Bruce in WV
32 Cal
Been around flintlocks since a small child. My Dad had a very large collection of original flintlocks, mostly from Western New England, where he had a plumbing supply route as a teenager out in the country during the Depression, visiting small farms. He'd inquire about any old guns they'd want to trade for plumbing stuff, and came home with some wonderful guns and some junk. By the time he grew up and had a family, there were still probably 50 of the best in a two-level rack in a spare bedroom. He sold them all off over the years to help put us kids through college.
Never had any myself until I had one built in his memory, a nice 54 that might have stood in the kitchen corner of a small farm in the Connecticut River Valley around the time of the F&I wars. A very distant relative carried a gun like that to Breeds Hill, where he died early in the fight, and his gun was picked up with all the others and dumped in the ocean by the British. I had a couple of period-correct horns made at the same time.
The reproduction is a nice shooter. I carry it for muzzleloader and mountaineer seasons here in WV. All that stuff will go to my son and grandson.
He wasn't into percussion, much, although there were a few conversion guns on the rack. That's what I'm learning about now, and look forward to what you folks talk about.
Never had any myself until I had one built in his memory, a nice 54 that might have stood in the kitchen corner of a small farm in the Connecticut River Valley around the time of the F&I wars. A very distant relative carried a gun like that to Breeds Hill, where he died early in the fight, and his gun was picked up with all the others and dumped in the ocean by the British. I had a couple of period-correct horns made at the same time.
The reproduction is a nice shooter. I carry it for muzzleloader and mountaineer seasons here in WV. All that stuff will go to my son and grandson.
He wasn't into percussion, much, although there were a few conversion guns on the rack. That's what I'm learning about now, and look forward to what you folks talk about.
