Recent content by Doc Rogers

Video ran great for me. Great video and thanks for the link! Doc

Thanks for the info. I'll check out the muzzleloadingforum.com.

I just finished reading "The Last of the Mohicans" (absolutely amazing novel. The movie is awful as an adaptation of the novel but a rich and fun movie if taken separately from the book, in my opinion). Anyways, I am wondering what type of rifle Natty Bumppo would have been carrying (not...

Turns out the books I was looking for were written by Allen Eckert. "The Frontiersman" is the first one. Supposed to be a 6 book series. Anyone read these? Are they any good? Thanks.

I've read "Band of Brothers" and am currently reading "Citizen Soldiers" by Ambrose. Both great reads. I just ordered "Crow Killer" and "Mountain Man", the books sited in Jeremiah Johnson. Not familiar with the others and they do not seem quite right. Not sure. I'll keep looking and...

This is killing me b/c I know I just recently read somewhere (maybe on THR) about a book series of a frontier scout/mountain man that the first installment won or was nominated for the pulitzer prize. I belive that the first in the series was written in the 1960's but I am not sure. Cannot...

Hey All: I have been going through old threads for a month or more and joined a few weeks ago. Originally from Vermont and still have my "home of record" there. Currently stationed in Korea and have been active duty Army for 7 years where I am a flight surgeon. Hunted my whole life...

I just returned from a tour in Afghan with the SF and everyone I knew carried the Benchmade knives. Of course, they were issued to everyone also. Many soldiers had their own knives that they also carried that they had personally purchaed and these were many different types. But all were...

An update on my quest for a "Hawkwn-style" rifle. I was goofing around on the internet BP dealer websites (as I seem to be catching myself doing that more and more lately :) ) and ended up finding a really nice .50 cal Jonathan Browning Mountain Rifle 100th anniversary in the box. Checked...

Alcon: Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to go with either the T/C Hawken or the Lyman GPR. I'm hearing a lot about the GPR that I like. Thanks again, Doc Rogers

I'm looking into getting a Hawken rifle and am not sure if it is worth it to go with the much more expensive "Hawken Shop" rifle or just go with a very good, although not "the original Hawken" name, rifle? The T/C (which I hear is very solid) is running mid-$500's new on most sites and the...

There are similar threads out there but I am looking to buy a percussion pennsylvania .50 cal long rifle that looks authentic and am not sure what to purchase. I've hunted for years with "modern" rifles but want to try BP. I can spend up to $1000.00 and want to get the best one I can in that...