New here and to muzzle loading guns

[matt48]

Hi All!

Few words of introduction: The name is Matt. I live close to Munich, Bavaria (Germany) and yes, only a few weeks till Oktoberfest.

New to this forum and to muzzle loading as well. It is all a bit different/difficult here in Germany. You can buy a muzzle loading firearm but not black powder. For that you need a mandatory safety course (probably not a bad idea) and a state license (I'm working on that).

I own only one gun so far, a Pedersoli An XIII pistol [1] as I am very interested in history, esp. the Napoleonic Wars.

Another big interest of mine is classic cars and I like to get my fingers dirty working on them. I own a 1979 Land Rover 109 Series III.

What else? I spend twenty years in the German armed forces (Luftwaffe) and a glorious year in San Antonio (Remember the Alamo!) with USAF in the early nineties.

Hope to learn a lot here.

Matt


[1] Muzzle Loading Pistols model An XIII Pistol

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[TFoley]

Welcome!!!! We live in East Anglia, and the two sons of our late dear friend were also in the Luftwaffe - one a pilot and the other a 'wizzo'. We lived in Berlin for three years, and Rheindahlen for four, and our son and daughter were born there. He died, but she didn't.

In those days. living in Berlin made BP shooting very difficult, given the status of the city, so we either had to go Braunschweig to shoot, or know somebody with legal access to BP for commercial or investigatory reasons. I did. And counted myself very lucky!

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine
Nit Wit

 

[Songwriter]

Willkommen from Texas!

 

[VA Hawken]

Welcome from Winchester, VA!

 

[user 31232]

Welcome Matt from southern Indiana

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Hello and welccome from Pennsylvania, USA.

 

[TobJohn]

Welcome from Virginia, USA! My favorite muzzleloading firearms were made in Bavaria, in the 16th and 17th century.

 

[x_count]

Welcome from the coast of North Carolina!

 

[matt48]

Thank you all very much for the friendly welcome!

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[Jasonb1911]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[Whitworth]

Welcome aboard from Maryland. Your country is beautiful, I like your beer, wursts and cars. Can you buy black powder substitutes without a license? How about caps?

 

[JC Mendyka]

Welcome from Western MD

 

[Ponderosaman]

Welcome from AZ.

 

[leadhoarder]

Are you allowed black powder substitutes so you can shoot the pistol?

I spent a few weeks in that part of Germany for work. That is a beautiful area of the world.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome from New York State, USA.

 

[Dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona