Comments | frost57565: Hot lead and cold steel

frost57565

Hot lead and cold steel

Oct 26, 2008 13:32

Anyone have any experience with black powder firearms?

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frost57565 October 26 2008, 22:40:30 UTC

Really? Wouldn't have pegged you for it.

musicman October 26 2008, 20:58:24 UTC

I do and my younger brother has a lot. What do you need to know?

frost57565 October 26 2008, 22:46:52 UTC

My interest in Civil War history and recent visit to Gettysburg piqued my interest. What would it take to get involved in, say, target shooting with blackpowder firearms (probably a percussion pistol or some such)?

musicman October 26 2008, 23:54:35 UTC

Some of the black powder guns that are sold now are a bit different from the ones used in the Civil War, but you can find models of them to buy and shoot. I'll send you some links this week -- a guy like you would be able to learn in an afternoon enough to get started, and there are many resources in this area for shooting and learning from others. My brother owns several of the modern blackpowder rifles in .50 caliber -- they are single shot, but if you hit it the paper target or tine can is not going to get back up. :)

musicman November 7 2008, 13:55:22 UTC

Thomas -- check out this article in today's NYT. http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/travel/escapes/07deer.html

frost57565 November 7 2008, 17:18:34 UTC

Is it weird that I want to shoot blackpowder firearms but don't want to kill any animals doing so?

musicman November 7 2008, 17:27:19 UTC

There are turkey shoot competitions (target shooting) just for black powder. it is not weird, I love to target shoot but have not shot an animal in more than 30 years, though I am teaching my son to hunt. I'll get a chance to target shoot my brother's .50 calibers over the thanksgiving holiday when I go to Ohio, I'll let you know how it is.