Hello from Saratoga, NY

[jgs886]

Hello everyone, I am new to muzzleloading and very excited about it. I am an avid recreational shooter and fly fisher. I have tied my own flies for years now and have built several custom fly rods, so I am very much looking forward to building my first muzzleloader, a St. Louis Hawken rifle. I look forward to learning as I go and sharing some of my experiences here. Be well!

 

[rich pierce]

Welcome! There’s a muzzleloading club right in your area. Maybe check them out too.

 

[jgs886]

Thank you, Rich! I just looked them up and will be reaching out!

 

[thomas]

Welcome to the forum.
Thomas

 

[Doc Ivory]

Welcome to a great forum!

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[deermanok]

Welcome from Oklahoma.

 

[Cowboy]

Welcome to the forum my friend.

We’re glad to have you. Many members here with extensive knowledge and experience. They’d be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have?

Also looking forward to hearing more from you in the very near future. Please let us know how your St. Louis Hawken build turns out? Don’t be afraid to ask for advice or help along the way my friend.

Respectfully, Cowboy

 

[oldwood]

Welcome to the forum from Penn's colony. In 1970 got a simple set of drawings of a Hawken rifle from the Dixie Gun Works catalog. Ordered a .58 cal. Numric Arms barrel , Dixie perc. lock , triggers and a piece of walnut. Built the rifle and shot it in matches at a local club. A young school teacher took this gun with him to a city at the most southern end of Hudson Bay to fill a job opening. Wonder where the rifle is now?......oldschool

 

[Jay Templin]

Saratoga, eh? Welcome! I’m an old Greenfield Center boy, myself.
Jay

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[lonewolf5347]

Welcome
From Hancock n.y.

 

[bowtie30]

Welcome from Ballston Spa, just down the street from you.
Definitely check out The Old Saratoga Muzzle Loading Club. I'm sighting in a 36 caliber Shenandoah I recently purchased so I won't embarrass myself at the Winter shoots .

 

[dalmeida88]

Welcome from NH!

 

[fillwa]

Welcome to the forum from Hurley NY.
I built a TC Harken kit decades ago and still have it and shoot it.

 

[SDSmlf]

Welcome to the forum from North Carolina. Grew up in Western New York.

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[2 shots]

welcome from long island

 

[bpd303]

Welcome from the Ozark mountains.

 

[RB POWELL]

Welcome from East Texas.