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General discussion => Black Powder Shooting => Topic started by: navygunner on August 28, 2014, 12:56:31 AM

Title: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on August 28, 2014, 12:56:31 AM

I'm contemplating my1st flinter after owning many caplocks including an underhammer .54cal. My large weapons include serving an 1857 bronze Napoleon cannon which eats 1.5-2.0 pounds of holy black. LOL

NG

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: Virginiarifleman on August 28, 2014, 02:32:10 AM

Navygunner, Welcome Aboard. you will love a Flinter. and youll find plenty of info here on them.

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: nosrettap1958 on August 28, 2014, 01:47:18 PM

Welcome Sir!!! I was in the US Navy myself. What kind of rifle (school or county characteristics) are you looking for?

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on August 28, 2014, 03:50:59 PM

Thanks VaRifleman and Crawdad. I'm leaning towards a fowler/smooth rifle for the hunting versatility they offer.

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: Standing Bear on August 28, 2014, 05:33:13 PM

Welcome, Gunner.

AE2
USS Ticonderoga CVA-14
Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club '69

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on August 28, 2014, 06:02:01 PM

Standing Bear,
  Most likely crossed paths. :) Oh Yeah AO1!!!
Vf-24,,,USS Hancock...64-66 Tonkin Gulf
           Bonnie Dick      66-67
HAL-3  Vung Tau          68
back on the line in 72 on the Oriskany  and finished on The Coral Sea 73-75 all Tonkin Gulf. Other stations Guam, VC-2 and HS-10

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: nosrettap1958 on August 28, 2014, 07:09:15 PM

Most likely had you guys in our sights.

USS Nautilus SSN 571   ;D

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on August 28, 2014, 08:04:13 PM

Au contraire mom amie...Last duty station I was instructing ASW weapons for H-3 choppers  :P

ng

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: hanshi on August 28, 2014, 11:13:44 PM

Welcome to the forum, navygunner.  You'll get to really liking it here as I have done.   8)

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: J Henry on August 28, 2014, 11:26:35 PM

 navygunner welcome aboard shipmate,,lots to read here,learn as you go!!Come early, stay late and enjoy..
 any of these names ring a bell,Magsisi St,, ,Marylands,,, New Jolo's, ,,,Pauleans  ????????
  USS Hancock,CVA- 19,  AE-2, VA-164,,  Second TeT 69-70 Navy 1966-1990,, AECS AW RET .

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on August 29, 2014, 12:27:18 AM

Ah yes!!! I remember it well. Sent more than one duckling to his demise. The forum is great and I'm learning a lot not to mention some of the eye candy. For myself I'd have an ugly horse but it would take me out of trouble quickly.

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: David R. Pennington on August 29, 2014, 02:34:16 AM

Welcome. I have rarely shot anything but flint since I built my first one. It's kind of an incurable disease.

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: Kopfjaeger on August 29, 2014, 03:47:47 PM

Welcome navygunner. Be careful flintlocks are addictive.  ;D

I shot my first flintlock in 1975 and been shooting them ever since.

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: Hessian on August 29, 2014, 04:47:26 PM

Welcome Brother!

You do know that if the the Good Lord had meant for his children to shoot those percussion things He would have scattered little copper caps all over the face of the earth instead of rocks! ;)
Hessian

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on August 29, 2014, 04:52:28 PM

Aye Hessian,
 but "only thunderbolts can be preferred to cannon!" ;D

ng

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: mjm46@bellsouth.net on September 02, 2014, 04:27:59 PM

Welcome.

What can be more fun that a cannon. WOW. But at $15 - $30 a shot you will love shooting a Flintlock. It's almost the most fun you can have with your cloths on.

Flintlocks have much more character than caps. Buy the best you can afford.

Title: Re: new member checking aboard
Post by: navygunner on September 04, 2014, 02:51:14 AM

Hi Micah,
Thanks for the hello,,i screwed around and deleted my account. I hate windows" ate"

NG