How old are ya?

43 is gone. Bought my first 2 smoke poles when I was 17. 1851 Navy and a .50 cal flintlock. So 27 years shooting BP and liking it.

ETipp said:

Yep, according to the new generation of spoiled brats, everything that's wrong in the world nowadays is older peoples fault.

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I think that blame goes to the guy who invented the smart phone.

William Sublette said:

I bet the average age here is north of 60.




For fun:

How many of those years have you been shooting muzzleloaders?

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I'm 65 and started shooting muzzleloaders @ 14 with a Remington Navy revolver reproduction.
3 of my 4 kids started shooting front stuffers @ 6yrs old. 2 of them were the Georgia State youth champions trading 1st and 2nd place back and forth for several years running.

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TRUTH!!

37
3 years shooting flintlock smoothbores exclusively

59 1/2. Been shooting since probably age 7 or 8. Didn't get into Black Powder until this year when I finally had the time and patience. Look forward to a good run with my new addiction....I mean hobby.

Turned 65 last month. Been shooting firearms with Dad since I was 9, we lost him in 81 when I turned 23. Been shooting muzzleloaders
for 45 years. It's a blast.

63 been shooting black powder firearms 20 years

65 going on 24
Been shooting most of my life but I've been shooting black powder the last three years.

61 and change. Started shooting BP about 41 years ago, shooting unmentionables since 1967

37 years old. I’ll be 38 in June.

I have been shooting and collecting, and “addicted” to black powder long arms since 2018.

I have been shooting unmentionables since 5.

66, and started shooting muzzleloaders in 1974.

total time on this earth is 62 years/ Bought my first muzzle loader 47 years ago.

71 been shooting b.p. since the sixties. Still building guns, rendezvous, gun shows and everything else in between.....

david w said:

I wish I hadn't thrown away those older Dixie catalogs. There was some really interesting things in them!

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Dale Lilly said:

I am a tender 91 next month. Just finished two knives, bought three more BP rifles. Working on badly adjusted set triggers on another. Scheduled to preach, March 12th, at the church we attend. Still driving without incident [600 mile trip recently]. I am enjoying life a lot. Always have some projects in the mill guys, it keeps you young. Dale [Polecat]

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You are a true inspiration Dale and glad to hear you're preaching The Gospel..

57. Started shooting BP in 1990 when I started Civil War reenacting. I've been in and out of the bp life for various periods sibce but mostly back in now, hopefully for good!

72 years old. Started shooting 22s at 9 years old. I was on the 4-H shooting team for a few years. Joined the Army in 1970 and qualified with the M-16, M-60 out of a helicopter and got to shoot an M79 and a 105 howitzer. After Vietnam, I didn't shoot guns for a while. It wasn't until about 1983 that I got serious about hunting and fishing again. Bought a CVA Hawken but I couldn't get it to shoot right. Sold it and bought a TC Hawken kit in 45 cal. I got good with the TC and liked it. Had to sell it and a few others down the road to finance a Shiloh Sharps. After that I bought a bunch of different rifles. Most are cartridge replicas along with 2 more Shilohs and a bunch of Ubertis. The last few years the addiction came back and I now have several percussion and flintlocks. My favorite is the Kibler SMR I built. Nuff said.

Woodwright said:

72 for another 3 1/2 months. Been shooting muzzleloaders since the 60's.

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Same here Woodwright in October, keep sparking

68. Got my first flintlock 1990.