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[major]

Since everyone else was putting up a new Avatar I thought I might as well also.  This is me at a local reenactment shooting my 44-40 Spencer.  Notice the glove on the left hand?  Boy can the barrel on this gun get hot!
I should have my article on "Reenacting with a Spencer" done soon.

Terry

[Two Flints]

Great looking Spencer photo...you look good, too, Major

Look forward to your posting that article!

Two Flints

[Tuolumne Lawman]

Very nice!

[Fox Creek Kid]

Man!! I knew you were old, but don't buy any green bananas!! 

[Two Flints]

Major,

Were there many Spencers in the field that day?  Or were you the only Spencer shooter?

Two Flints

[major]

Two Flints
I was the only one using a Spencer but we did have 2 original Sharps & Hankins and a few Sharps on the skirmish line.  I let some of my fellow reenactors try it and I think I am tempting them.  We may have more Spencers when they can gather up some extra money. 
I went out skeet shooting today and picked up a bunch of 410 hulls to make into blanks for my Spencer.

Fox Creek Kid
I am only 57 but I think like I am 20.  Unfortunately my bones don't agree with me on that.
Terry

[Cooleemee Edd]

Two Flints
I was the only one using a Spencer but we did have 2 original Sharps & Hankins and a few Sharps on the skirmish line.  I let some of my fellow reenactors try it and I think I am tempting them.  We may have more Spencers when they can gather up some extra money. 
I went out skeet shooting today and picked up a bunch of 410 hulls to make into blanks for my Spencer.

Fox Creek Kid
I am only 57 but I think like I am 20.  Unfortunately my bones don't agree with me on that.
Terry

Terry, I share your age and your pain! I'll be 58 in November.

I've gotten on an exercise program 5 days a week that has made me feel MUCH better overall. I am not ready to go jogging, but I'm up for some long walks to trim down the waistline a bit. I only need to lose another 5 lb and I'll be at "fighting weight" again.

My wife and I are about through adopting two little ones - age 3 and 4, and that's going to make us stay in shape. I tell people, "Banjo playing is mandatory for the boy, but shooting is optional."  (HA - how could he resist black powder and loud noises?!?!?) I won't say that the kids are making us younger, but they are forcing us to become more active. I can hardly wait until "Bubbaroo" is old enough to go reenacting and to SASS events with me!!