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  1. Loyalist Dave

    JUNE 7TH IS NATIONAL DONUT DAY !!!

    DONUTS, what we would call a donut goes waaay back. Folks in the Colonial Era would've had access to them and of course that means they were around leading up to and through the ACW. So get yourself some sort of DONUT today folks. HEY it's Friday, why not? Jon Townsend the Working Man's...
  2. Loyalist Dave

    FT LOUDON MARKET FAIR (PA)

    Hey Folks Next Month is the Fort Loudon (PA) Market Fair Ft. Loudon Market Fair It's the actual repro fort that is featured in Allegheny Uprising starting John Wayne and Claire Treavor (RKO 1939) Allegheny Uprising DVD Hmmm that didn't come out right. The fort in the movie is supposed to be...
  3. Loyalist Dave

    CHESTERTOWN TEA PARTY FESTIVAL

    And parade, and craft show, and food trucks, and beer/cider trucks! Check out the festival here: Chestertown Tea Party Festival The angry mob will be opposed by redcoats, even though there was no way redcoats were there in the 18th century "guarding" a ship. Not to mention that the town was...
  4. Loyalist Dave

    IT'S FREE TARGET STAND SEASON

    Hello fellow shooters, it's an election year, and no matter whom you support if anybody, it is true that ALL of us can stand to get a few target stands. (LOL get it? "Stand to get some stands.") IF NOT for personal use, good to have on hand if we participate in an organized shoot, OR if we...
  5. Loyalist Dave

    MOUNT VERNON UNDER ATTACK!

    THAT'S RIGHT boys and girls, this weekend, the forces of His Royal Britannic Majesty, King George III, will endeavor to return the rebellious colony of Virginia to its rightful allegiance to The Crown. REOLUTIONARY WAR WEEKEND Time for some of the lads to go to work..., I'm Fat but I keep...
  6. Loyalist Dave

    GARDENING 2024

    The old soil has been dumped from the containers, and has had organic material added and is mulching well. This year the plan is to grow, in containers my yard is tiny... WiriWiri Peppers (a Caribbean heirloom hot pepper, my wife is from Guyana) Cayenne Pepper Greek Pepperoncini's because I...
  7. Loyalist Dave

    The Search for a Vintage Cornbread

    Cornbread is rather universal in many camps at living history events, and may come in all sorts of variations. I am experimenting with some "de-engineering" of the dish, to see exactly what a person on the frontier might have produced. Reason being, historic sources don't necessarily give you...
  8. Loyalist Dave

    ID This Old Rifle

    Newbie to this forum, looking to ID a rifle like I have never seen. It weights 27.5#, is 59" OAL, 40.5" barrel, bore is rifled appears to measure .625" w calipers. Appears Prussian or Germania, but I'm guessing. Heard it referred to as Stockade Gun. Thanks in advance. Ps no visible proofs or...
  9. Loyalist Dave

    WOW..., SCAMMER SPOTTED AND GONE for now....

    Due to spam cleaning the original thread posted by former member and scammer oiouiy is gone, but,,,,, this is what he posted: Dec 23, 2023 Couldn't stand it, I picked up a TC Renegade 54. to use this year. Yea, I know everyone says I should have gone inline but I'm just old school and like...
  10. Loyalist Dave

    Finally Succumbed...,

    I ordered and received a #11 Tap-o-Cap tool from Dixie Gun Works, plus the compound ingredients to make the caps work. I got a hankerin' to shoot some of my caplocks, and I'm good on #10's for revolvers, but for long guns, I'm OK for now but what about next month or February, and I'd like to...
  11. Loyalist Dave

    The First American Military Breechloading Rifle....,

    And because it was made and adopted before 1865, AND uses an external ignition, as a flintlock (although later versions were caplock) we can discuss this. Did you know this may be the ONLY design of a breechloader that qualifies to be used during muzzleloader and "primitive" hunting seasons in...
  12. Loyalist Dave

    Excellent Video on Proper Bess Live Cartridges

    Bess, Live Paper Cartridges
  13. Loyalist Dave

    Why We Celebrate Today the Way We Do....,

    The Declaration of Independence was submitted on July 2nd 1776..., it was ratified and signed on July 4th, 1776. Here is what John Adams wrote about the occasion of The Declaration of Independence... "The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am...
  14. Loyalist Dave

    CHESTERTOWN TEA PARTY

    It may be a historic myth, but the Chestertown Tea Party Festival is real, and it's this weekend. On Saturday, May 27th at 14:00 the rebellious mob will descend on the ship, The Sultana, and will seize the cargo of tea, and toss it overboard, BUT, only after His Royal Britannic Majesty's...
  15. Loyalist Dave

    Camp Food Mount Vernon

    Well The British Army eats better than the Continentals, that's for sure... Luncheon on Saturday Standing Crust Pies for Saturday Supper Standing Crust Pie and Dutch Oven Frittata with Bacon for Sunday lunch GOD SAVE THE KING LD
  16. Loyalist Dave

    MOUNT VERNON VA UNDER ATTACK!

    Yes, it's time for the Annual REVOLUTIONARY WAR WEEKEND where those stubborn Virginians are...coaxed.... to return to their rightful allegiance to His Royal Britannic Majesty, King George III. GOD SAVE THE KING! TIRED of all the modern Coronation Commotion on TV? COULDN'T CARE LESS about...
  17. Loyalist Dave

    Duelist1954 Lecture on 18th Century Smoothbore Shooting

    18th Century Smoothbores School of the Longhunter Seminar 2023 ENJOY! Lots of good stuff. LD
  18. Loyalist Dave

    The Name BROWN BESS

    This article from The Royal Armories, on the origin of the nic name used for The King's Musket..., History of The Term 'Brown Bess' LD
  19. Loyalist Dave

    BEWARE EMAIL SCAM

    This is posted here instead of "Non-Muzzleloading Discussions" so that all members, not just premium guys, are warned... I got this email today... looks legit right? ODD..., my name doesn't actually appear.... Except I'm not buying a semi-auto "pistol" in the modern, Soviet, combat rifle...
  20. Loyalist Dave

    6-Pointer Today

    No, I didn't get him nor even shoot at him. I thought I'd mention that he trotted across the the country road upon which I was driving to work this morning (not so close as to be a problem), but I thought that by now he'd a shed that rack. It's a winding road so I couldn't stop to get a...
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