It's true , that all things go in a circle. Man comes from Above , and returns to the Above. I was blessed with a father that put a BB rifle in my hands when around five yrs. old. From there , I took a poor man's journey into shooting , involving , eventual competition , rifle , and shotgun trap. Hunting went hand in hand with all that. And since we had little money for expensive modern guns , Dad made what we needed. He was a dedicated amature gun builder , and had a friend that did modern rifle gun barrel work. Once the caliber was selected , and gunbarrel was properly head spaced , Dad did the stock work , checkering finishing bluing etc. , etc. , . We reloaded all out ammo , thousands of rounds. As a kid , I did most of the reloading under Dad's direction. This occurred up untill my 18th birthday , when I left home to get an education. The seeds of muzzleloading were planted by the Dixie Gun Works catalog , frequently found in the stack of magazines by Dad's easy chair . My circle of modern gun experience was complete , when a cousin brought his Dixie Belgian , 16 ga. import single barrel M/L shotgun for me to try . I fired it into a mud puddle , lotsa smoke , fire , noise , and water flew everywhere. That's where a 50 + year love affair with muzzleloading started. All my modern guns that I kept , have turned into "safe queens". I have no regrets , except that I wish I would have started muzzleloading earlier in my life. The circle of my muzzleloading experience , is almost complete. ..........oldwood
