Newbie from..."gulp"...Seattle area... :/

[Texican65]

Hello gents,

My name is Dow...I am 40, work for the railroad, and live about 30 miles southeast of Seattle, although I am NOT originally from this state. I was born and raised in Texas, but got out of the military up here and got a good job many moons ago...I have a home, a family...and now I'm stuck.

Either way....I'm just saying hello and hope to learn little bit about the couple blackpowder firearms I have. I only have 2....and my first one is a Pedersoli double barrel .72 caliber rifle that I bought 20+ years ago when I was in the Navy for $500...first gun I ever bought. The other is an older shotgun that I am unfamiliar with, but I will post some photos in the identification section shortly.

I'm also a volunteer at a railroad/coal mining museum, and I explore old towns and coal mines in my off time.

Glad to be here and thanks for having me,

Dow

 

[Texican65]

And.....I'm a BIG Jerry Reed fan.....as you can tell from my avatar photo. SON!

 

[Eutycus]

You don't mind if I refer to you as a Fellow Texan do you? Howdy and Welcome from South Texas!

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN

 

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome from Upstate NY. Jerry & Burt. Great movie (Gator).

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Hello and welcome from PA.

 

[Brazos John]

Another Howdy and Welcome from Texas!
There's a lot of good info available to you just for the asking.
But from you, we love gun, shooting, and scenery photos, and I bet you've got some beautiful areas way up there. Show us!
And any outdoor stories you have, too. Got Squatch?

 

[Dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona

 

[Whitworth]

When you're hot you're hot! Welcome aboard I was a conductor on the B&O/Chessie System/CSX many moons ago, even did a summer as a "Gandy Dancer", that's a trackman for those who don't know.

 

[Texican65]

Well Son! Much obliged for the warm welcome gen’min! I will always be a Texan…although I may not sound or look like much of one anymore…but when it comes down to it…I still think like one!

Probably the biggest and only mistake I’ve ever made in life was staying up here and not going back to Texas when I got out of the military. Oh well…this is where God intended for me to be I guess.

WA state has become very stringent on firearms lately. But I bought this old Richards blackpowder shotgun yesterday at a show and didn’t even have to give the man my name…I walked right out with it. He said that “WA state doesn’t consider it a real gun”. Score!!! Nobody but you all knows I gots it!

I’m trying to figure out about what time period it’s from…sometime in the 1800’s I would think.

 

[muley53]

Welcome from central Oregon!

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I grew up in Renton is the 60s.
The stench in more than we can bare. My 50th high school reunion was this year, and they didnt even have one. Everyone left, no one wants to come back.
Get the hint.

 

[Bullitdog]

Welcome from Renton, WA

 

[Bullitdog]

I grew up in Renton is the 60s.
The stench in more than we can bare. My 50th high school reunion was this year, and they didnt even have one. Everyone left, no one wants to come back.
Get the hint.

I don’t care much for Renton myself, but that’s where I’m stuck lol

 

[JeffG]

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

[Colonial Boy]

Welcome from New England.
I’m an old railway man myself, from the days of steam.
when steam went so did I and joined the Australian army.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Welcome from New England.
I’m an old railway man myself, from the days of steam.
when steam went so did I and joined the Australian army.

 

[Texican65]

Welcome from New England.
I’m an old railway man myself, from the days of steam.
when steam went so did I and joined the Australian army.

Thanks for the welcome buddy! Steam left the US I believe around ‘59 or ‘60…I think the N&W was the last major freight railroad to use it. So…you were Australian army in the 60’s..? Did you serve in Vietnam?

Dow

 

[BillinOregon]

Pull up a camp chair, friend. My sweetie's brother works for BNSF up there. Lived in Fircrest 1961-68.
I had one of those Kodiaks in .72 and miss it as it was just a dang hoot to shoot with a 730-grain "cotton spool" conical.

 

[toot]

Welcome.