Well I think they're awesome. I love the history, I love the slow pace of shooting, the simple engineering, and the challenge of learning the ladder sight. I bought my Pedersoli 1874 off a member here, maybe he'll pop in the chat. He is a wealth of knowledge about the .45-70!
I gave up on NPR when I, as a casual news observer, could clearly hear liberal bias in their reporting. And, my life got a lot better when I quit listening to an hour of news every day!
That was super cool! I mean, I wouldn't have traveled for it either but I'm glad I got done with work in time to get home. Now I'm enjoying watching the traffic filter on Google maps slowly turn red around the city...
I have a book on loading for black powder if you want it! I took mine to bass and bucks in Wabash to shoot, which was a long way to find out the barrel was leaded up and needed a deep clean!
So in an effort to save money I bought an open box item advertised as never installed. It's a Bluetooth sound bar for a golf cart. I installed it and when I plugged in the power wire, nothing happened. I discovered the inline fuse was blown (and blows when replaced) and contacted both the seller...
2x4s on edge with 5/8 plywood on top, one can deep, would hold forever. Probably even two cans deep. Might bolt to the wall just for tipover safety. You could get a local welder to fab some extruded metal doors for the front to fancy it up and add a lock if desired.
Mountains mullets America, I appreciate that he tells you what he's going to do, does it, then shows results, with no extra talking. He's well spoken and man I wish I had that kind of distance to play with!