That I failed to post an intro thread. Okay, I'm fixing that.
I live in Missouri on the west side of the state. Yeah, there, with the football team.
I got my start in black powder in 1970 with the acquisition of a poor boy smoothbore percussion in 45 caliber. I foolishly traded it off for a cheap copy of a Colt 1851 in 36. What a piece of junk that was. It went away sometime in the mid 70s.
I went a lot of years without a front loader concentrating on bow hunting and such. In around 1985 or so I bought a T/C Hawken flintlock kit in 50 cal. I took a few deer with it, but became frustrated with it and the flinching it caused. In the days before the internet, there was no one to help explain to me how to get the lock to fire reliably and quickly. I ended up giving it to a friend.
I replaced the Hawken with a Pennsylvania Hunter also in 50 cal. I've had much more success with it, including this year. I took an 8 point buck the first week of January in the snow. That rekindled my love of black powder that had laid dormant for a while. I was able to recover the flintlock Hawken I built years ago.
In searching for more information about it, I stumbled into here. Should have done it long ago.
I live in Missouri on the west side of the state. Yeah, there, with the football team.
I got my start in black powder in 1970 with the acquisition of a poor boy smoothbore percussion in 45 caliber. I foolishly traded it off for a cheap copy of a Colt 1851 in 36. What a piece of junk that was. It went away sometime in the mid 70s.
I went a lot of years without a front loader concentrating on bow hunting and such. In around 1985 or so I bought a T/C Hawken flintlock kit in 50 cal. I took a few deer with it, but became frustrated with it and the flinching it caused. In the days before the internet, there was no one to help explain to me how to get the lock to fire reliably and quickly. I ended up giving it to a friend.
I replaced the Hawken with a Pennsylvania Hunter also in 50 cal. I've had much more success with it, including this year. I took an 8 point buck the first week of January in the snow. That rekindled my love of black powder that had laid dormant for a while. I was able to recover the flintlock Hawken I built years ago.
In searching for more information about it, I stumbled into here. Should have done it long ago.
