Here goes a kinda lengthy intro, but at least yall will know some bout me!
Trapping lead me to tanning and making things with fur, which led to brain tan (Indian tan) buckskin, which led to black powder which led to flintlock, which 'lead' to.....well, I've been pretty excited about getting into this way of life....errrr hobby...errr way of life....anyways, learning about muzzle loading from just the joy of shooting and hunting to learning about PC and HC and living history events, and personas and shooting, and smoke, and black powder, and....again...anyways, have shot plenty of modern firearms, and many rounds down range (was a range coach in the Marines many years ago) but enjoying reading about early American history got me thinking about firearms and saying to myself, "Self, Id like to try one of those hunting someday" well someday came and I've been stuck ever since! I have 2 percussion rifles, and built a flintlock, have a flintlock pistol to build and am looking forward to getting into another build to get into the 1785-1795 years for my persona for traditional hunts and not sure if it is called trekking or exploring or discovery during this era/decade, but yall get the drift of where I am at!
Look forward to learning and when possible meeting some of y'all and maybe someday being able to pass on some knowledge that I gain to others, so that is a bit about me!
Jim
Trapping lead me to tanning and making things with fur, which led to brain tan (Indian tan) buckskin, which led to black powder which led to flintlock, which 'lead' to.....well, I've been pretty excited about getting into this way of life....errrr hobby...errr way of life....anyways, learning about muzzle loading from just the joy of shooting and hunting to learning about PC and HC and living history events, and personas and shooting, and smoke, and black powder, and....again...anyways, have shot plenty of modern firearms, and many rounds down range (was a range coach in the Marines many years ago) but enjoying reading about early American history got me thinking about firearms and saying to myself, "Self, Id like to try one of those hunting someday" well someday came and I've been stuck ever since! I have 2 percussion rifles, and built a flintlock, have a flintlock pistol to build and am looking forward to getting into another build to get into the 1785-1795 years for my persona for traditional hunts and not sure if it is called trekking or exploring or discovery during this era/decade, but yall get the drift of where I am at!
Look forward to learning and when possible meeting some of y'all and maybe someday being able to pass on some knowledge that I gain to others, so that is a bit about me!
Jim
