expatriot..........Notice something about the m/l er adventure , there are two things afoot here. One is the raw m/l science , the other is American history. There's actually more to it than just that , but everything can be absorbed and used if taken in small bites. History......Ft. Cumberland , Md. , was the staging area for Armies , and Geo. Washington , who was instrumental in pressuring the French out of the Ohio River system , while the pacifist Quaker govt. of Pa. , sat on their hands trying to politically deal with three Indian tribes. Fort Necessity National Battlefield is just across the M.D. boundary , in Pa.. All these events were predicated on force of arms , m/l arms. Also , a great post 1800 hunter lived and wrote about his life in his diary......Meshack Browning , 44 Years A Hunter. His book is a rare glimpse , into frontier life , around Friendsville , MD. . I grew up west of there , in Pa.. , and when young , hunted and fished in the Md. , Pa. , border areas there.
The entire state of Pa. has been a center for m/l gun building , again , throughout our Country's history. Everyone heading west , and south carried a m/l gun, for food and protection
Oh well , I'm glad you are interested in the m/ling world , and hope you continue..........oldwood
