Hello from Illinois

[Lobster John]

I found this site yesterday. I have been building and shooting muzzleloaders for 28 years. A long time ago some friends dragged me to Friendship, where they said there were no women and children. I found that to be untrue. On the second trip, my wife and 3 kids picked me up to go home. They took one look around and said: "You can't ever come here again. By yourself." That led to 15 or 20 years of family vacations in the primitive area. My camp name Lobster John comes from the lobster boil that I threw the day after my daughter graduated from college. She got her diploma, put on her skins and went to camp.

I'm building my sixth muzzleloader. I just finished a Tulle .62 caliber smoothbore. I'm working on an Early Virginia. I also have a coal forge in my barn where I build knives 'n stuff.

Happy Holidays to All.
LJ

 

Welcome LJ. Nice to have another Illinoisan visiting. What part of Illinois are you from? I live in Winchester about 50 miles west of Springfield.

Red Bentley

 

[shmrck1]

LobsterJohn,
welcome to the forum glad to have you with us.
lots of friendly people and loads of information here :imo:
hope you will join in and contribute whenever you can.
again welcome and stay active
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I am snake-eyes :thumbsup: eace:

 

[Maynerd62411]

Welcome, Lobster John.
Always good to see another Illinoian on the forum. :thumbsup:
I'm just West of Effingham, myself. If we keep it up, at this rate, we'll outnumber the Pennsylvanians. :crackup:

 

[vradin]

Hi Lobster John,

Welcome to the fire, pull up a log in the Illinois section - I'm just north of Chicago in Evanston.

vic

 

Welcome Lobster John

Good to have you with the group.

Can you send up a pizza, 2 hot dogs with everything and 2 beefs with sweet and hot? ha! I miss that food very much since we left the Chicago area.

 

[Lobster John]

I live in Morris, which is on I-80 14 miles west of I-55.

 

[dosbow56]

hey john,
i just got hooked-up here myself, i'm just east of you in manhattan. i get over to morris every once in a while. would enjoy seeing your set-up sometime. we get over to "stock up" at BigR every so often.....LOL
dave
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[Walker357]

Again, welcome. Bet Daley didn't know there were so many good rifles in Illinois.

 

[Lobster John]

Walker: L'il Richie would take anything he could from us. Personally, I don't have any rifles to speak of.
Lobster John

 

Lobster John

We used to fish the river near Starved Rock. Pretty area down there.