Just joined. Already found some great info! Planning on getting back into shooting after a few years off. I’m nursing a broken hip these last three weeks so I’ve had plenty of time to surf the net lately. My first taste of black powder happened 37 years ago when my dad bought me a CVA Kentucky rifle kit. I was 13 and like many that age I was all excited about it for about 10 minutes then my attention went in another direction. They call it ADHD or something now but back then they just said I lacked focus. It was three years before I slapped the kit together and I do mean slapped together. It looked awful. It was about 20 years later that I rebuilt it properly. It’s the middle gun in the photo. The lower gun is a Tradition’s .50 cal. flinter I bought at that time when I worked in a gun shop. I dressed it up with some tacks and beads. It’s a great shooting gun I bought when I joined a black powder club. The upper gun is an original 1850’s 16 ga shotgun I bought from a fellow member of the club. The shooting pouch in the photo was my first and only attempt at leather work. I also made the powder measures, short started and pan charger out of deer antlers. It’s been about 10 years since I’ve done any shooting so I hope to make up for lost time soon. I also recently took up traditional archery and have shot a couple of matches this year. Anyway I hope I haven’t bored you to much but all I do these days is hobble around with a walker wondering how I’m going to pay all the medical bills”¦”¦ :surrender:
