New Swede in NC

[E51WET]

New to Muzzle loading shooting/hunting.
Am 46, originally Swedish, world traveler, ham and firearm enthusiast.
Been target shooting as a pre-teen kid. Been a sniper in the Swedish army reserves/home guard using the AK4b & PSG90 with 7.62 rounds.
Its just something with black powder that has a coolness factor.

Work with Quality Assurance, Lean manufacturing, Continuous Improvement.

Hunting style is more of animal conservation and meat than trophy hunting.

I am on this forum to learn. both about handgun and rifle shooting.
Got American Gun Craft Desperado and leaning towards CVA or Traditions .50 rifle.

 

[thomas]

Welcome to the forum.
Thomas

 

[Cobra6]

Welcome from Virginia




Cobra 6

 

[Old Timer 48]

Welcome!

 

[Musketeer]

Welcome aboard.

 

[kje54]

New to Muzzle loading shooting/hunting.
Am 46, originally Swedish, world traveler, ham and firearm enthusiast.
Been target shooting as a pre-teen kid. Been a sniper in the Swedish army reserves/home guard using the AK4b & PSG90 with 7.62 rounds.
Its just something with black powder that has a coolness factor.

Work with Quality Assurance, Lean manufacturing, Continuous Improvement.

Hunting style is more of animal conservation and meat than trophy hunting.

I am on this forum to learn. both about handgun and rifle shooting.
Got American Gun Craft Desperado and leaning towards CVA or Traditions .50 rifle.

Welcome. Which CVA or Traditions are you looking at?

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[Yewbender]

Welcome from Pa

 

[Kid Shelleen]

Welcome!

 

[PathfinderNC]

Welcome from North Carolina!

 

[pilot]

Welcome!

 

[rafterob]

Welcome from Asheville, there are a few clubs in NC. One up here, the French Broad Rifles. If you get up this way come join us for a shoot. www.frenchbroadrifles.com

 

[TNGhost]

Welcome aboard from an American of Swedish ancestry.

 

[E51WET]

Thank you all for the welcome! That feels really good as I noticed after my initial new to the forum message that the forum concentrates generally on more traditional muzzleloading and not not more modern inline nor the sort of modern savage 12g shotgun pistols.
Nevertheless, I hope I did not insult anyone and I will stick around incase I build an interest in flintlock and percussion as well.

I do have a old percussion sorta muzzleloader back in the home country (still own a place there) that I inherited from my grandfather.
As a short story he was actually American, born in a sod house in Kansas by Swedish homesteaders in the late 1800s.
He had his first revolver at age 5 which he aquired by trading with Sears and gaining credits by selling them furs. It took almost 3 years before his mother found his gun and was to take it away from him when his older brother saved the day by telling the truth - C'mon mom, he had it for 3 years......
But the coolest thing ever was that all the kids, well the boys and the neighbour boys were taugth shooting by non other then William Fredrick Cody, more commonly known as Buffalo Bill Cody. Apperantly he stayed for a longer period of time at the neighbours that was his sister or other close relative.

 

[E51WET]

Welcome aboard from an American of Swedish ancestry.

Great, I guess there are some around. Near 1 million Swedes emigrated to America. Many got many kids.

 

[E51WET]

Welcome from Asheville, there are a few clubs in NC. One up here, the French Broad Rifles. If you get up this way come join us for a shoot. www.frenchbroadrifles.com

I know Asheville, am there sometimes as I have family there and one of my closest ones live there.
I am in Rockingham county, just north of Greensboro outside the little town Reidsville known as Lucky City (After the major cigarett plant that made Lucky Strike).
I will look more into your site.

Cheers,

 

[E51WET]

Welcome from North Carolina!

Thank you! We are nearly neighbours, I am in Rockingham county

 

[E51WET]

Welcome. Which CVA or Traditions are you looking at?

Hi,

Well, I been looking for all kinds LOL, but frankly, I do like long range shooting a lot so I have not been looking at their cheapest versions as I want to commit a bit and dont want to be disappointed but at the same time I am not going to spend $1300 on my first rifle if I later find out that this was not for me.
I have looked at:
Traditions Vortek StrikerFire LDR
CVA Optima
CVA Accura
CVA Paramount models - a bit to costly for a beginner and I dont really like their special primer

Been waying back and forth between the Vortek and Optima but cant make up my mind and now I cant find anyone that dont have them backordered or out of stock.....

I really like the strikerfire.
I did look at a Vortek in hand at a famous big store with a fish in the name and I kind of liked it. He however, was on the edge to being rude, it was quarter to closing hours and he was not at all interested in earning some business so I though I just buy online instead.

 

[kje54]

Thank you all for the welcome! That feels really good as I noticed after my initial new to the forum message that the forum concentrates generally on more traditional muzzleloading and not not more modern inline nor the sort of modern savage 12g shotgun pistols.
Nevertheless, I hope I did not insult anyone and I will stick around incase I build an interest in flintlock and percussion as well.

I do have a old percussion sorta muzzleloader back in the home country (still own a place there) that I inherited from my grandfather.
As a short story he was actually American, born in a sod house in Kansas by Swedish homesteaders in the late 1800s.
He had his first revolver at age 5 which he aquired by trading with Sears and gaining credits by selling them furs. It took almost 3 years before his mother found his gun and was to take it away from him when his older brother saved the day by telling the truth - C'mon mom, he had it for 3 years......
But the coolest thing ever was that all the kids, well the boys and the neighbour boys were taugth shooting by non other then William Fredrick Cody, more commonly known as Buffalo Bill Cody. Apperantly he stayed for a longer period of time at the neighbours that was his sister or other close relative.

No insult taken I'm sure. By all means, stay and learn about traditional muzzleloaders, we're happy to have you and we have many members that are a library of knowledge in our field of focus. To help with your modern muzzleloader questions you can also register at the sister site;
Modern Muzzleloader
Again welcome!

 

[kje54]

Hi,

Well, I been looking for all kinds LOL, but frankly, I do like long range shooting a lot so I have not been looking at their cheapest versions as I want to commit a bit and dont want to be disappointed but at the same time I am not going to spend $1300 on my first rifle if I later find out that this was not for me.
I have looked at:
Traditions Vortek StrikerFire LDR
CVA Optima
CVA Accura
CVA Paramount models - a bit to costly for a beginner and I dont really like their special primer

Been waying back and forth between the Vortek and Optima but cant make up my mind and now I cant find anyone that dont have them backordered or out of stock.....

I really like the strikerfire.
I did look at a Vortek in hand at a famous big store with a fish in the name and I kind of liked it. He however, was on the edge to being rude, it was quarter to closing hours and he was not at all interested in earning some business so I though I just buy online instead.

That's what I thought, those are considered "unmentionables here". As for picking up a traditional muzzleloader, members are always posting their firearms for sale here in the For Sale section. Yes there are some that will run into the thousands of dollars but there are typically many more that run in the $300 - $600 range, usually "Hawken" style reproductions in percussion as well as cap and ball revolvers. Check out those sales.