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

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine
Nit Wit

 

[Ron Wilkerson]

Welcome to the forum from Kentucky!

 

[user 31232]

Welcome from southern Indiana!

 

[oldwood]

Welcome from Pa..

 

[MtHoot]

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

Welcome aboard

 

[LSLibelo]

Welcome from California.

 

[x_count]

Welcome from the coast of North Carolina!

 

[VA Hawken]

Welcome from Winchester, VA!

 

[Texican65]

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.

Thank you. I’m also with the BN…who is your sweetie’s brother?

That .72 is fun…but I’m all about practical these days, and I really don’t have much use for it. I’m sad to report that it doesn’t get much use.

 

[Texican65]

Here’s a photo of the Kodiak with the old shotgun I recently bought. Man…that Kodiak is 5 times heavier than the other…which is an attribute I really don’t care for. Looks like the same size bore….but one is smooth…and one is rifled.

 

[BackDraft]

Welcome from South-Central Indiana

 

[GregK]

Welcome from the Catskills

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Welcome from Alberta. If memory serves Reed and Glen Campbell played some mean guitar duets on Glens old tv show.

 

[64Springer]

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

Welcome.

If you're a Jerry Reed fan, you need to listen to the Primos version of the song Amos Moses.

 

[Colonial Boy]

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

Bit earlier than that, I should have said when steam was on the way out.
I served in Korea, when Vietnam was on I was in the part time army and declined the kind offer to go there!
By that time I was a civilian armourer in the Department of Defence working in a military workshop so was in support of the troops in Vietnam.

 

[Alexitt]

Welcome from Mukilteo, and there's worse places to be stuck... Although, Renton...

 

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome.

If you're a Jerry Reed fan, you need to listen to the Primos version of the song Amos Moses.

I admit to being a Primus fan. Les Claypool is a hell of a bass player. They are a bit twisted; but in a creative and fun way.

 

[Texican65]

Welcome.

If you're a Jerry Reed fan, you need to listen to the Primos version of the song Amos Moses.

I appreciate the shout out and welcome good buddy…but man…I can’t get on board with Primus…not my bag. I remember listening to their version of Amos Moses over 20 years ago and not being crazy about it….although I was pleased that they were interested enough in Jerry to cover it. We’re all different.

 

[Texican65]

Bit earlier than that, I should have said when steam was on the way out.
I served in Korea, when Vietnam was on I was in the part time army and declined the kind offer to go there!
By that time I was a civilian armourer in the Department of Defence working in a military workshop so was in support of the troops in Vietnam.

Oh man…I knew we had our Aussie and Kiwi brothers in Vietnam, but wasn’t aware you all were alongside us in Korea. Thanks for having the guts to go over there!

 

[Texican65]

Welcome from Alberta. If memory serves Reed and Glen Campbell played some mean guitar duets on Glens old tv show.

They sure did…along with banjo player Larry McNeely. Glen and Jerry were pretty good friends and went all over the place together…touring the world playing music. They were on the Tom Jones show several times and played all over Europe!