A very special Welcome home Powder Puff from Richmond, Virginia. Glad to see another Lady join the forum! We don't get enough of you Ladies and am always glad to see more.
I bought my first cap lock ML rifle in Jan 1972 while home on Boot Camp leave. I was able to hold out against "flinch locks" for a few years before I began that route. I began building NM and IPSC guns in Nov 1973, so I also have a long history in those areas as well.
Just be careful we don't also infect you with shooting flintlocks. Grin.
Gus