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Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #1190
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hist_text-digest Monday, April 21 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1190
In this issue:
-áááááá MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
-áááááá MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
-áááááá MtMan-List: Turkeys 0, Trappers 1
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Turkeys 0, Trappers 1
-áááááá MtMan-List: question
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: question
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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:25:35 -0600 (MDT)
From: <beaverboy@sofast.net>
Subject: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
Dear List,
I received my Pecatonica River gun kit a few days ago! I am
extremely pleased with it. Richard Greensides was a very pleasant
person to work with. He promised it in two weeks and I got it in
three weeks which was quite alright with me. All the wood and metal
parts were of excellent quality.
I ended up choosing the Transitional Southern rifle in .54 caliber
with a 36 inch Green Mountain barrel with the 1-70" twist. I look
forward to many hunting trips packing this fine rifle around.
I would highly recommend Pecatonica River Long River Supply to
anyone looking for a nice gun kit.
bb
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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:14:34 -0500
From: "Frank Fusco" <Rifleman1776@centurytel.net>
Subject: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
Mark
You asked:
<Hello the camp just order a 80% beaver felt but need some sugestions.
How high should the crown be?
Should it have a band on the out side "hat band"?
Should it have a sweat band on the inside?>
To all questions: Yes and No and not so high and very high.
Waddayawant? And what do you want it to be? I don't believe the RMFT
guys had any fixed style or uniform. Do what floats yer stick.
Frank G. Fusco
Mountain Home, AR
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozarksmuzzleloaders/
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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 22:38:19 -0500
From: "Lanney Ratcliff" <lanneyratcliff@charter.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
bb
I found the web site for your rifle kit supplier:
http://www.longrifles-pr.com/ Pretty good looking site. I was a little
confused at first before I realized that you meant to say "......Long RIFLE
Supply" instead of " Long River Supply".
Lanney
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <beaverboy@sofast.net>
To: <hist_text@xmission.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
> Dear List,
> I received my Pecatonica River gun kit a few days ago! I am
> extremely pleased with it. Richard Greensides was a very pleasant
> person to work with. He promised it in two weeks and I got it in
> three weeks which was quite alright with me. All the wood and metal
> parts were of excellent quality.
> I ended up choosing the Transitional Southern rifle in .54 caliber
> with a 36 inch Green Mountain barrel with the 1-70" twist. I look
> forward to many hunting trips packing this fine rifle around.
> I would highly recommend Pecatonica River Long River Supply to
> anyone looking for a nice gun kit.
> bb
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:14:54 -0600 (MDT)
From: <beaverboy@sofast.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
You are correct sir. I caught it the first time but missed that on the
last sentence. When I till friends where I got it they usually say
"Peca..What?"
bb
> bb
> I found the web site for your rifle kit supplier:
> http://www.longrifles-pr.com/ Pretty good looking site. I was a little
> confused at first before I realized that you meant to say "......Long
> RIFLE Supply" instead of " Long River Supply".
> Lanney
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <beaverboy@sofast.net>
> To: <hist_text@xmission.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 8:25 AM
> Subject: MtMan-List: Rifle Kit
>
>
>> Dear List,
>> I received my Pecatonica River gun kit a few days ago! I am
>> extremely pleased with it. Richard Greensides was a very pleasant
>> person to work with. He promised it in two weeks and I got it in three
>> weeks which was quite alright with me. All the wood and metal parts
>> were of excellent quality.
>> I ended up choosing the Transitional Southern rifle in .54
>> caliber
>> with a 36 inch Green Mountain barrel with the 1-70" twist. I look
>> forward to many hunting trips packing this fine rifle around.
>> I would highly recommend Pecatonica River Long River Supply to
>> anyone looking for a nice gun kit.
>> bb
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 16:16:30 -0600 (MDT)
From: <beaverboy@sofast.net>
Subject: MtMan-List: Turkeys 0, Trappers 1
Dear List,
After 1112 miles of driving, 5 days and a lot of money, I got my
spring Gobbler! It's my second spring gobbler with my fusee! I've
killed a ton of turkeys but none mean more to me than the ones I get
with my fusee!
I went hunting this morning as I figured all the good Christians
would be home or at church like they should be. That would leave the
woods to serious turkey hunting heathens like myself. Just kidding,
I prayed while up there and gave thanks. I also never worked so hard
in my life for a Tom. God made me pay for this Gobbler. There was a
snowstorm up there Friday and only a little bit of it had melted
since then. I was walking in snow up to my knees at times. It was a
crusty snow too, which was extremely noisy in the early morning
frost. I no sooner took several steps on the crunching snow and just
about turned around to go home. But you don't get gobblers sitting
at home do you?
Only two others guys were there, a couple of young Bucks from
Bozeman. We discussed where we all planned to go as not to mess up
our hunts. They were staying together and staying low, I would go
high.I cut their tracks once in the snow early on but never again. I
know this area well so headed up to the high country. The higher I
got the deeper the snow got. I've hunted this area for at least 14
years if not longer and these were the worse conditions I ever
encountered. The hard crusty snow was deep, noisy but not strong
enough to hold me. I'm sure it was strong enough to hold the turkeys
though. I followed in some fresh elk tracks when I could. I was plum
worn out before too long. I was even packing my .44 pistol as this
is good black bear country and I have a bear tag. I know I can kill
a black bear with my fusee but I can't switch from shot to ball very
quickly. I guess I could pack my .54 capper pistol. I never thought
of that till just now. I guess it doesn't matter as I can load up
with ball and go for just bear from now on.
Anyway, I heard some gobbling but way up high so I started my assent.
Merriam's turkeys are true mountain turkeys and they like it up high.
Just below tree line is just fine with them. I messed around with
several jakes I sneaked up on but they were too shy. I ended up
calling in an almost silent Tom. He only gobbled 4 times all morning.
I just happen to be in the right place at the right time when he
gobbled last. I did some soft yelps on my good old Roger Latham slate
call and within five minutes he came up through the thick ponderosa
pine forest. I first mistook his legs moving in the distant timber
for elk legs till I caught a glimpse of him in sunny spot and got a
quick look and realized how much closer it was then I first thought.
I sweet-talked him in the final five yards with just my mouth doing
soft putts and clucks. He never knew what hit him. 25 yard shot with
an ounce of #5 shot and 85 grains of ff, ffff for priming. I don't
have a vent liner; just a hole coned on the outside, but had a very
quick ignition with a hand knapped flint. He went down like a ton of
bricks. I twisted his neck and gave thanks. He showed up so quickly
(this time, after hearing him gobble 3 times in 2 hours over 1 mile
of mountainside and him never coming in) that I didn't have time to
get overly excited or even think about it.
This has been a typical opening week of turkey hunting in Montana; we
had record highs of 80+ degrees and ended the week with knee-deep
snow!
My Tom weighs 19 pounds with the guts and has a 6 1/2" beard. Spurs
not worth mentioning. I'm glad I got him; the world doesn't need any
more silent Toms! We have to wipe that gene pool out!
I thank God for a fine hunt and wish all you other turkey hunters
have good luck; I'm going to bed now.
Happy Easter
Beaverboy
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:47:44 -0700
From: "roger lahti" <amm1719@charter.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Turkeys 0, Trappers 1
> I thank God for a fine hunt and wish all you other turkey hunters
> have good luck; I'm going to bed now.
> Happy Easter
> Beaverboy
Well done and well told.
Capt. Lahti'
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:07:22 EDT
From: Iambrainey@aol.com
Subject: MtMan-List: question
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question: I looked up the "old pouch/shooting bag" project on the website=20
but can't link to the pictures.=A0 Can someone email the appropriate jpgs to=
me=20
and/or other shooting bag pics?=A0 I'm looking for any good examples.=A0=20
Someone on the list emailed me pictures and description a couple of years ag=
o=20
but was lost when the ol' computer died.
Thanks,=A0 Ben Rainey, Maryland
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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=
=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">question: I looked up the "old pouch/shooting ba=
g" project on the website but can't link to the pictures.=A0 Can someone ema=
il the appropriate jpgs to me and/or other shooting bag pics?=A0 I'm looking=
for any good examples.=A0 <BR>
<BR>
Someone on the list emailed me pictures and description a couple of years ag=
o but was lost when the ol' computer died.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks,=A0 Ben Rainey, Maryland<BR>
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:36:39 -0600
From: "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
Mark
I had hoped you would get a better responce than you have so I will throw in
for what its worth.
Crown:
Millers hats look mostly like skull caps, so low in some cases they would
not come down as far most guys like a hat to fit. His one exception is the
one that Stewart wears which is dark and made higher and then shaped to be
about as low. The couple other later artists are not as consistant. Kurtz
shows plenty of variety; some that could pass for regular cowboy hats. Nick
Point 1841 shows RMFT John Grey in a light colored hat similar in design to
Stewarts. His full view of a "Free Hunter" appears to have a hat that is
at least not as low as Millers.
Brim
The width varies all over the place, as does the shape.
Color
We see plenty of both light and dark and some trade lists are more specific
but that is out of my realm.
Bands
Just working from memory I think that Miller shows a lot of stuff being on
the hats so there must be some kind of band holding it. I know of one
referance to Freeman wearing ribbons on their hats. I think the interior
band is personal preferance. If I were having a hat made it would have one
because it gives the hat a lot of definition and sizing. Since I am cheap
most of my hats aren't that fancy and they dont have interior bands.
Personal comment
I sometimes worry that we end up looking a little to cowboy. Not that it
isnt documented but leather leggings over cloth pants, a hat that is shaped
quite a bit like a flat cowboy hat, and lose shirt leave a pretty cowboy
look. I personally like to find a hat on someones head in a piece of art
work and try for that look. Dont be afraid to turn the back or the front up
a little like Miller shows Walker. Lower crowns avoid the look of just
modifying an old cowboy hat.
Good luck on getting what might be an old friend.
Wynn Ormond
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From: Frank Fusco <Rifleman1776@centurytel.net>
To: hist_text-digest <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
> Mark
> You asked:
> <Hello the camp just order a 80% beaver felt but need some sugestions.
> How high should the crown be?
> Should it have a band on the out side "hat band"?
> Should it have a sweat band on the inside?>
> To all questions: Yes and No and not so high and very high.
> Waddayawant? And what do you want it to be? I don't believe the RMFT
> guys had any fixed style or uniform. Do what floats yer stick.
>
> Frank G. Fusco
> Mountain Home, AR
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozarksmuzzleloaders/
>
>
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:44:18 -0700
From: tetontodd@juno.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
Mark,
Check out this site if you want to look at some styles
http://www.clearwaterhats.com/
Teton
On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:36:39 -0600 "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net>
writes:
> Mark
>
> I had hoped you would get a better responce than you have so I will
> throw in
> for what its worth.
>
> Crown:
> Millers hats look mostly like skull caps, so low in some cases they
> would
> not come down as far most guys like a hat to fit. His one exception
> is the
> one that Stewart wears which is dark and made higher and then shaped
> to be
> about as low. The couple other later artists are not as consistant.
> Kurtz
> shows plenty of variety; some that could pass for regular cowboy
> hats. Nick
> Point 1841 shows RMFT John Grey in a light colored hat similar in
> design to
> Stewarts. His full view of a "Free Hunter" appears to have a hat
> that is
> at least not as low as Millers.
>
> Brim
> The width varies all over the place, as does the shape.
>
> Color
> We see plenty of both light and dark and some trade lists are more
> specific
> but that is out of my realm.
>
> Bands
> Just working from memory I think that Miller shows a lot of stuff
> being on
> the hats so there must be some kind of band holding it. I know of
> one
> referance to Freeman wearing ribbons on their hats. I think the
> interior
> band is personal preferance. If I were having a hat made it would
> have one
> because it gives the hat a lot of definition and sizing. Since I am
> cheap
> most of my hats aren't that fancy and they dont have interior
> bands.
>
> Personal comment
> I sometimes worry that we end up looking a little to cowboy. Not
> that it
> isnt documented but leather leggings over cloth pants, a hat that is
> shaped
> quite a bit like a flat cowboy hat, and lose shirt leave a pretty
> cowboy
> look. I personally like to find a hat on someones head in a piece
> of art
> work and try for that look. Dont be afraid to turn the back or the
> front up
> a little like Miller shows Walker. Lower crowns avoid the look of
> just
> modifying an old cowboy hat.
>
> Good luck on getting what might be an old friend.
> Wynn Ormond
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank Fusco <Rifleman1776@centurytel.net>
> To: hist_text-digest <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:14 PM
> Subject: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
>
>
> > Mark
> > You asked:
> > <Hello the camp just order a 80% beaver felt but need some
> sugestions.
> > How high should the crown be?
> > Should it have a band on the out side "hat band"?
> > Should it have a sweat band on the inside?>
> > To all questions: Yes and No and not so high and very high.
> > Waddayawant? And what do you want it to be? I don't believe
> the RMFT
> > guys had any fixed style or uniform. Do what floats yer stick.
> >
> > Frank G. Fusco
> > Mountain Home, AR
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozarksmuzzleloaders/
> >
> >
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:06:19 EDT
From: Hawkengun@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Mtn Man felt hat
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Good references on hats-- thanks for the info.
John R. Sweet
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Book Antiqua" LANG=3D"0">Good references on hats-- thanks for the info.<BR>
<BR>
John R. Sweet<BR>
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:25:09 -0400
From: hawknest4@juno.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: question
ben rainey
it may have been me that sent you a set of patterns and instructions for
making a shooting bag that i usto sell in a kit form---will be a couple
of weeks before i can dragg out my files as they are packed for moving
still have the instruction sheets but dont know if i have the patterns
- ---the pattern was for a double beavertail bag with inner pockets for
small tools and gun assessories it also had a patch knife sheeth that
could be put on the strap or on the back side of the bag--the pattern was
from a original bag i have that i made a copy of---I also have a pattern
of a small hunting bag that is what i call a kidney bag---Very small and
used with a small caliber hunting rifle also a original pattern---I liked
both of them so much i made new ones like them to use. the double
beavertail has a real wide strap at the top of the sholder and requires 2
d rings and a couple of buckels ---the kidney bag has a brass push over
closure that i dont use---
"Hawk"
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