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__________________ MountainMan: Political hypocrisy has been alive and well since the first politician emerged from the primordial slime and failed to evolve.
Make mine a Winchester, preferably one with the King door feature.
And, not one cut-down like that. If I want to get a big, clumsy pistol I'll just get a Buntline... or my head examined, whichever comes first.
Being a loner, I would probably be a scout and mountain man. So I would look for a .50 Caliber Hawken. If I smell you first, you're a dead man, pilgrim.
__________________ "My country, right or wrong" makes about as much sense as "My parents, drunk or sober".
Spoken like a true Texian. The Texas Navy did a lot to bring the revolver to the West, and the Texas Rangers' use of those pistols, and the development of the Walker Colt, makes them icons of early western "six shooters."
__________________ "There are only two professions in the world in which the amateur excels the professional. One, military strategy, and, two, prostitution."
-- Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Avatar: Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, Republic of Texas Navy)
Because the West had a long run, it really depends on the time. You could go with:
the "Mountain Man West" (flintlock Kentucky rifles, riverboat pepperboxes),
the "Texas Revolution West" (Davy Crockett converted percussion rifle, Paterson Colt, muzzle-loading double-shotgun and the Walker),
the "Jesse James/Wild Bill West" (Shiloh, Spencer, Colt Army/Navy, cartridge conversions),
the "Lone Ranger West" (Peacemaker, Schofield, coach gun and Henry/Winchester), and
the "Wild Bunch West" (1897 pump shotgun, Mauser Broomhandle and other early automatic pistols).
There's something for everyone.
__________________ "There are only two professions in the world in which the amateur excels the professional. One, military strategy, and, two, prostitution."
-- Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Avatar: Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, Republic of Texas Navy)
Being a loner, I would probably be a scout and mountain man. So I would look for a .50 Caliber Hawken. If I smell you first, you're a dead man, pilgrim.
Being a loner, I would probably be a scout and mountain man. So I would look for a .50 Caliber Hawken. If I smell you first, you're a dead man, pilgrim.
That looks very much like a CVA flintlock kit I built when I was a kid. Still have it - those are great guns, especially when you're a kid and think that 90 grains of FFF is a decent load for a .45 round ball. The smoke is wonderful (even if a bit wasteful).
__________________ "There are only two professions in the world in which the amateur excels the professional. One, military strategy, and, two, prostitution."
-- Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Avatar: Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, Republic of Texas Navy)
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