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Old 02-05-2011, 09:33 AM   #1
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Default A Box of Gold

Hey guys, remember my post a couple of weeks ago about the guy in Thibodaux, LA who offered to give me some old Muzzle Blasts magazines?

(http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...-upon-you.html)

Well, he called me last night saying he was making a trip to New Orleans today and would bring them with him. I met him on side the highway and picked them up.

I was expecting a dozen or two issues. What I got was a 30 lb. box of gold - every issue from March 1970 to February 1980. WhoooWheeeee!

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Old 02-05-2011, 09:43 AM   #2
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Shoot that is going to be some good reading... That certainly was worth a meeting on the side of the road....
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Old 02-05-2011, 09:47 AM   #3
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Those will keep you busy reading for a while .
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:49 AM   #4
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An ad from the March 1970 issue.

I think I'll order one of the $99.50 Belgian made CHARLEVILLE Muskets and a $24.50 flintlock DUELLER. Maybe even one of those $19.50 28 gauge fowlers.


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Old 02-05-2011, 11:50 AM   #5
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Wow! look how far American politics has brought us...
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Old 02-06-2011, 01:54 AM   #6
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Well, that looks like enough reading material to keep a guy busy for a long while! Enjoy. I have never owned a traditional blackpowder firearm but i must say they intrigue the Hell out of me. My hat's off to anybody that shoots the traditional way. After all, these are our roots.................. -Q
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Old 02-06-2011, 04:34 AM   #7
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Wow, that is a great find. Happy reading. Who knows, maybe you can learn something from them and pass it on to us. We could have weekly classes with Mr. Semisane......
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Old 02-06-2011, 05:52 AM   #8
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With a haul like that.. I'd never get out of the bathroom Looks like some nice reading material there.
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:00 AM   #9
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That is cool Semi!!! Does the weasel have any articles in that pile?
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Old 02-06-2011, 04:24 PM   #10
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Century Arms? Boy have they survived with a different world of firearms. That looks like one of the old Klein company adds. I had a friends Dads die and he told me to get come get his old hunting magazines. I ended up with Field and Stream and Outdoor life from the 50 and 60s, I must of gotten a hundred magazines. I was in heaven, good reading to you and congrats on the new treasure.
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