i think i've found a gold mine......

[bob1961]

there's this gun shop i found in up state n.y. with some used or older muzzleloaders for sale on there used gun rack....i'm talking about 20 to 40 guns of various types....double barreled, muskets, long guns, pistols you name it....it's probably there....just need some money to go shopping now :: ....i'll let ya know whats there when i get back up there.............................bob

 

[Stumpkiller]

Have at 'em! 25 years ago there was a shop nearby where I could go and find rack upon rack of things like .33 Winchester 1886 lever actions, .405 Win 1895's, .32-40, .38-55, etc. Nobody wanted them. All shooters but in fairly good shape, brought in over the years by hunters 'moving up' to semi's and bolt-actions. He used to also consign fancy muzzleloaders built (or at least assembled) by a local gunsmith - I have no idea who, but they took my breath away (but then, I was young and easily impressed). Unfortunately, at the time I was looking for either T/C muzzleloaders or long range varmint guns. :cry: (Where is the boot-myself-in-the-backside graemlin?). I could be a millionare with the Cowbot Action crowd if I had scooped up a load of them. Heck, I'd love to own a few just to shoot occasionally. Arrrgh! Problem was, I didn't have two pennies to run together. Now I have two, but my wife monitors them both closely. :redface:

Interesting aside: One of the fellows that worked there went on to win an Olympic Gold Metal in Spain for Miliquet.

 

[bob1961]

i'll be headed up there this saturday with my cam....try to get some pics of some of them.....one of the muzzleloader long guns looks like it is a bigggggg cal....maybe .68 or .75 maybe?............................bob

 

[Randal Zartman]

What your headed north instead of to Kempton? I thought you might enter some of those fine guns you have built at Dixon's. Have fun finding your buried treasure and make sure you get the directions to the place, I am sure Stumpkiller will want them ::.
Zman

 

[Stumpkiller]

Hole-in-the-wall gunshops are as sweet as Wilbur Buds, eh Zman?

 

[bob1961]

Hole-in-the-wall gunshops are as sweet as Wilbur Buds, eh Zman?

ya gots that right....................bob

 

[Randal Zartman]

Wilbur Buds you say? Gotta wait till Christmas when my wife's cousin brings them around. Around here we like to sneak down the hall and save a Snickers bar from being ground up and put into other products. This gotta be the sweetest place to work(put time in) in Lancaster Co. :haha: And just think I even get to keep up on really important stuff posted at this forum :: Gotta run, another box just got full.
Zman