Hello from the TX Hill Country

[bourquewildblue.net]

While my user name is CT Yankee and I grew up in Connecticut, I actually live in the Hill Country of central Texas. I have a hundred acres in the middle of nowhere and enjoy many different shooting sports.

After tracing my ancestors back as far as I could go in America (the very beginning, as it turns out) I have begun adding more historical items to my gun collection, to reflect the firearms they owned and used in their lifetimes. The earliest is John Alden of Plymouth, but most of them were part of the Great Migration (1629-35) and were the founders of the first Connecticut settlements: Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, and Fort Saybrook. They fought in the Pequot (4); King Philip’s (4); King William’s, George’s and the F&I (7); Revolutionary (11); and the Civil (3) Wars. I’ve already acquired a Springfield ’61 and a Kentucky flintlock and now I’ve set my time machine to the pre-Revolutionary/Early Colonial period. So I’ve joined this forum to learn more about the pre-flintlock firearms and will be seeking your members advice and counsel on these firearms, book selections, historical resources, and anything else I don’t know that I don’t know. I’ll be posting questions about a few books I want to order asap for my birthday on the 20th ”“ my first pre-flintlock acquisition will have to wait for Xmas, but given lead times, I need to start zeroing in on a 1st choice soon. Match? Wheel? Snaphaunce? So many ancestors, so many firearms, so little time! Of course, I’d like one of each, but which one first? (that’s rhetorical ”“ I know questions aren’t allowed here, but I will post my thoughts on the subject in the appropriate forum soon.)

Lookin’ forward to hearin’ from y’all.

 

[wayne terry]

Welcome TX

 

[Billnpatti]

"I know questions aren’t allowed here,"

Au Contraire, questions are very much allowed here. It is one way in which we share information with each other. So, fear not, ask away and someone will likely know the answer or, at least, have as good idea.

Another very good resource is the Texas Muzzleloasding Rifle Association. http://www.tmlrassociation.com/ Their headquarters are in Brady which is just a hop and skip down the road from you. You can find them online.

Let me also recommend the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association as an excellent resource and a good organization to join. http://www.nmlra.org/

Welcome to the forum! :hatsoff:

Bill

 

[bourquewildblue.net]

Thanks! Brady's just down the road. My vet and ffl are there, as well as my Walmart - only a 90 mile trip.

 

[BillinOregon]

Welcome CT. My great-grandparents were married in the early 1880s in Buffalo Gap, to the north of you. I like the Hill Country.

 

[Treestalker]

Welcome from Arkansas! I know the feeling, CT Yankee, my family tree encompasses over 30 nationalities! :shocked2: I too suffer from 'which gun' syndrome. :grin: I believe it is easier to merely try out each lock type in the evolution of firearms, as multiple nations used each type with variations. :wink: To really complicate things, look at the blades used in conjunction with each Nation's firearms through the ages! :thumbsup: Cheers, George B.

 

[Ken Cormier]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Heidi Ya'll! Trying to make you feel at home with a gang of Texans hanging out here. Great time period to be interested in. Everything from matchlocks to early flint...ask any questions that pop up. Even have a few yankees here who know lots! :wink:

 

[ny griz]

:hatsoff: Howdy and welcome,good ta have ya here :thumbsup: Griz

 

[KHickam]

Howdy :thumbsup:

 

[lapierre1]

Welcome from Magnolia. It ain't the hill country but it is still TEXAS.

 

[Preacher Jeremy]

Welcome to the Camp! :grin: