What was your first??
01-26-2015, 04:38 AM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 532
Mine was a 58cal Zouave. I'm surprise I'm still alive today as I had no one to show me how much powder to use. You would have thought at 21 I would have know better. Back then I saw people just pour powder down the bbls, two bullets at a time just to name a few. Luckily for me a friend of mine offered to buy it. Otherwise I probably would have blown myself up.
Years later I met a guy name Donald Wald who introduced me to White ML's. I shot and hunted with him a few times and I got hooked for life on ML's. Later I purchased the Lyman Deerstalker so I could take advantage of PA's late ML season.
Thanks Don hopefully we'll meet again someday in heaven and we'll make some smoke up there. Now I know where all the White Clouds come from. GRIN
Years later I met a guy name Donald Wald who introduced me to White ML's. I shot and hunted with him a few times and I got hooked for life on ML's. Later I purchased the Lyman Deerstalker so I could take advantage of PA's late ML season.
Thanks Don hopefully we'll meet again someday in heaven and we'll make some smoke up there. Now I know where all the White Clouds come from. GRIN
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01-26-2015, 05:14 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
You should consider also thanking the spirit responsible for finding the new owner of your former Zouave. Perhaps one of your passed-on parents or grandparents....... just sayin', for I am a real-life Spiritualist/Whisperer/Clairvoyant/Medium.
It seems everyday, upon rising from bed, I know-not which I will represent on that particular day.
Someone is watching over you Ed. You may even have 2-3.
It seems everyday, upon rising from bed, I know-not which I will represent on that particular day.
Someone is watching over you Ed. You may even have 2-3.
01-26-2015, 09:16 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
I was given my first as a Christmas gift in 1973, a T/C Hawken .50 percussion which I still own and love. I've kind of retired it to a special place of honor in the safe, but I still get it out and shoot it from time to time. I was introduced to muzzleloading by a friend I went to High school with who later went on to become President of the NMLRA. Thanks Jim!
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Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 01-26-2015 at 09:20 AM.
01-26-2015, 06:18 PM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
It's not surprising to see that so many of us started out with that rifle or it's plain Jane sister, the Renegade. It's sad to think that such icons of muzzleloading as these rifles were are no longer made.
I have my opinions concerning the matter, but we won't open that can of worms!
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I have my opinions concerning the matter, but we won't open that can of worms!
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01-26-2015, 06:28 PM
#29
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
It's not surprising to see that so many of us started out with that rifle or it's plain Jane sister, the Renegade. It's sad to think that such icons of muzzleloading as these rifles were are no longer made.
I have my opinions concerning the matter, but we won't open that can of worms!
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I have my opinions concerning the matter, but we won't open that can of worms!
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01-26-2015, 07:08 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
I agree Muley... but to those of us that have owned T/C rifles since their inception, their fit and finish was second to none as far as mass produced muzzleloaders are concerned. Maybe that's why guy's like me own so many of them. Try and buy a NIB Cherokee or Seneca today and see what the asking price is.
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