The saga continues.
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Nice pic Grund. I have a Dixie .32cal squirell rifle much like the Pa. Long Rifle pictured. Shooting hogs with it is a ball!!

Forgot to mention, this is my new "bug out kit". [;)]

That's OK- I carry two guns in my gun case: an Armalite M15A2- and a .62 cal. Baker rifle. BOOOOM! Fire and smoke everywhere- gotta love it. Sweet shooting rifle, too.

Military-style assault rifles of the two past centuries... sure wakes up the hunter types at my range :^)

95thFoot,
From your name can I presume that you are a Rev War re-enactor? I run with the German Rgt.
I posted my Bessie in an earlier post here:
http://www.ar15.com:1111/forums/topic.html?id=1622#lastPost

I missed 3 doe this season with her here in Pa. The first 2 were running full bore so I thought I would try. The 3rd was standing 48 paces away down a steep hill. I made the mistake of not shooting low. Even though I missed, I was back "there" for just a moment. Incredible! It has never happened before and has to be experienced. I am planning to build a Jaeger Rifle from http://www.trackofthewolf.com. I think I'll do better next year with that rifle. I also hammer (der Blaeckschmidt) at the Danl Boone Homestead on occasion and get to introduce a lot of non-shooters to my rifle and musket. We seem to get folks from Jersey and Maryland that come there.

>95thFoot,
From your name can I presume that you are a Rev War re-enactor? I run with the German Rgt.

You are correct, sir- I am a servant of the legal govt. and the forces of goodness, light and freedom, AKA Ye Redcoats :^), viz, as a member of HM40th Regt of Foot ( http://members.aol.com/HM40thfoot/ )

>I posted my Bessie in an earlier post here:
http://www.ar15.com:1111/forums/topic.html?id=1622#lastPost

As I always tell the public, "This is a military-style assault weapon- of the 18th century. With it, the British were able to conquer most of the known world." THAT gets some interesting responses....

>I missed 3 doe this season with her here in Pa. The first 2 were running full bore so I thought I would try. The 3rd was standing 48 paces away down a steep hill. I made the mistake of not shooting low. Even though I missed, I was back "there" for just a moment. Incredible! It has never happened before and has to be experienced. I am planning to build a Jaeger Rifle from http://www.trackofthewolf.com.

Check also with GGGodwin- they get NICE handmade Jaeger rifles from Juergen Kreckel.

>I think I'll do better next year with that rifle. I also hammer (der Blaeckschmidt) at the Danl Boone Homestead on occasion and get to introduce a lot of non-shooters to my rifle and musket. We seem to get folks from Jersey and Maryland that come there.

Would you have been the blacksmith from the German regiment who was at Rock Ford in '98? My wife, who is Scottish, was there, and won a nice handmade wrought iron takedown kit for a Brown Bess in a wooden case, at an auction or raffle there. The 'smith explained to her a  lot about it. I still use it, every time I maintain the Bess.

LOL.




Are you referring to the Line event?
I was not hammering, fortunately I was bangin! There was a smith there from another Continental unit. I do not know of any other hammerers in the Regt.
I am the medic that broke ranks to render aid to the occupation soldier overcome with heat near the Smithy. BTW, are you a part of the British Occupation this Summer at CW?
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