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Fun, and a certain appeal to understanding the history...outside of the books. For example, having made .58 paper cartridges and rapid fired a Enfield Musket (much more than 3 ahots in 10 minutes) I know know why the butts of these rifles are oft dented (they hit the butts on the ground to speed fouled loading), why ones teeth needed to be there etc. Also, as effective as a Mak or Kalish is, the nineteenth century firearms (and a good repro) are simply visually beautiful. They were designed on the transition to handmade to mass made...so little bits of the artisans hand, survive in the design (ever look at the shape of a percussion Colt's hammmer...art in itself)
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