How old are ya?

[Hatman/2nd line]

80 years

 

[Wncman]

"As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth....."

LD

I see what you said there. 34th street

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I see what you said there. 34th street

WINNER!

 

[Codger Craig Wilcox]

If I live to September, I'll be 79 years old. The way my body has been beaten up by Vietnam, I'll be surprised. Getting more difficult to move around.
When I was 6, we moved to England, had my 6th birthday in the middle of the Atlantic. We were a Navy family, and traipsed the world. This was 1951.'
A few months later, I was at the breakfast table, looking at the newspaper (learned to read about age 4). I noted the date, and quickly calculated, and told Dad I would be 55 at the turn of the century. He replied, "Yes, you will."
I then responded, "That's OK, I'm not going to live that long anyway!"
Have NO idea where that came from, because here I am, almost 24 years older than that 55 years!
Been playing with ML's since 1960, when Dad introduced me to History Professor from University of Maryland who taught Civil War history.
He quickly got me involved with the "Landing Party off the USS Constellation", sister ship to the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides", berthed in Baltimore Harbor. He sold me a CW sailor's uniform and an 1861 Springfield musket for $20!
Had a lot of fun with it, shooting matches at various military sites around Washington DC, then re-enacting First Manassas. Alas, Dad retired from the Navy, yook a job at Pratt & Whitney, and we moved to the northern part of Palm Beach County, FL - where ne'er a pound of BP could be found!
Started building these dadgummint BP shooters about ten years ago, just to have something to occupy my time. Currently building a Jaeger, and about to start restoring a longrifle made in 1840 by a fellow named Isaac Hall, who lived along the state line between NY and PA. Needs a new curly maple stock and a few metal bits.

BTW, this house I live in now is my 68th or 69th address in my short life - you shoulda seen the "residences" pages when I was filling out the FBI stuff for a TS clearance back in the early '90's! And some people around here have never been out of Ohio!

 

[Pratt]

I am 76 and burned powder for 26 years.

 

[LME]

85, and things are getting harder to do. I've shot muzzle loaders for 34 years.

I really appreciate your post! I thought I was the oldest here but you got me by a couple of years. I appreciate that! LOL!
I love your post. It is not hard to tell if it someone that knows what they are talking about.

 

[Rich Wormington]

79 and still shooting muzzleloaders and BPCR
Still hunt a little too.

 

[Trooper]

I'll be 68 November 1st. I'm a newbee in muzzle loading, on and off since 1990ish. I recently purchased my first Sharps falling block from Cabelas a few months back... and havent shot the beast yet.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

I will turn 81 next month and have been target shooting since about age 11 and am still at it .

I already said I was born in the spring 22 mins past 2 am. 22 March 1943 I see we are not the only 81 year olds on this string , it’s just a number . My pet fox

 

[hanshi]

77 I am informed. Allegedly 78 before summer ends.

 

[Gordoncourtney]

77 I am informed. Allegedly 78 before summer ends.

Get off the string you ain’t even 80 yet and I bet still young and handsome

This is me at 81 the wife 76 , I look old with my 577 ml big game rifle Let’s see your faces as Tommy 76 up in Maine said “ you look older than me”. It’s the Anglo Saxon chin that ruins my face

God bless you all

 

[Gordoncourtney]

77 I am informed. Allegedly 78 before summer ends.

I have seen your photo ,!!!!!! definitely young and handsome. Lots of love from Joan and me.

 

[Tannehill]

Will be 72 in a week. Been shooting and hunting with ML since 1984. First ml was a .45 Investarms Hawkin. The one with the fancy patchbox. Second was a .50
Kentucky pistol kit I built. Now own two Hawkins, the original one I had, plus . 50 TC my Uncle built, a .50 Kentucky rifle kit I built, a .45 CVA Kentucky I rescued and rebuilt, a 12ga Navy Arms double barrel. And a Remington By Palmetto arms.

 

[hanshi]

I have seen your photo ,!!!!!! definitely young and handsome. Lots of love from Joan and me.

I agree, ahem! I may be 77 but everyone tells me I could easily pass for 76!

 

[barracudadave67]

I,m older now than when this thread started.

Dave

 

[Sun City]

84

 

[Islander]

62 years on this beautiful earth. Ran my first dirt bike race last November. Came in 2nd in the 60 plus class. Great fun to learn new things at any age.

 

[dcrummett]

76 this week. Been shooting since I was 6. Started hunting with BP about 25 years ago, and in earnest over the past 10 years. Love early fall and the taste of venison. Extending Oklahoma's deer season with a recently-acquired crossbow, but my favorite hunting season is the one reserved for front-stuffers.

 

[Ghost23]

43

 

[Gordoncourtney]

43

Ok if you are under 90 you ain’t old , Can we see your faces too, no need to shave. I gather are English soldiers were not allowed to grow beards in flintlock times, mandatory to shave every 3 days. True or false ??? I just read it somewhere

Yrs all me and a couple of years before , and the wife just for the record