Started at 14 with a CVA Hawkins was hooked ever since. Spent years as a living history golden age of piracy reenactor, exposing me to muzzleloaders on steroids....cannons. I have done some Rev. War reenacting. Neither of them afforded me the opportunity to fire projectiles but burned a butt load of powder none the less. Do to recent family tree developments, I've recently learned I'm a descendant of Elisha Wallen/Walling one of the original Longhunters renewing my interest in the longhunter and fur trade eras. Oh yeah and actually shooting projectiles from my guns