First noticed black powder when i was 11 and we moved out into the mountains. We had the HUUUUGE satelite dish and only got 4 channels maybe and one morning i ran across the Grizzly Adams series. Man that was a summer to remember! Wake up early every morning to watch that show and then during the winter, Jeremiah Johnson was playing on TV Land over and over. I think i watched it 3 times in a row that day. When i was 14 i ordered an 1851 confederate navy .44 and even though that pistol came apart in my hand due to crap parts, i had a blast with that first black powder experience. A week before christmas i stopped into a small gun shop, saw a cva blazer .45cal and bought it for a whopping $60 brand new! Also bought a refinishing kit as the Blazer was in unfinished form.

Man what memories!