MtMan-List: Start out with what you can afford...

["Addison Miller" <sean@naplesnet.com>]

Easy there... :))  I have been doing this (Ronnyvous and Reenactin) for 8
years and BP shooting for about 20+ years... I started with a .50 caliber
Hawken "replica" that at the time cost me about $150 (around 1975).  It was
a TC knock off made in Spain. Still have it... great shooter and has brought
down many deer...  Now, I own 2 custon rifles... a South Carolina Rifle, .45
cal., (along the same lines as the Penna and Ky rifles, but has steel vs
brass fixtures), and a Chiefs Trade Gun, .62 cal.    My point is that it
took me along time to be able to afford a good custom made BP firearm.
Start out with the best you can afford, and make sure it is the best you can
get for that price.

I also converted a Traditions Springfield Hawkens from a capper to a
flinter... works great!!  Traditions said it couldn't be done... WRONG!!!
hehe...  From what I have seen and shot, Traditions makes some pretty decent
firearms.  Sure, every now and then you will get a lemon... but... then you
make lemonade and go from there...

Addison Miller
aka SeanBear