1971........Cobbled together a 1862 Springfield .58 rifled musket from some original parts , and some repro parts. ........oldwood
My first wife [deceased] had a Kentuckian. Sweet gun. PolecatFirst muzzleloader? It was a International Arms, "Kentuckian" flintlock in .44 caliber. It was made in Italy.
When I bought it back in 1970, it was the only low cost rifle that looked to be well made besides a T.C. Hawken and I couldn't afford one of those.
At the same time that I bought the Kentuckian, I also bought a steel frame Colt 1851 in .44 caliber. (Yes, I know that combination was never made by Colt).
When I mentioned my newly bought guns to a friend at work he said, "Hey! I've got a pound of black powder I don't have a use for. I'll bring it in for you." and, he did. It turned out to be a old can of DuPont 3Fg and it got me off and running in my newly discovered hobby.
I get that as well…lots of grey beards in here…Seems a lot of us started the hobby real young. Not me especially but I started shooting at a real young age. Young kids don't grow up as we did and don't do the fun things that we did I don't think. Too many modern day distractions and crummy kids programming.
Me too. I got mine from JC Penneys in percussion only to find out that in pa you couldn't use it in muzzleloader season because it wasn't considered a primitive weapon, it had to be a flintlock. Look at how things have changedlike many here. a c.v.a. kentucky kit.45
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