Apple a Day
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I think I am getting drawn in.
I just got back from a family vacation out to Wyoming and Kansas. Out in Shoshoni, Wyoming I have an uncle who has a little sporting goods shop - White's Sporting Goods, if you've ever been out that direction. He has all kinds of blackpowder guns/parts, cowboy guns, furs, gear... all sorts of frontier stuff. He even has a stuffed buffalo named Commodore in his dining room. If you're ever at the hot springs or dinosaur museum in Thermopolis, swing through the Big Horn/Windy River canyon south 25 miles and your're in Shoshoni. If you need parts for black powder, he's got it. Just my luck to have an uncle who's an FFL but on the other side of the country.
In Kansas, I ended up in Coffeyville, where the Dalton gang got shot up. There is a museum, which is pretty small and more of a random collection of old junk than anything else but the square is still there and they do a reenactment every October. It certainly gets the imagination going.
Lastly, a friend is taking me shooting in a few days who is really into CAS.
I have to admit that I am taking an interest. Now I just have to convince the Mrs. that this is God's way of telling me to get a new gun.
I am looking at a couple of revolvers, a repro Colt 1851 and a Remington 1858.
Are there any common no-no's I should make sure to avoid?
I just got back from a family vacation out to Wyoming and Kansas. Out in Shoshoni, Wyoming I have an uncle who has a little sporting goods shop - White's Sporting Goods, if you've ever been out that direction. He has all kinds of blackpowder guns/parts, cowboy guns, furs, gear... all sorts of frontier stuff. He even has a stuffed buffalo named Commodore in his dining room. If you're ever at the hot springs or dinosaur museum in Thermopolis, swing through the Big Horn/Windy River canyon south 25 miles and your're in Shoshoni. If you need parts for black powder, he's got it. Just my luck to have an uncle who's an FFL but on the other side of the country.
In Kansas, I ended up in Coffeyville, where the Dalton gang got shot up. There is a museum, which is pretty small and more of a random collection of old junk than anything else but the square is still there and they do a reenactment every October. It certainly gets the imagination going.
Lastly, a friend is taking me shooting in a few days who is really into CAS.
I have to admit that I am taking an interest. Now I just have to convince the Mrs. that this is God's way of telling me to get a new gun.
I am looking at a couple of revolvers, a repro Colt 1851 and a Remington 1858.
Are there any common no-no's I should make sure to avoid?