It happened again today at the public range...........

[Capnball]

I was loading my 1862 Bridesberg.58 at the local range and there was four kids shooting a tactical AR at a 25 yard target. I overheard one of them say "that guy over there is shooting some kind of WW1 gun " referring to me.
Clueless!

 

[rrebuck]

When I'm at the range, if any other shooters talk to me about my muzzle loading, I typically offer to let them shoot whatever gun I have there that day, especially kids. Last time I was there with 32 caliber rifle and 8 yr old was looking at me, so I let him shoot it. Basically no recoil and he liked it.

 

[Snydly]

I wonder if Disney will ever re-release "Davey Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" series again?

If they did he would be 'trans'

 

[Flintlock Whiskey]

I guess the days of young boys building a bow from a tree branch and some strong string to hunt sgurels in the woods behind the house are long gone and forgotten. I guess I am older than I thought.

In AZ we used to use dead Saguaro ribs. The bow would resemble one of those asymmetrical Japanese bows. They worked good for a half a dozen or so uses and then shred themselves.
Great fun!

 

[Snooterpup]

I wonder if Disney will ever re-release "Davey Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" series again?

Only if they could “woke” it out of reality.

 

[Mad L]

I had a young couple show up on public land once, he was teaching her how to shoot their...unmentionable...and when I started shooting frozen drinking bottles with colored water - some hung on string about 50yards and a couple on the ground at 75yard - I heard tell "He Hit It!!"
After I took out a couple more he told her (while I was loading) "Go ask him, I'm sure he'll explain it to you..."

I couldn't get either to take my coffee to shoot a few but before they left all three of us piched in and cleaned up a bunch of trash left by other shooters (shot gun shooters are WORST around here..they all have 'bad backs' and somewhere to be....).
At the end the guy looked at me and said; "I guess you don't leave much behind?" (Referring to my .50 Pennsylvania), I said "Nope, just few patches that I might not find..."

....never saw them again, darn shame, couple of nice kids.

 

[BackDraft]

If they did he would be 'trans'

Davina would be a non-Binary, Black, Albino, Inter-sex, Indigenous, non-able, Atheist.

 

[Tacitus]

I wonder if Disney will ever re-release "Davey Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" series again?

If it is a remake, then Good Lord! I hope not.

 

[tom_in_vt]

Glad you got to share. Maybe he will follow up and get into muzzleloading.

 

[Rob M.]

One recent movie I can think of is Prey (2022). A predator (you know, the alien kind ) comes to Earth around 1719 and hunts a group of Comanche and some French voyageurs. The Frenchmen have flintlocks naturally.

Interesting ....never heard of it !!

 

[JEBMs]

On the rare occasions when I get to shoot, 99% of that time I shoot alone I was on a turn row off of a road that the county had abandoned (no longer maintained). I had on hearing protection so I didn’t hear 2 sheriff’s deputies pull up behind me until they got out. They said that they had heard the boom over on the main road and came to investigate. Both were 20 something black guys. First they wanted to know if I had permission which I did. Then they asked about my guns. I tried to explain but they insisted that they had heard that there were only 2 types of muzzleloaders, those that have blown up and those that are fixen’ too. I had one loaded and ask if either one would care to take a shot. You would’ve thought that I was handing them a rattlesnake, they quickly backed up and asked that I wait till they were down the road before I lit one of those things off.

 

[TFoley]

I wonder if Disney will ever re-release "Davey Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" series again?

On present form, that role is a shoo-in for either Samuel L Jackson or Michael Jai White.

 

[TFoley]

Davina would be a non-Binary, Black, Albino, Inter-sex, Indigenous, non-able, Atheist.

and a multiple amputee with Tourettes - just to bring a little more life to his speeches in Congress.........

 

[pacanis]

I was thinking someone more like Christian Bale could pull off Davey Crockett.

 

[Jaeger]

One recent movie I can think of is Prey (2022). A predator (you know, the alien kind ) comes to Earth around 1719 and hunts a group of Comanche and some French voyageurs. The Frenchmen have flintlocks naturally.

This movie is worth watching if you can find it. Sure, it has some hokey stuff in it, but if you liked the original Predator and you like Women/girl heroes, try it. Hell, the Frenchmen actually wound the predator with their flintlocks!

 

[Dale Lilly]

I’ve talked to several kids about MLs and ask them if they know who Daniel Boone or Davey Crockett were and they have no idea. I guess they don’t have a flintlock weapon available on Call of Duty!!

If it ain't on social media or my smart phone, it ain't real. [Quote a 16 year old]