I have been a history buff since a youngster, grew up watching Fess Parker in his Daniel Boone series in the mid-60s...(I was born in 1955)...

I bought my first flintlock in 1977 and for several years I hunted deer, rabbits, squirrels and turkeys with that .45...In the late 80s I built a .54 caliber flintlock and still use it to this day...

I also give talks on Colonial History to local Boy Scout troops and schools...Frankly, I should have been a history teacher...

I guess I wanted to learn to use the rifles that our forefathers used...