We are out of style....

[Greg Blackburn]

I was over to Sears today for an oil change and went for a walk through the mall. Dick's Sporting goods has guns so I headed over there looking for some cleaning brushes. The muzzleloading section was ALL inline stuff. Not the first conical or even ball, no caps either. Even Pyrodex was absent....no wonder so many caplocks are showing up for sale on the auction sites.

Greg

 

[Shine]

Keep putting them up for sale. they ain't worth nothin but ill do ya a solid and take em off your hands.
News .... we have been out of style for about 200 years.

 

[ncmtmike]

Told the guy at the gun shop I needed a nipple for my Great Plains,he said I didn;t need a nipple,I needed a rifle(inline). :bull:

 

[Richard J.]

Its real bad in the Panhandle of Florida. Anything I need I get from Va. or back home in Pa. Very sad. The good thing is some of the real young generation are willing to shoot and buy our weapons. They think it is real cool. Glad some of them are taking an insterest in our sport.

 

[Matt85]

its our duty to go to the range often and durring busy hours. this will show people that these traditional guns are still just as good and even more fun then moderns.

people are always amazed when i shoot sub 2" groups at 50 yards with my longrifle. but what impresses them more is when i let them try and they do very well themselves! letting people try your gun is important. it shows them that these guns can be effective without being some kinda master shooter.

create a market in your area and the stores will once again carry your needed products.

-Matt

 

[Rev_William]

LOL I was at a local pawn shop browsing and found a GPR .54 percussion they wanted 275 for it I'm still debating since I would prefer a flintlock, but the guy told me they get antiques like this all the time. Said it would look real good on the wall but it's proven they aren't made for hunting. I had to laugh at that. If its still there payday may go get it.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

In the 1950s a person hunting with a flinters was old or mental the pendulum is swinging as it does.

 

[asbrown]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
You are so right. I took my .54 to a boyscout shoot this saturday. 25 young men and a dozen or more adults fired it at least once, and several boys fired it numerous times. Even had 2 moms and a daughter fire it. At first they would blanch at the calibre but a 50gr. load usually had them asking for a 75gr. load, and the bigger boys went straight to 90 gr that I hunt with. I went through 5+ lbs of lead and at least 1.5 lbs. of powder and only had one kid who didn't like it. I also took my 20g smooth shorty and fired about a dozen shots through it (mostly the adults, it's a flintlock, and a little temperamental). Several of the boys showed huge interest in getting into the sport, one even suggesting he wants to build his own like I do.
All we have to do is be willing to share our time and a little money(powder and lead) and we'll continue to pull new people into the fold.
:hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[ohio ramrod]

Yep the boy scouts are an excellant source of future shooters! :idunno: :idunno:

 

[Bill Hall]

A few years ago, I went to my favorite gun shop to buy a can of powder. I asked the pimply kid behind the counter for a 1 lb. can of ffg black powder. He mumbled, "Black powder? Black powder? Oh yeah, that stuff, no we don't have any of that, but I can sell you a can of regular powder", as he pointed to the pyrodex behind him. I yelled, "REGULAR POWDER?!!!!", as my wife was putting her hand over my mouth. I wanted to tell him that black powder WAS regular powder, and the stuff he was pushing was some kind of new bastardized quasi powder.

This is when I found out nobody in my area was carrying black powder anymore. I haven't been back to that gun shop yet. Bill

 

[Vtsmoker]

I know what ya mean. I'm tryin to sell a brand new caplock and cant GIVE the thing away. tried to trade it in at a gun shop and the owner told me he wasn't even intersted in shooting me an offer on it. He said "nobody wants these things anymore."

 

[Sperit de bois]

You just need my address???????? cheap is good,,,,"give"is the best.

 

[RickD]

I happen to like caplocks

 

[Sperit de bois]

all of my rifles and pistol are cap locks,,,

 

[cynthialee]

There seem to be BP shooters around these parts. I can still get powder and caps in Spokane. I only know 1 place to get real powder and 2 places to get caps and pyrodex. Walmart doesn't even have pyrodex around here.
The Washington BP hunting rules are working in my favor somewhat. The inlines have to have things exposed so the bolt action types are not kosher for the muzzle loading season. They are legal for the regular season, but you may as well use a modern rifle.

 

[Zonie]

LOL I was at a local pawn shop browsing and found a GPR .54 percussion they wanted 275 for it...
Said it would look real good on the wall but it's proven they aren't made for hunting....

So, when you go back you should tell him,
"That's a modern gun made in Italy and I know they aren't worth a darn for hunting....

There's no way I would spend $275 for a wall hanger just to hang on the wall and look at.....

I could probably convince my wife a wall decoration might be worth $175.
Tell you what I'll do.
I'll give you $175 cash on the barrel head for it and take it off your hands."

You and I both know he told the seller,
"This isn't a antique and they ain't no good for hunting.
I'll probably never be able to get my money out of it but I'll give you $75 for it."

It's a win/win for both of you.
He made about $100 and you got a good buy. :grin:

 

[nkbj]

This is just the bestest time of year. Nice to sit down and make nice groups next to someone flinching a scoped eargensplittenloudenboomer all over his target.

 

[Stumpkiller]

When I was in junior high the original Dick's was a two block walk away from my school. Dick Stack was a down-to-earth sportsman and would be disgusted that his original store (or at least the former grocery store next door to his first building) is now mainly a clothing outlet for yuppie golfers. He scooted to Florida in he 70's (to fish) and left his son Ed to carry on.

No flints (never were except T/C), no #11 caps, no blackpowder, no recurve bows or glue-on broadheads and no pistols of any kind. No reason for me to enter.

 

[Richard J.]

The people that I am helping into BP now want to shoot my double barrell hammer pedersoli 12 ga. Told them my clay bird thrower is in Va. Said no problem they can come up with one and the clay birds. Told them I would be more than glad to help them spend more money on weapons. I still cant believe how fast they converted over. Really makes one feel good to know there are people out there to help feel our ranks. They are shooting there rifles and pistols all the time now. Wish some of the gun shops would be more helpfull with our weapons and related stuff.

 

[dc7x64]

I thought about opening a muzzleloading/frontier shop here in my hometown. We have a lot of ranges around here. We are a tourist town and get a lot of "Snowbirds" that come here and live during the Winter months. I noticed a lot of them show up at the ranges just to watch people shoot. They are almost always overjoyed when you offer up a firearm for them to shoot. With no background checks or licensing required, why not buy a muzzleloader and have fun while you are here and still have a rifle you can take back to Michigan with you? Just a thought....they are really bored and have money! :youcrazy: