A long time ago in woods far far away, I young boy used to put on his kilt for revolutionary war re-enactments carry abound a Bess several feet taller than he was and have an incredible time spending period weekends amidst big clouds of smoke eating from wooden bowls and trenchers.
That annoying thing called life came along and got in the way of all that fun sent him off to see the world in the Navy he traveled the world sewed his wild oats grew up and settled down in Jamestown NY.
He sat at a steel mill supervising the maintenance department wondering what had become of all the fun and wonder that used to be in his life and it hit him BLACK POWDER that wonderful substance that was so much fun when he was younger !
I have sense gotten a T/C renegade in .54 (gift from a family member that no longer used it) and just yesterday at a fur trappers trade show I stumbled across one of those "to good to pass up" deals... a cap lock Jukar pistol in .45 in firing condition for $40.00. Now here I sit on my laptop introducing myself and thinking this must be my midlife crisis kicking in and loving the hell outta it.
I've been away from black powder for a few decades other than hunting with the Renegade for the last 2 years and thinking I want to go full traditional start doing rendezvous again and switch both of my boom sticks over to Flintlocks (I just like 'em better that way) and reaching out to a community that I got away from and want to get back with...
That annoying thing called life came along and got in the way of all that fun sent him off to see the world in the Navy he traveled the world sewed his wild oats grew up and settled down in Jamestown NY.
He sat at a steel mill supervising the maintenance department wondering what had become of all the fun and wonder that used to be in his life and it hit him BLACK POWDER that wonderful substance that was so much fun when he was younger !
I have sense gotten a T/C renegade in .54 (gift from a family member that no longer used it) and just yesterday at a fur trappers trade show I stumbled across one of those "to good to pass up" deals... a cap lock Jukar pistol in .45 in firing condition for $40.00. Now here I sit on my laptop introducing myself and thinking this must be my midlife crisis kicking in and loving the hell outta it.
I've been away from black powder for a few decades other than hunting with the Renegade for the last 2 years and thinking I want to go full traditional start doing rendezvous again and switch both of my boom sticks over to Flintlocks (I just like 'em better that way) and reaching out to a community that I got away from and want to get back with...