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skill sets

Not to brag but
How many men on here can sew or weave? It's not a "Manly" thing to be skilled in currently.
How many know how to sharpen a knife blade freehand without jigs or other tools, just a stone & a blade?
How about shoe/boot repair in an emergency? anyone skilled in that here?
Reloading ammo. How many use a progressive for "volume" as opposed to "match loads" with concentricity checked & fixed if needed?
How many here shoot long range (beyond 300yds for the purposes of discussion),with just iron sigh
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Yes - I regularly darn my worn socks like my Grandmother used to do. Iron my own shirts, patch my clothes when they need to be fixed.
Knives - what jigs? Two stones and some water. Shaving sharp.
Last year, I made a set on moccasins that I wear regularly - hand stitched them. Looking for a last now - size 12 - so I can try a full oxford lace up from scratch.
I load all my match ammo - .45 ACP for pistol and .223 for Service rifle. The .223, at least, get done on a one at a time basis. My best groups are under 1/2 MOA.
All of my match shooting - and most of my other shooting is done with iron sights - don't have access to a 300 yard range but that would make no difference. Those 1/2 MOA groups - shot with iron sights.

Are you as good a shot with a slingshot as you are with a .22? How well can you throw a knife? A tomahawk? A stone?
Knots? I can tie a square knot and be sure it's not a Granny. I can still tie a sheepshank and a bowline on a bight, a sheetbend, a clove/cow/double half/timber hitch.
Some of us do pay attention to the "older" skill sets. I'm sure that I am not nearly an exception.
Lots of people talk about preparing for teotwawki - you are not prepared if you can't do all of these things.
Pete
 
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My favorite example of an in production gun and where the "replica" line starts is the Humpback Browning known by various model numbers and names made by at least three different manufacturers for a hundred years. I have an FN Light 12 from the early 50's. Is it a "replica" of a Model 11 from 1900 or are the Japanese Auto-5's replicas. :)

My double barrel .62 Howdah is either a replica of a mid-1800's Howdah pistol, or a part of a halted production, since it was handmade by the Indians who hand built the originals.

People lose sight of how much value is in things we buy. A $1000 Remington that's of superior quality (it better be if it costs that much) is a bargain compared to an original, if you bring in the economics factor. The cost of living doubles every 10 years. A Remington '58 cost $1.50 on the surplus market a hundred years ago. Add 10% every ten years and it would cost about $1336, not including collectability and artificial inflation. The $1000 newly made Remington would be superior, since the surplus Remingtons might have been used or worn out or rushed during manufacture.

Personally, I don't know why Glocks and other automatics cost more than a lot of tactical rifles, since there's more machining, parts, and materials involved with building a rifle. The injection molding and investmen casting are supposed to make pistols less expensive for the end user. They cost dollars to manufacture, but they're inflating the price to what the market will bear.

BP guns are sculpted and fitted, there's more labor involved with building, so of course high quality is more expensive. Materials are ridiculously cheap compared to the old days, but labor is higher because everything costs more.
 
My hat's off to you for having those skills. As you say handy if something goes wrong, even temporarily.
Yes I can sew & throw & my "party trick" is to tie a bowline one handed while hanging on a rope on a vertical face.:eek:
 
Heheh, somebody mentioned ROA in front of Hawg


at least they did"nt mention the famed .44 cal. 1851 navy colt ....
we all know how much Hawg loves those
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Hey I got a reputation to uphold.:D
 
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