mike_mccue
Is it a T/C?
Ever thought about a SS Firestorm?
Yes, it is a T/C. I got some powder sticks. Never seen them but they look convenient. I forgot to get P-caps but am going back to town today.
I really want a Winchester 1873. They started making them again but they are only one caliber right now (.357 mag or .38) and retail for 1300 bucks or 1580 for case hardened... dealer price is a ittle over 900 bucks on the 1300 dollar gun. I could get an Italian knock off for 400 bucks but, it wouldn't be the real thing. I'm hoping they make one in .44 cal I am not fan of .357 Mag. I'd prefer a .44 or .45
Flintlocks are OK but I don't want to deal with a flash pan. I have an old flintlock hammer and pan. I dug it metal detecting in Virginia. Actually got to hunt one day at the Crow's Nest, very much a historic piece of land. Found the flintlock parts, a federal minnie, a Confederate slick, and a bullet in wood. The one in wood is really cool, the minnie was completely encased in a dead limb on the ground. I cut away just enough so you can see the bullet. The preservationists showed up the next day with so much media pressure that the land owner caved, but we got one day's hunting in. It was out on the land where the Powhatans lived and where Pochontas was captured in 1613.The federals also captured a plantation there and used it as a staging area... I imagine they wish they had never crossed to attack Fredricksburg.
The land is privately owned but some preservationists are in a battle to try and make the owner leave it as it is. It really is a beautiful place and a few holes, dug a few inches deep and refilled will never hurt anything but some people think they own other people's property and would rather that relics rust away in the ground than be recovered and displayed... we saved a few things though.
J