From: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com (hist_text-digest) To: hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #824 Reply-To: hist_text Sender: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk hist_text-digest Monday, July 2 2001 Volume 01 : Number 824 In this issue: -       MtMan-List: Yahoo groups -       MtMan-List: Rifle question -       MtMan-List: mtn men and the 4th of July -       MtMan-List: King's Mountain Cancelled! -       Re: MtMan-List: Rifle question -       RE: MtMan-List: Rifle question ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:27:08 -0500 From: "Frank Fusco" Subject: MtMan-List: Yahoo groups There is another, more specific group that may be of interest to history list members. You are welcome to visit my group at the link below. Frank G. Fusco Mountain Home, Arkansas http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/ozarksmuzzleloaders - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 19:24:34 -0400 From: "cd252" Subject: MtMan-List: Rifle question Hi, What brand and or type of rifle is the most commonly seen at the most recent Rendezvous Also what percentage are cap locks??? Thanks, Big Dave - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:31:51 EDT From: Hawkengun@aol.com Subject: MtMan-List: mtn men and the 4th of July I'm putting together a short talk on Independence Day on the frontier for our 4th of July doins at Bent's Old Fort. I need any good references I can find to the 4th from mtn. men, fur traders, Mexican War soldiers, Santa Fe Trail teamsters, etc. Much obliged, John Sweet - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:37:24 -0400 From: "Possum Hunter" Subject: MtMan-List: King's Mountain Cancelled! In a surprise move, The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism has cancelled the Muzzleloading Conclave that has been held in conjunction with Pioneer Days at King's Mountain State Park. Although the event has been held without incident for the past 24 consecutive years and has been very successful in generating badly needed revenue for the park, it was cancelled citing safety concerns for Park visitors and shooters. What is another good event on Sep 22 & 23 in the Eastern US? I have already got the time off from work. Possum - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 00:41:58 EDT From: HikingOnThru@cs.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Rifle question In a message dated 7/1/01 7:25:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cd252@ptd.net writes: << What brand and or type of rifle is the most commonly seen at the most recent Rendezvous Also what percentage are cap locks??? Thanks, Big Dave >> Dave, In our group of CoHT living historians it is a hodge-podge. NO caplocks. Flint is good well into the RMFT era and after. Are you asking as an academic endeavor or are you trying to decide on the "best" gun for your reenacting needs? The reason I ask is I did the same thing and got tons of input. I ended up getting a Lyman trade rifle in flint...a good gun for reenacting later fur trade (RMFT), but I was in a hurry so I failed to take the advice of those who told me that getting an earlier PC gunstyle allows me to use it in that era and onward for all my reenacting needs!!!! Wish I had heeded and waited!!! I started out in RMFT and since gained an interest in F&I as well. Now I have to get another firelock to be PC...another generous chunk of change to be laid out!!! Could have avoided that if I had taken the time to research the periods and chosen a gun that would have been around then. Generally, if it was seen "back east" you could be safe using it out west (with some notable exceptions - please hold the artillery on answering that last statement, camp!). A good common "working rifle" or smoothbore of the earliest period you could see yourself reenacting would do good. For instance, a Brown Bess could be used for Rev. War and fur trade (yes, they did make their way west). There was even a Confederate regiment outfitted with Besses. I know that is a lot of advice, but if I can help someone not make an expensive mistake then so much the better. Of course, if you did make that mistake and HAD to get another ML gun - then so much the better!!! - -C.Kent - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:00:47 -0700 From: "De Santis, Nick" Subject: RE: MtMan-List: Rifle question Big Dave, Just another viewpoint. I shoot with a club in western Oregon that picked the pre 1840 trapper era as our period of choice. We have rifle and trade gun competitions as separate shooting classes. I think all of the trade gunners are shooting flints. The rifle shooters are about 80% caps. Although I have to say it can be wet a lot of the year around here and a hat brim full of water in your frizzen can ruin an otherwise awesome shot...not to mention it gives your friends an under their breath chuckle. Having said that, I was beat hands down by a couple of rifle flinters in a trail walk this spring that was more than a little damp with one of them recovering from a frizzen full of water - and I shoot the modern way! The other thing to consider is the cost. A pound of FFFF will last 5-10 years for priming at $7-10, and I am paying $4 per each 100 rounds with caps! If you like to cut your own patches and cast your own ball, you can be a real economical shooter by not using caps. But of course there are those lousy rocks to find and hammer on.... A question for all you shooters: How may of you are shooting with a "moose-milk" type of water soluble oil patch lube vs. the "bear-grease" patch lube? I have been using the "moose-milk" now for a while and find I have zero bore fouling for as many rounds as I want to go. I am strictly a black powder man. Any comments? Travler - -----Original Message----- From: cd252 [mailto:cd252@ptd.net] Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 4:25 PM To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com Subject: MtMan-List: Rifle question Hi, What brand and or type of rifle is the most commonly seen at the most recent Rendezvous Also what percentage are cap locks??? Thanks, Big Dave - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ End of hist_text-digest V1 #824 ******************************* - To unsubscribe to hist_text-digest, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe hist_text-digest" in the body of the message.