I remember when we used to shoot them.

[drm2m]

Canada is not the best place to be a CW collector….however once upon a time there was a supply of CW pieces at a cost that was certainly less than in the U.S.

I realized some years ago that if I wanted to continue my collecting passion for U.S. Civil War stuff it would probably have to come from the U.S. at a time when the reduced value of the Canadian dollar was a serious issue.

For perhaps this reason I started to focus on other stuff…..and my collection went off in a totally different direction……somewhat crazy..as shown below.

Definately not black powder.
(It was not by choise.)

David

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[gunluvver]

Quite the collection!

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Absolutely astounding collection!

[jmoore]

Dang, my primary squirrel rifle is a 42" bbl. half stocked .355" bore that's been in the family since the 1800's. Been shot a blue million times up to the 1930's at which time it sat until I started to revive it in the 1980's. FINALLY reinvented the wheel and freshed out the bore about 7-8 years ago. (hence the odd bore size, that's just at what size it cleaned up!) Shoots thick patched OO buck right well out to 50yds. (.22 rifles just ain't sportin' after the first couple o' hundred or so)

Heck, we'uns have shot an original P'53 Enfield, '61 Eli Whitney, '63 Springfield, '42(?) Springfield percussion musket, plus other stuff I can't even recollect right now, all w/ no harm to the shooters or the weapons. Generally, if they're ugly on the outside but pretty on the inside, its fair game!