New old guy from Georgia

[1stvarifle]

Mark here. If I ever get back to a rendevous it's Frenchie. My muzzleloading life began at Numrich Arms in N.Y. it was our local gun store. I bought one of their .45 underhammers in 1970 and had no idea how to load it. Got a Zoave and 1851 navy while in the Coast Guard and only shot a couple of times in my four years in. After the militay it was time for college and being a poor starving callege student the guns where sold. :cursing:

Fast forward to 1987. I have a good job as an aircraft mechanic and miss the smell of black powder. Join the Manassas VA. Issac Walton League and Bull Run Muzzleloaders. Several of their members are in the 1st Virginia Regement of the Continental Line so I became a reenactor. :thumbsup:

They told me "Here but on these old clothes and take a week of vacation. Your coming camping with us." HuH? OK. They took me to the Eastern. What a way to get introduced to rendevous :grin:

I now live in Georgia and haven't been to a rendevous in 15 years and can find no RevWar reenactors in the are. I am joining the Giffin Gun
Club and they have the Griffin Longrifles so things are looking up and maybe there are more rendevous in my future.

Kind of long winded but I am really looking forward to getting back.

Mark

 

[ny griz]

:hatsoff: Howdy and welcome Mark,another old coastie here.Good luck on your Rondy search Griz

 

[SgtMaj65]

You're not an old guy on this forum at 62. Welcome! :hatsoff:

 

[Hairy Clipper]

Hello & Welcome to the forum.

 

[jdw276]

Welcome from marietta ga. Several Georgians on here and we do a lot with scouts up around Jasper ga. With bp. Look forward to talking and shootin. Welcome again.

 

[Capnball]

Mark here. If I ever get back to a rendevous it's Frenchie. My muzzleloading life began at Numrich Arms in N.Y. it was our local gun store. I bought one of their .45 underhammers in 1970 and had no idea how to load it. Got a Zoave and 1851 navy while in the Coast Guard and only shot a couple of times in my four years in. After the militay it was time for college and being a poor starving callege student the guns where sold. :cursing:

Fast forward to 1987. I have a good job as an aircraft mechanic and miss the smell of black powder. Join the Manassas VA. Issac Walton League and Bull Run Muzzleloaders. Several of their members are in the 1st Virginia Regement of the Continental Line so I became a reenactor.

They told me "Here but on these old clothes and take a week of vacation. Your coming camping with us." HuH? OK. They took me to the Eastern. What a way to get introduced to rendevous

I now live in Georgia and haven't been to a rendevous in 15 years and can find no RevWar reenactors in the are. I am joining the Giffin Gun
Club and they have the Griffin Longrifles so things are looking up and maybe there are more rendevous in my future.

Kind of long winded but I am really looking forward to getting back.

Mark

I'm 64 and still feel (and sometimes act) like a big stupid kid. You're only as old as you feel.

 

[UndeadPoet]

Welcome, and glad to have you, from North Carolina!

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine. Fellow Coastie 71-75.
Nit Wit

 

[Horse]

Welcome

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[thomas]

Welcome to the forum.
Thomas

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN