New here

[dlemaster]

My name is Dave
I have been shooting black powder for 40 years and making muzzle loaders for 38 years.
I served a four year apprenticeship in a traditional American gun shop in the mid seventies to learn to make traditional rifles using tools and methods used in the 18th century.
My interests are collecting, hunting, and shooting antique firearms as well as the history of the frontier period 1750s thru 1810 of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky.

Regards, Dave

 

[jaybeach]

Welcome Dave - Thanks for signing in, but you don't have enough experience :crackup:
No - really - glad to have you aboard. Sounds like you have a LOT of wisdom and experience to share with this forum!

IM jaybe :thumbsup:

 

[Mtn-Man2u]

dvlmstr : Welcome To The Camp ! !

Dave, glad you found us. Do you have any pictures
you can share with us, the rifles you have made.
You have found a great place to hang out. Alot
of information here. Alot of folks here to help
you or you can help us. Again, Welcome
to the Forum. Mtn-Man2u

 

[jim gray]

Glad to have you aboard. I think you'll like it here.

 

[shmrck1]

Dave,
welcome to the forum glad to have you on
board. quite a few buckeyes here, some from Franklin
county including myself. your name sounds very familiar :hmm:
what part of the county are you from????
again welcome and stay active
I am snake-eyes eace: :thumbsup:

 

[dlemaster]

snake-eyes
I have lived in Grove City or there abouts since '65.
Served my apprenticeship at the Ohio Village Gun Shop, at the Ohio Historical Society, when the village first opened up. I learned to hand forge barrels, bore, and rifle them there as well as cast my own
brass furniture.
I'm still pretty much computer illiterate, but I'm going to try and learn to post pictures.
The only rifles I have made that still have are a copy of the Andreas Albrecht rifle in .60 cal. and I'm finishing up an Edward Marshall rifle .58 cal. for my oldest son. I will
Make a copy of an original Peter Gonter rifle I own for my youngest son. My current project is an early English Trade Gun similar to the "O'Conner Gun" illustrated in Hamilton's "Colonial Frontier Guns" with a 48" 20 gauge Getz barrel.
Thanks for the welcome! Glad to have found you.

Regards, Dave

 

[Huntinfool]

Welcome Neighbor,

You've found the best ML forum on the net bar none.

Chuck
TMA Prez.

 

[Gary]

Hand forged barrels, Dave? You da man! :thumbsup: