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Originally Posted by 4V50 Gary
Rendezvous are fun, but how come you didn't make your own?
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Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to make every muzzleloading accessory or gun yourself to have fun in this sport. I buy most (not all) of my traditional muzzleloading tack and equipage. Call me what you will, I still get plenty of happiness from it.
The smokeless powder people aren't ever expected to make all of their stuff from scratch, why are the black powder people always expected to?
These kinds of attitudes and expectations especially towards newcomers is but one of a number of reasons the gap between the "old timers" of the buckskinning revival and those of today are widening and why the cantankerous old curmudgeon is the most common sight on the rondy shooting line.
"You've got to shoot a flintlock! You've got to make your rifle from a kit! You've got to make your own accessories!"
Sometime we're our own biggest detriment to the next generation.