Holy Mackerel !!! I am stunned!!
- Thread starter Sure Shot Mc Gee
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Wild Bill Bucks
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I have three Walmart supercenters within a 50 mile radius, and about a 1/2 dozen gun shops. I really like to shoot the front stuffers a bunch, but I really got tired of being taken advantage of, at every turn. Checking the prices at the supercenters told me that every one of them had different prices on almost all my shooting supplies. A pound of powder at one store was $28.00 while at another store only 50 miles away was $35.00. The same held true with primers and bullets, sabots and all the other supplies that I needed. It got to where a shot was costing me around $2.00 per shot, when I got a gut full and bought a Savage MLII that shoots smokeless. My cost now is around 60 cents per shot.
I won't argue the point of modern Vs Traditional, as I love both of them, but I just can't see making every body else that kind of money to do something I enjoy. I shoot approx. 1200 rounds a year through my different guns, and that gets pretty expensive at their prices.
I won't argue the point of modern Vs Traditional, as I love both of them, but I just can't see making every body else that kind of money to do something I enjoy. I shoot approx. 1200 rounds a year through my different guns, and that gets pretty expensive at their prices.
bedbugbilly
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O.K. . . B.L.E. . . I'll rephrase my original post about changing to flintlocks . . . er . . change that to "match locks". 
I agree on the sawn flints. I've always picked mine up from vendors at Friendship, etc. When I find 'em at a good price, I stock up. I've been in the BP hobby more than 50 years . . . a person has to look around and become familiar with suppliers that aren''t the chain stores. Some of the best deals I've found over the years have been from fellow shooters who peddle supplies.
Let's face it . . at least there is a choice in musket caps today. When I started shooting military muskets in the early 60's, they were often very hard to come by. Alcan started producing them - 4 wing caps. If I remember correctly, when they made the announcement that they were going to make them, Dixie G.W. ordered something like a million of them. When the were "fresh" out of the sealed tin, they were pretty good. If they sat around in you leather cap box between skirmishes, they sometimes became a little "iffy".
In those days, the only supplier (an old gunsmith) that I could by caps from stocked Remingtons (I'm talking #11s and 12s). They were excellent caps and always went bang. Now a days, I buy 'em in quantity of 1,000 at a time. Yea, they last a long time but when I find 'em, I get 'em. Like anything else, the price is just going to increase.
I agree on the sawn flints. I've always picked mine up from vendors at Friendship, etc. When I find 'em at a good price, I stock up. I've been in the BP hobby more than 50 years . . . a person has to look around and become familiar with suppliers that aren''t the chain stores. Some of the best deals I've found over the years have been from fellow shooters who peddle supplies.
Let's face it . . at least there is a choice in musket caps today. When I started shooting military muskets in the early 60's, they were often very hard to come by. Alcan started producing them - 4 wing caps. If I remember correctly, when they made the announcement that they were going to make them, Dixie G.W. ordered something like a million of them. When the were "fresh" out of the sealed tin, they were pretty good. If they sat around in you leather cap box between skirmishes, they sometimes became a little "iffy".
In those days, the only supplier (an old gunsmith) that I could by caps from stocked Remingtons (I'm talking #11s and 12s). They were excellent caps and always went bang. Now a days, I buy 'em in quantity of 1,000 at a time. Yea, they last a long time but when I find 'em, I get 'em. Like anything else, the price is just going to increase.