How old are ya?

[toot]

been shooting since 1954. still going strong.

 

[dwtrux]

I am 70 and began shooting flintlocks at 49 when I realized that Davey Crockett, the guy who inspired me in my youth to eventually get a flintlock, died at the Alamo at 49 years old. SO I figured I better get started!

 

[TarponStalker]

Just turned 63. I can’t believe I’m saying that. Old sure got here fast.
I talked my parents into buying a smooth bore 9mm (foreign?) percussion ML from a pawn shop when I was 12-14 yrs old. That was my first.
I still have it.

 

[Snapper Petta]

I'll be 70 next month (April, 2023). Began in 1976 with a CVA Kentucky flintlock kit. Took a long break due to life taking over and got back into things when I joined a living history unit 2007.

Until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[Johnny Turkett]

70, Been interested in muzzleloading and it’s history since the 1960’s!

 

[22 cal]

80. Been shooting black powder since 1972. First black powder rifle GRRW little Lehman in 45 Cal.

 

[Songwriter]

Barely 68. Started buying the Dixie Gun Works catalog at about 15. Bought my first BP gun in '82... Uberti '51 Navy Colt with German silver guard & grip frame marked "Allen Firearms, Santa Fe NM". Shot it a bunch at first, then occasionally thru the years.
Just coming back around to it with my recent acquisition of a Uberti Hawken marked "Allen Firearms, Santa Fe NM". Impatiently waiting for a cleaning rod to show up so I can shoot it.
I joined here so I could find a rifle. I found it, and a whole bunch of knowledge. Thanks!

 

[Packrat]

77, started BP in 69, shot cowboy black powder for 10 years, last 15 has been mostly flint but have a bunch of C & B Revolvers Civil War reenacting for 20 years, RDV for about 40 years
Good times all

 

[DiMarco_Mercantile]

22, been shooting muzzleloaders for about a year now. I’m hoping to get more people my age interested in the hobby.

 

[Henry Miles]

Dale Lilly is 91. Anybody older than him?

 

[longwalk]

69, been shooting bp off and on since the mid 70'S. Built my first flinter in 2013 and now i'm on number 4.

 

[Daytime Smoker]

45, I’ll be 46 in August. I’ve been in the woods since I was knee high to a grasshopper. I would take a BB gun with my dad and shoot at squirrels when he would go scouting for deer. Been shooting since I was eight or nine. Took my first deer at that age. Dad introduced me to muzzle loading in my early teens. I’ve been enamored with since. From side locks to in-lines. I like them all!

Anthony

 

[mpigott271]

63
Picked up a partial self-build about 10 years ago at an estate sale and finished it. I was hooked.

 

[Okie Hog]

84: Fired muzzleloaders for about 50 years altogether.

 

[nick_1]

60, been shooting since I was old enough to keep both ends of a single shot Remington 514 .22LR off the ground. Bought my first black powder single shot.44 smooth bore out of the back of field and stream magazine when I was about 12 years old..

 

[Newaygo77]

65, shooting black powder for about 40 years.

 

[Tenring]

58 and have been shooting BP for 38 of those.

 

[7of7]

The first muzzle loader I shot was the one my dad built. CVA Kentucky rifle. (45 cal) I watched him build it, although he didn’t put the sights on it that were in the kit, he put modern rifle sights on it..
I am now 60, which means the rifle is about 48 years old. I found a 54 cal Hawkins and bought it, then found a 1858 revolver at a pawn shop, that looked new.
I don’t know how old I was when I learned to shoot, I learned with an old 22 cal unmentionable, that rifle was used to teach all of us kids to shoot, as well as my son, and will be used to teach my grandson to shoot..
I really enjoy my BP ‘toys’

 

[jim mencken]

78 and shooting since 1968

 

[Jedidiah]

72 pushing 73, have had a ML for over 49 yrs!