I got my survival gun - finally !!
For the last 3 months, we've all been watching wall street, the banks, and our economy free falling into the unknown abyss with equally unknown and devastating consequenses. 3 months ago a fellow on another list I'm on put up for sale a custom made flintlock smoothbore gun. .54 caliber/.28 gauge, Siler flintlock lock, the finest 46 inch Longhammock barrel made, etc. You can see this gun if you look at the Jim Chambers flintlocks site and look at what he calls the Pennsylvania smoothrifle - Same exact gun.
The gun owner agreed to let me make several payments to acqire the gun as they are rather expensive. This one I picked up for about half price. As our economy kept getting deeper and deeper into the pit, I have been getting more and more anxious about getting my flintlock. I have had the fear the economy would collapse before I had it in my grubby little hands. Last week they announced on the radio that AIG would be out of money might go under today (Monday). Paranoia mode on !! Saturday I met the seller and gave him the last payment for my smoothbored gun. I was elated !! I felt like a great weight has been taken off my shoulders as if the economy takes a nasty downturn, I now have the gun that I will depend on for food gathering. Roundball for large game like deer, and shot for small game and flying game. It doesn't require any special ammo, just a sharp flint in the jaws of the hammer and some blackpowder in the pan and barrel.
I have been getting the acessories right along I need for this gun, and making many others. I call this smoothbored gun a survival gun. It's not for firefights with other armed assailants. It is for the hunter-gatherer that wants to have a dependable long arm for getting food. It's accurate like a black powder rifle out to 50 or 60 yards, and will definitely take any meat animal or bird that is so unlucky to get in front of that long barrel. If our economy heads farther and deeper into depression, I can be sure that my family will be fed the same way the early pioneers fed their families in the 18th century when they didn't have anyone to depend on other than themselves. The Government isn't going to help me or feed me. It's up to me to make my own success and come out of the other end of this depression OK. My flintlock smoothbore was one of the items of my survival strategy plan that has come together perfectly.
Ohio Rusty ><>
