Flintlock dilema

[eat moose meat]

I just moved home to maine from pa. Now my problem is what im lugging to shoots and vous,a transitional long rifle in .54 cal.. I need a weapon more suited to my home in northern maine. Used to have a tulle i should have kept it. the problem is here in maine flintlocks are few and far between. Smoothbores are even harder to find. Im sure this area 200 years ago was littered with the french tulle,and northwest guns. There were hudson bay posts just over the border in Quebec. Growing up part Mic mac indian in the the french part of maine. I dont have any trouble with a persona just the gun. Anyone want to trade a tulle or northwest gun for a early transitional rifle? ::

 

Sounds like a deal for someone. Then there's always a GM tube & pre-carved from Track. There are some nice ones there at a reasonable price for US citizens - or - an Officer's fusee for less $500.00 from Loyalist or sporterize a 1728 .69 Musket from Mil/Heritage.
: It's a shame to get rid of the transitional rifle. Rifles are always nice to have if you're an accuracy bug. Slamming gong targets at the range against modern rifle shooters is always fun.

 

[eat moose meat]

I also have a custom J.P Beck 40.cal I got for my 30th birthday. Ill never part with it I feel that every man should have at least one custum gun in his life. It is also the minimum caliber for hunting deer here in Maine. It also quells my accuracy bug. I need a correct smoothie.The smoothbore was the most common firelock here in New England.Plus we are blessed with a healthy population of ruffed grouse here in maine. Used to throw potatoes at them when i was a kid during the harvest. They would sit on the rock fences in the morning to warm up in the sun. Every now and then I would connect with one,and voila meat and potatoes. Besides i have a friend who's wife shot a nice moose with a 20ga english fowler last year. 1 shot and the freezer was filled. Im green with envy.

 

[doverdog]

Hate to lose a good Pennsylvania BP shooter to the frosty North. As to having to change guns just because you moved, I wouldn't worry about it unless it was something you really wanted to do. I live in Western PA, which should be a hotbed of F&I War, Longhunter, Rev War stuff, but half the guys locally dress in the western fur trade era mode. A fine Penna. longrifle would not be out of place there as I'm sure people migrated north back then as well as to the West. That's one of the good things about this game. We can be whomever we want to be. I would have to agree that a .40 might be a wee bit light for a moose, however.

 

[eat moose meat]

The point behind shooting moose with a .40 is to make them mad enough to chase you. Then you tomahawk em! now that is sporting :blah:

 

[tg]

You might try posting your trade proposition at the site below, lots of activity there.






http://www.historicaltrekking.com/blanket.shtml

 

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

Also...

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[Donny]

Have you considered building a NW trade gun? Probally the simplest gun to build. Traded to the natives more or less in the white. :winking:

 

HA!= shooting moose with a .40 would almost be like shooting grizzley's with buckshot but he might not eat you.. The parks branch tried that with a problem griz in Banff. 2 shots in the ribs at 10feet failed to get past the ribs ona broadside double-tap. The third shot was a 1 1/4 ounce Fed slug that settled that centered the sternum of a standing, bloody mad bear. It broke the spine. Lucky parks branch warden. he said - "Well, they work on black bear" We found that up at the jail where I worked for 20 years, buckshot was poor on the garbage black bears. I preferred my rifles and used several different ones, including the .45 Colt M94 16". 300g.cast HP at 1,584 worked just fine, as did the 340gr. FN at 1,734fps. Double 0ught Buck was poor at further than about 15yds, I felt.
; Being the firearms instructor and Riot Squad commander had it's benefits. I got to test all sorts of stuff on problem bears, even my .45ACP, but that's a different story. One particularly bad fall, I had to shoot 7 of them, moslty at night around 10PM through 3AM usingthe big yard lights.

 

[eat moose meat]

I thought about building one. But at this point having the time is an issue. Moving into a new home etc. I am sure glad to be home in maine again. We have so much freedom here. Maybe this winter Ill have time but grouse season starts in oct.

 

[eat moose meat]

He might not eat you but i bet he'd stomp a mud hole in your rear end and walk it dry. I had a big cow moose almost come through the canoe once. My Idiot friend hit it with a paddle on the way by. Id have killed him but i needed him to paddle really fast. They are still my favorite critter. Just somthing i like about big homley animals.

 

My stepfather,who brought me up,was half Mic-Mac indian from Maine.Taught me never to kill anything that I was not going to eat.That was one reason I didn't go into the army.Don't hear much about Mic-Mac indians anymore.

 

[musketman]

Don't hear much about Mic-Mac indians anymore.

Try here... :winking:

Micmac History

 

[eat moose meat]

Where was your dad from? I was raised in ashland, maine.I spent 6 years in the army. Guess im not as picky about what i eat. Where im from you hear alot about Mik'maq (Tribal spelling.) Aroostook county maine is a small place i wonder is i know him?. It is a small world. My great grandmother on my grandmothers side was penobscot.