Remembered a bit of historical verification. My good friend Cody Mobley who is the site director at Ft. McKavett State Historical Site mentioned to me the other day of coming across a reference of one of the local settlers in the area of the fort who carried a flintlock into the 1860’s. When asked why he didn’t carry a percussion lock gun he said that he could not get to a settlement very often and percussion caps were hard for him to get as well as afford! But he could fashion a flint from the local stuff that would work in his rifle.
One of those “well duh!" Moments. 😁
Last edited by kaywoodie; 09/23/21.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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