Re: MtMan-List: Cabelas Flintlock -- Historically Accurate?

[hawknest4@juno.com (michael pierce)]

I have never given a new commer a hard time about his equipment only
suggested that he buy the best quality he can afford---junk is junk and
quality is quality----remember some of the pilgrems arn't shooters only
traders and such---but they need to learn what quality is and where and
how it is produced----END OF SUBJECT---

HAWK
MICHAEL PIERCE
1-813-771-1815
E-MAIL ADDRESS==hawknest4@juno.com

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:17:17 -0600 Jeff Powers <kestrel@ticon.net>
writes:
>   >>Haven't priced them via Shotgun News recently, but you
>   >>used to be able (6-12 months ago) to get the flint kit for around
>   >>$230 as I recall.
>   >Whoopee.  If the potential owner would pick up a part-time job and
>   >wait til he had worked 40 hours at minimum wage, he could have
>   >gotten a decent gun.
>   >LongWalker c. du B.
>WELL NOW ARE WE TO BECOME THE ELITIST BASTARDS THAT DO NOT WANT NEW 
>COMMERS
>TO JOIN? its time a few wake up and realize that as you said,"pick up 
>a
>parttime job at minimum wage..." In my real life I commute 2 hours 
>each
>way,for a hell of a lot more than min.wage. Nothing but an original is
>truely authenic,but give the new commers a chance. When I started in 
>the 70's
>it wasn't just being ridiculisly perfectly accurate that got a pilgrim 
>into
>camp;it was the attempt and desire to learn! NOT EVERONE CAN AFFORD A 
>CUSTOM
>GUN OR THE BEST PRODUCTION MODEL,but if he's willing to make the 
>attempt to
>LOOK PERIOD CORRECT(and not show up with one of those damn inline bp
>burners) he's welcome in my camp. My first muzzleloader was a 
>CVA(still have
>it,still shoots straight,and I  killed 9 deer with it),then I bought a 
>Brown
>bess kit from someone and now am scratch building a Charlieville 
>replica.
> I've hooked a few newcommers by lending that old CVA and teaching 
>them how
>to shoot it,that have gone on to bigger and($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)better
>smokepoles than I have. Do I care? NO!!!!!!!!!!! So lets not give a
>newcommer a hard time because he cannot afford a custom gun(in time he 
>will
>find a way to get one any way!)lets welcome him and help educate.
>Jeff Powers,Rogue & Ne'er do Well
>
>"They make no scruple to break wind publickly" Fr.Louis Hennepin 1698
>
>Net-Tamer V 1.08.1 - Test Drive
>
>
>

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