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Im always curious about the average age here.

  • 0 to 30

    Votes: 25 4.2%
  • 30 to 50

    Votes: 80 13.4%
  • 50 to 60

    Votes: 104 17.4%
  • 60 to 70

    Votes: 188 31.5%
  • 70+

    Votes: 200 33.5%

  • Total voters
    597
I bet the average age here is north of 60.




For fun:

How many of those years have you been shooting muzzleloaders?
I'm 65 and started shooting muzzleloaders @ 14 with a Remington Navy revolver reproduction.
3 of my 4 kids started shooting front stuffers @ 6yrs old. 2 of them were the Georgia State youth champions trading 1st and 2nd place back and forth for several years running.
 
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I wish I hadn't thrown away those older Dixie catalogs. There was some really interesting things in them!
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I am a tender 91 next month. Just finished two knives, bought three more BP rifles. Working on badly adjusted set triggers on another. Scheduled to preach, March 12th, at the church we attend. Still driving without incident [600 mile trip recently]. I am enjoying life a lot. Always have some projects in the mill guys, it keeps you young. Dale 🦨 [Polecat]
You are a true inspiration Dale and glad to hear you're preaching The Gospel..
 
57. Started shooting BP in 1990 when I started Civil War reenacting. I've been in and out of the bp life for various periods sibce but mostly back in now, hopefully for good!
 
72 years old. Started shooting 22s at 9 years old. I was on the 4-H shooting team for a few years. Joined the Army in 1970 and qualified with the M-16, M-60 out of a helicopter and got to shoot an M79 and a 105 howitzer. After Vietnam, I didn't shoot guns for a while. It wasn't until about 1983 that I got serious about hunting and fishing again. Bought a CVA Hawken but I couldn't get it to shoot right. Sold it and bought a TC Hawken kit in 45 cal. I got good with the TC and liked it. Had to sell it and a few others down the road to finance a Shiloh Sharps. After that I bought a bunch of different rifles. Most are cartridge replicas along with 2 more Shilohs and a bunch of Ubertis. The last few years the addiction came back and I now have several percussion and flintlocks. My favorite is the Kibler SMR I built. Nuff said.
 
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