Howdy from Nebraska

[bear3855]

Howdy folks, I've been "lurking" here for quite a while but over the weekend I got myself my first muzzleloading rifle, a very nice looking Hatfield .45 cal. and I figured it was time to join ya proper. Though it's my first rifle, I've been shooting cap and ball revolvers for a while and I grew up going to the Red, White, and Blue in Cairo every year so I'm not quite new to the hobby. No doubt I've got plenty to learn though, so bear with me if I seem like it sometimes.

Maybe not the best picture of her but it's the one I've got. Haven't shot it just yet, seems to have a musket nipple or something on there that the caps I have on hand won't quite fit, so I'm waiting for some musket caps to show up. Looking forward to it.

 

[Dark Wolf]

Welcome from SW Missouri!

DW

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Howdy folks, I've been "lurking" here for quite a while but over the weekend I got myself my first muzzleloading rifle, a very nice looking Hatfield .45 cal. and I figured it was time to join ya proper. Though it's my first rifle, I've been shooting cap and ball revolvers for a while and I grew up going to the Red, White, and Blue in Cairo every year so I'm not quite new to the hobby. No doubt I've got plenty to learn though, so bear with me if I seem like it sometimes.

Maybe not the best picture of her but it's the one I've got. Haven't shot it just yet, seems to have a musket nipple or something on there that the caps I have on hand won't quite fit, so I'm waiting for some musket caps to show up. Looking forward to it.

Welcome from Omaha NE. Been to Cairo, good bunch guys and gals.
Larry

 

[bear3855]

Welcome from Omaha NE. Been to Cairo, good bunch guys and gals.
Larry

It was always a great time. I got up there for an afternoon this year after not going for a while (my dad got out of it for the most part when I was still pretty young and I've only been there a few times since) and while I feel like there was less people than I remember there being, they still know how to have a good time, that's for sure. Lots of great memories from that place, and a lot of great people. Now that I've got a tent and a rifle, I'm hoping to go for the long haul next year.

And a hearty "Go Big Red" from central NE back at ya.

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[William Lincoln]

welcome from chilly Florida!

 

[Davey Boy]

Welcome to the forum from Florida!

 

[deermanok]

Welcome from Oklahoma.

 

[zerosprk]

Hi and welcome from northern New Mexico!

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine
Nit Wit

 

[jlatz]

Good luck with the rifle. Welcome from Kansas.

 

[PA16th]

Howdy folks, I've been "lurking" here for quite a while but over the weekend I got myself my first muzzleloading rifle, a very nice looking Hatfield .45 cal. and I figured it was time to join ya proper. Though it's my first rifle, I've been shooting cap and ball revolvers for a while and I grew up going to the Red, White, and Blue in Cairo every year so I'm not quite new to the hobby. No doubt I've got plenty to learn though, so bear with me if I seem like it sometimes.

Maybe not the best picture of her but it's the one I've got. Haven't shot it just yet, seems to have a musket nipple or something on there that the caps I have on hand won't quite fit, so I'm waiting for some musket caps to show up. Looking forward to it.

Welcome

 

[tomm9903]

Welcome from central Nebraska to you, where about are you located? I am a retired gunsmith over by Gothenburg.

 

[bear3855]

Welcome from central Nebraska to you, where about are you located? I am a retired gunsmith over by Gothenburg.

Glad to see there's a few of us Huskers here! I'm quite a ways from Gothenburg, more near Aurora. I've been through there a time or two though. Nice town I thought, at least from a glance.

 

[tomm9903]

We call it gossipburg but it’s ok, I don’t live in town about 2 miles east. Your over around York aren’t you?

 

[bear3855]

Well if I could come up with a similarly snappy name for Aurora it would apply here too haha. Must be something about that ~4,000 population mark...

York is about twenty minutes away but I don't find myself going east very often. I've been there a few times.

 

[Dark Wolf]

Welcome from central Nebraska to you, where about are you located? I am a retired gunsmith over by Gothenburg.

I am often blown away by just how small the world is. I lived in Gothenburg for a short while.

DW

 

[UndeadPoet]

Nice rifle! Welcome, from North Carolina!

‘Poet

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Welcome from Alberta.