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rclark · April 24, 2014, 06:07 PM

History. And it is just fun to make 'smoke'. Sometime I'd like to try the o' Flint and Matchlock too. I don't shoot it as much as I'd like because of time constraints (have to just about dedicate a day) ... Ie, when you get home you still have quite of bit of work to do to get everything cleaned/oiled up again for the next go around. And if you shoot cartridges, you still have to deal with them too before moving on to 'regular scheduled programming' ... so to speak. Gives me more of an appreciation of our forefathers when dealing with firearms of the time.

April 24, 2014, 06:07 PM	#38
rclark Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2009 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 2,619	History. And it is just fun to make 'smoke'. Sometime I'd like to try the o' Flint and Matchlock too. I don't shoot it as much as I'd like because of time constraints (have to just about dedicate a day) ... Ie, when you get home you still have quite of bit of work to do to get everything cleaned/oiled up again for the next go around. And if you shoot cartridges, you still have to deal with them too before moving on to 'regular scheduled programming' ... so to speak. Gives me more of an appreciation of our forefathers when dealing with firearms of the time. __________________ A clinger and deplorable, MAGA, and life NRA member. When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Single Action .45 Colt (Sometimes colloquially referred to by its alias as the .45 'Long' Colt or .45LC). Don't leave home without it. That said, the .44Spec is right up their too... but the .45 Colt is still the king.