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navygunner

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new member checking aboard
« 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

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Offline Virginiarifleman

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Re: new member checking aboard
« Reply #1 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.
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nosrettap1958

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Re: new member checking aboard
« Reply #2 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?
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navygunner

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« Reply #3 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.
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Offline Standing Bear

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Re: new member checking aboard
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2014, 05:33:13 PM »
Welcome, Gunner.

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Nothing is hard if you have the right equipment and know how to use it.  OR have friends who have both.

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navygunner

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« Reply #5 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
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nosrettap1958

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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2014, 07:09:15 PM »
Most likely had you guys in our sights.

USS Nautilus SSN 571   ;D
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navygunner

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« Reply #7 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

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Offline hanshi

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« Reply #8 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)
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Offline J Henry

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« Reply #9 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  ????????
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navygunner

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« Reply #10 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.
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Offline David R. Pennington

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Re: new member checking aboard
« Reply #11 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.
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Offline Kopfjaeger

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Re: new member checking aboard
« Reply #12 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.
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Hessian

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« Reply #13 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! ;)
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navygunner

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« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2014, 04:52:28 PM »
Aye Hessian,
 but "only thunderbolts can be preferred to cannon!" ;D

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mjm46@bellsouth.net

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« Reply #15 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.













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navygunner

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« Reply #16 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"

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