Woody for me it started at a early age back around 1955 or 56 when I found a NRA magazine and going through the back pages looking at the rolling blocks and sharps rifles for sale. I ordered a roller because it was the cheapest for around $ 14.00 that was a lot of my summers .50 cent a hour wages staking hay bales in a hot haymow. The Sharps rifles were out of my reach in the $ 20. plus price ranges. The .43 Spanish were less then the .45-70's but ammo was still available for them so I ordered a .43 and I been hooked on seeing the smoke blow out ever since
I have shot hand guns, shot guns bench guns front stuffers but the BPCR have always been my favorite that I always returned back to. Even to this day with all the rifles I have 80% are BPCR and front stuffers. I have not pulled the trigger on my high power rifles since I got my first Sharps rifle back in the mid 90's that I always wanted since I was a Kid.
