow…what a Wall of Freedom!!!

 

[smo]

It’s a great day trip for sure!

They got pistols too!

 

[Fly Navy]

^ WOW!!

 

[wganz]

So, what did you buy?

Parker Hale Volunteer Rifle.

Talked myself out of the Trade Gun since there are few matches at the local BP club for that style. Ended up twisting my arm to get a Pedersoli .32 flintlock due to stocking issues.

 

[hanshi]

Back.

Will post pix sometime later today once I decompress from the trip.View attachment 155962

Number one in my bucket list is for this photo to be of my den.

 

[hanshi]

It’s a great day trip for sure!

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They got pistols too!

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[TDM]

DGW is a magical place. Haven't been in a couple of years, but have been there several times to handle, pick and choose what I wanted to buy. Great people there. It's a 1,000 mile round trip for me and worth it then. With today's gas price, maybe not so much.

 

[wganz]

DGW is a magical place. Haven't been in a couple of years, but have been there several times to handle, pick and choose what I wanted to buy. Great people there. It's a 1,000 mile round trip for me and worth it then. With today's gas price, maybe not so much.

Absolutely! And when I was there, set 3 catalogs to the side and asked the lady if the owner was there. Since they were, got them to autograph their pix on page 19. They were pleasantly surprised that I had asked. Got one for my son, cousin, and myself. Going to get another one on the next trip since mine is put up for the grandkids to have one day.

 

[gunnyr]

Oh ; be still my heart,
gunny

 

[wganz]