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Author Topic: Debating.  (Read 61 times)

Offline Winter Hawk

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Debating.
« on: August 27, 2025, 03:59:21 PM »
I'm looking at the various guns I have accumulated and thinking of thinning the herd.  None of the three kids are interested in shooting anymore.  Lately I only shoot the Shenandoah Rifle when I go out.  I am NOT getting any younger.  So, I am thinking of selling off the Hodgepodge rifle (flintlock) and the restocked CVA Bobcat (cap lock), plus some unmentionables.  I'll probably et rid of some molds and other stuff also; I just have to figure out what I want to keep.  I'll post photos and such in the Trade Blanket forum later, if anyone is interested.

~Kees~
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Re: Debating.
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2025, 05:03:21 PM »
Kees,
Welcome to my world.  You sound like I do.
I have started selling off some of my collection of powder horns.  I am probably down to 40 by now.  I only have one horn for sale right now, a nice banded applied tip by Steve Vance.  It is listed here on our trade blanket.  Sure would like to part with it even if it is a really nice horn.
I have already culled my gun collection down quite a bit, but I just cannot bear to see the revolvers go, both B/P and cartridge.  Maybe one day.  Then there are knives, oh boy, what a quandary.
John
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Re: Debating.
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2025, 07:12:35 PM »
Sad to say, but I also am in the first throws of culling the herd. I started with the "not to be spoken of" group from 14 to 4. Now the blessed group of smoke generators will be thinned, if I can make myself screw up the courage to start. 83 and counting and the grandkids all have a black powder gun thanks to gramps so---.

doggoner
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