Hello everyone. Brand new to the forum, and for the most part, new to Black Powder as well. Just found your forum, read a few posts and liked what I read, so here I am.
A little over 30 years ago I had a friend that had a flintlock long rifle , and went with him to an outdoor shooting area where we had a blast shooting it. That was a very long time ago and things have changed quite a bit since then. Now that I finally retired I am looking to get into shooting and perhaps I can even get my wife involved. She is small in stature, never shot a gun, and we get along well, so I think it is safe to teach her to shoot.
To that end, I just purchased my first BP pistol, an 1858 Rem Steel Target 44 caliber model from Cabelas. It came in the mail yesterday and boy did it get me all excited, even the wife thinks its pretty cool, but she has not seen the flames and smoke come out of it yet.
I know my wife would enjoy herself shooting a long rifle, not too sure about the pistol, but we are going to find out once I get all my supplies. I'm thinking the rifle would be less intimidating as she is further from the flames and smoke.
So thats it from me. Glad to be here, and looking forward to the sport of BP shooting......
cheers for now,
mike
PS: Any and all advice appreciated....
A little over 30 years ago I had a friend that had a flintlock long rifle , and went with him to an outdoor shooting area where we had a blast shooting it. That was a very long time ago and things have changed quite a bit since then. Now that I finally retired I am looking to get into shooting and perhaps I can even get my wife involved. She is small in stature, never shot a gun, and we get along well, so I think it is safe to teach her to shoot.
To that end, I just purchased my first BP pistol, an 1858 Rem Steel Target 44 caliber model from Cabelas. It came in the mail yesterday and boy did it get me all excited, even the wife thinks its pretty cool, but she has not seen the flames and smoke come out of it yet.
I know my wife would enjoy herself shooting a long rifle, not too sure about the pistol, but we are going to find out once I get all my supplies. I'm thinking the rifle would be less intimidating as she is further from the flames and smoke.
So thats it from me. Glad to be here, and looking forward to the sport of BP shooting......
cheers for now,
mike
PS: Any and all advice appreciated....