Shooting original Longrifles

[Rock Island]

Some of us got dial up, and that makes posting pics a pain all of the time. No cell phone, makes it too easy for people to find me and waste my time when I am trying to get to my range. I wish I had a nice shootable original flinter, I have modern rifles as early as 1862 that I shoot, but nothing as nice as the rifle this thread is about. There is no substitute for the original, there is nothing like being able to hold and shoot a real piece of history no matter what it's age.

 

[rabjr]

Exactly but your never going to get through his head. People have been helping others post pics on this site for years, I've even done it before. It's no big deal.

 

I'd be glad to send some pics, to someone who can post them, ..

With all due respect, anyone who can load and shoot a muzzleloader should be able to post some friggin photos. Get a FREE photobucket.com account, upload the photos, then post a link to them. That's all there is to it.

Some of the older crowd just don't grasp all this space age stuff like a lot of us do and can barely use the key board.

That's a little condescending and insulting to the "older crowd", don't you think? I give everyone more credit than that. I think they just haven't tried it.

Photobucket is less complicated than setting up an email account, which I'm sure everyone on here has.

Some people just don't want to do that, so leave him a lone.

Some people like to do things for themselves too, but they'll never learn if people keep doing it for them, instead of teaching them how.

Whatever. :shake:

 

Some of us got dial up, and that makes posting pics a pain all of the time.

Agreed, but it takes just as long to attach and send a photo to someone as it does to upload it yourself.

Uploading to Photobucket is no more work (or time) than sending it to someone and having them post it for you. The difference is, you don't have to relay on someone else all the time.

 

[rabjr]

I'd be glad to send some pics, to someone who can post them, ..

With all due respect, anyone who can load and shoot a muzzleloader should be able to post some friggin photos. Get a FREE photobucket.com account, upload the photos, then post a link to them. That's all there is to it.

Some of the older crowd just don't grasp all this space age stuff like a lot of us do and can barely use the key board.

That's a little condescending and insulting to the "older crowd", don't you think? I give everyone more credit than that. I think they just haven't tried it.

Photobucket is less complicated than setting up an email account, which I'm sure everyone on here has.

Some people just don't want to do that, so leave him a lone.

Some people like to do things for themselves too, but they'll never learn if people keep doing it for them, instead of teaching them how.

Whatever. :shake:

I don't remember him asking you to teach how.

 

I don't remember him asking you to teach how.

Nor did I offer. :wink:

 

[tg]

"With all due respect,"

rather strange opening for a very disrespectfull and holier than thou post I would think.

 

[Zonie]

Some of our members need to stop bickering or go to their rooms.
They have turned an interesting post into a squabble that severely detracts from the theme of the original topic.

 

[rabjr]

Some of our members need to stop bickering or go to their rooms.
They have turned an interesting post into a squabble that severely detracts from the theme of the original topic.

I already, he needs to have the last word in anyway. :v

 

[tg]

Was my observation incorrect Zonie? if so I appologize with all due respect.

 

[Robby]

Swampy, I guess you might say I'm a little geriatricly challenged, but I didn't think you were being disrespectful. In fact, I enjoy a little toe to toe hereabouts once and a while. My problem isn't that I don't like to learn new things, because I do. I'm just of a school that likes to have it in my hands, like a blueprint, heck, I could read the paper every morning on the tube, but I like having at hand, probably so I can ball it up and throw it where it belongs after being overwhelmed with the tripe it mostly now contains, plus, there is no glossary for the terms used when trying to learn something on this thing, not that I could find. I made up my mind to figure out how to post pictures using "photobucket", In hind sight, it really was very easy, but the process itself can be a little frustrating for people of my ilk. I think its great that many of the folks on here are willing to help a guy out with their technical aversions, but at the same time, I would encourage anyone having difficulty with the process to give it a try, dog it out, you can do it, I did. Come on Pinyone, young guy like you should be able to figure it out!
Robby

 

[Steve Boyleston]

Hey Carl- I is one of the PC folks that types with one finger, some of the guys wanted to see the Shreckengost I have and the Peter Smith. I will send you photos email if you care tpo post them. Its a sight to see. I also have found out any grade school kid is 10 times better than I are at the Computer. Thw Worlds Greatest Pinyone now of all time!

 

[Steve Boyleston]

Hey Papa- ole Jim was a good friend, Mary used to make us goodies to munch on while we drueled over the rifles. She would sit and knit - I bet she was thinking ya'll have got it bad. I lived 19 miles from his front door. One time back in 1988 we went to KRA and had a blast with ole John Hudson, with his Samuel Farries Rifle. We has some fun with a bunch of Ohio Boys. After the Show ole Tilton said by God we ain't going back to Florida- Hell we going out to Cecils, Cecil Brooks- freind of Tiltons for 50 years. We stayed with Cecil and saw some fine rifles there as well. This was great Cecil had to go off the next day so Tilton said I am going to do him a favor and Clean his shop up, when Cecil got home, ole Tilton said Cecil I have a surprize for you, Cecil said what? Tilton proud as he could be said I cleaned your Shop up and put everything away- old Cecil just about fell in the floor- he said tilton it will atke me 40 years to find all of my stuff- Tilton said- well by God Cecil you can do it yourself next time and laughed. It was a good time for all. The great Pinyone

 

Hey Carl- I is one of the PC folks that types with one finger, some of the guys wanted to see the Shreckengost I have and the Peter Smith. I will send you photos email if you care tpo post them.

Swampy will do it for you, I can only empower you to do it for yourself. :wink:

 

[Rock Island]

No, I have never had anyone posting pics for me, when I need to send someone more than one pic in email I just burn them to a CD and snail mail the bunch. The picture posting on this forum is different than what I am used to, I will try to figure it out. I do post pics on a modern firearms forum I belong to, it's time consuming, and sometimes does not work unless I downsize everything.
Let me give this a shot

 

[hawk]

iffin' it weren't for some of you with a little more know how as to these computer ways I would never have figured out how to post pictures

20 ga smoothbore marked London on the barrel looks like a convertion to precusion cap.

 

[sniper68]

This is my third attempt at this post. :cursing: Keeps erasing itself at the end. :idunno: So's I'm keepin it short..All old guns should have the breech plug pulled and the chamber checked before deciding to shoot or not. While it is common to have minor pits, watch out for large ones. Upon ignition these(pits) can create pressure spikes, these are pressure waves emanating outward from the bottom of these pits in the form of a miniature shaped charge. This especially dangerous with thin walled barrels, like fowlers, muskets etc.. :thumbsup:
Mr. Davis, why would want to berate someone for asking for help, regardless of what it is. The mere fact that so many are more than glad to help out with the request speaks highly of this Forums character and that of its members.

 

[rabjr]

Hey Carl- I is one of the PC folks that types with one finger, some of the guys wanted to see the Shreckengost I have and the Peter Smith. I will send you photos email if you care tpo post them.

Swampy will do it for you, I can only empower you to do it for yourself. :wink:

Thats because I've always tried to help folks here, never ever acted like I wanted to be a monitor.

 

[paulvallandigham]

I don't see anywhere that Carl Davis wants to be a moderator. I only see him criticizing and sniping at everyone. If someone can find any of Carl's Posts where he actually offers help to anyone, I would like to read it. :idunno:

Hang in here, Swampy. You are doing the right thing. We all know, or should know that there are instructions at the top of the forum showing How to post pictures on this forum, but Not Everyone follows those directions, for any number of reasons, and offering to help someone post pictures here is a decent thing to do. Thank you for offering your help. :hatsoff:

 

Swampy & Carl,
I'm sorry that I caused such a ruckus. I've tried to post and just haven't been successful at it. I don't take exception to being "old and computer illiterate", it's better than the alternative, I'll just keep on loading and shooting while y'all keep on arguing. If anyone wants to see anything, let me know.
Mark :hatsoff: