Re: MtMan-List: Start out with what you can afford...

[hawknest4@juno.com (michael pierce)]

thanks for goof input sean bear----
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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:18:49 -0500 "Addison Miller" <sean@naplesnet.com>
writes:
>Easy there... :))  I have been doing this (Ronnyvous and Reenactin) 
>for 8
>years and BP shooting for about 20+ years... I started with a .50 
>caliber
>Hawken "replica" that at the time cost me about $150 (around 1975).  
>It was
>a TC knock off made in Spain. Still have it... great shooter and has 
>brought
>down many deer...  Now, I own 2 custon rifles... a South Carolina 
>Rifle, .45
>cal., (along the same lines as the Penna and Ky rifles, but has steel 
>vs
>brass fixtures), and a Chiefs Trade Gun, .62 cal.    My point is that 
>it
>took me along time to be able to afford a good custom made BP firearm.
>Start out with the best you can afford, and make sure it is the best 
>you can
>get for that price.
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>I also converted a Traditions Springfield Hawkens from a capper to a
>flinter... works great!!  Traditions said it couldn't be done... 
>WRONG!!!
>hehe...  From what I have seen and shot, Traditions makes some pretty 
>decent
>firearms.  Sure, every now and then you will get a lemon... but... 
>then you
>make lemonade and go from there...
>
>Addison Miller
>aka SeanBear
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