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  1. Le Carcajou

    What got you interested in flintlocks?

    I've gotten into flintlocks as a result of a burgeoning interest in the early fur trade era in the far west and a background in hunting and shooting.
  2. Le Carcajou

    A Flinter Pistol?

    I have the maple one. I have only shot it five or six times but would give it a generally positive review. It is pretty well fit and is reliable and seems accurate at the short ranges I've shot it. On the negative side, it has a pretty heavy trigger and the sights it came with were quite modern...
  3. Le Carcajou

    Rear sight notches on original rifles

    I've been searching for photos clearly showing the notches filed into rear sights on original rifles (1770s to 1830s, or even close to that period) and have been almost completely unable to find anything. Does anyone happen to have such a photo or an original rifle they could take a photo of...
  4. Le Carcajou

    Carrying Heavy Revolvers

    For a bit more of the historical perspective, I found Randolph Marcy's passages in The Prairie Traveler interesting (published in 1859 as a guide for overland emigrants). He was a career frontier army officer and discusses the relative merits of the Colt's "navy" and "army" size revolvers - in...
  5. Le Carcajou

    Hello from Idaho

    A little bit south of halfway.
  6. Le Carcajou

    Hello from Idaho

    I live in a small town in Idaho and I've been shooting muzzleloaders/black powder for about a year now and have gained tons of invaluable information from this forum - so thanks! I have a percussion Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken, a flintlock Kentucky Pistol of the same make, and a Uberti 2nd...
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