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Lyman Plains Pistol .54 caliber
This is a stock Lyman .54 caliber Plains Pistol. It is a very accurate pistol! $300 + shipping.
Posted in For Sale!!, Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping, Shooting
Tagged fur trade, guns, Hunting, Mountain Man, mountain men, muzzleloader, shooting
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Pedersoli AN IX Pistol .69 caliber
This is a replica of a French military pistol that was copied by Simeon North for use by the U.S. military. I have stamped U.S. on the side plate to represent this type. I converted it from its original flintlock … Continue reading
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Leman Indian Trade Rifle .54 caliber
I am offering the Leman trade rifle I built a few years ago. It has a 32″ straight taper barrel with round bottom rifling. The lock has no half cock notch as the originals did not have one. Length of … Continue reading
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Tagged fur trade, guns, Hunting, Mountain Man, mountain men, muzzleloader, shooting
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Swallows section of the Arkansas River
The last day of June 2020, Bruce Day, Bill & Lee Bailey, and myself set out upon the upper Arkansas river near the town of Florence, Colorado. We had Bruce’s Buffalo boat and Bill’s wooden pirogues. Bruce’s boat was constructed … Continue reading
Sardis Camp
A couple of my friends joined me and two of my dogs for an overnight on my land along Lake Sardis in south eastern Oklahoma. We paddled in and found a nice place to camp. Curley used his harness … Continue reading
Posted in American Mountain Men, Historical Adventure, Hunting & Trapping
Tagged AMM, camping, canoe, fishing, Hunting
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Green River 2017
Green River 2017 November 4, 2017, Aaron Griggs, Mary Sims, and myself arrived at Green River, Utah around noon. We met up with Ed Bevers, Bill Bailey and Todd “Pete” Peterson. Pete, Mary, and I set up camps at Crystal … Continue reading
Missouri River Trip 2017
Day One – 6/30/17, Aaron & I left home about 6 pm and drove to Wheatland, WY where we got a room for the night. Day Two – 7/1/17, We traveled across Wyoming to Billings, MT where we stopped … Continue reading
My Brown Bess
When I got married in 1981, we took our honeymoon around Lake Superior. We visited all of the historic sites we could find. At Fort Michilimackinac, we saw the Great Lakes fur trade first hand and watched a man shoot … Continue reading
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Tagged AMM, brown bess, canoe, muzzleloader
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Green River 2016
Saturday, November 5, 2016, I met Aaron Griggs and Tom Karnuta in Buena Vista, CO at 6:00 AM and we headed west toward Green River, Utah. We arrived at 11:30 AM in time for lunch at Ray’s Tavern before heading … Continue reading
Posted in American Mountain Men, Events, Historical Clothing and Equipment, Hunting & Trapping
Tagged canoe, Green River, Hunting, trapping
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A Canoe Trip on the Guadalupe
May 8 – 13, 2016 – I joined 3 men for a canoe trip down the Guadalupe River in south Texas. We all met at the take-out site near Nursery, TX on Sunday, May 8. I brought with me a Red Drum and … Continue reading
Gabe the Shootist
Gabe the Shootist 