Dogmann,
Shooting black is not just a bug, it becomes an obsession for some, and one hard to eradicate. I started almost 41 years ago not long after TC came out with the Hawken, dived headlong into mountainman re enacting and hunting with them - a lot, and ended up with several 50's and 54's (a couple I built from kits). Somehow put it aside for years and let them all go, then dove back in a little over 8 years ago and bought 15 of them in about 7-8 months. I started the re enacting again and used them for hunting - but only predators and varmints this time as I no longer hunted big game. Best predator hunting I'd ever done for sheer enjoyment was with the 36's. Really hated to see them start to go (more than my modern firearms) when my health failed, but still have 36P, 45P&F, 50P and 54P covered at the moment if that were to change. Since it would be again only P&V, the remaining 36 Hawken and 45 Mountian rifle would the last to go. I never got into custom as per se as the production models were plenty good enough for all my uses for them. A semi custom switch barrel/switch lock TC Hawken is the closest I got to custom. Mostly had early TC's and CVA's, and I was lucky to get some really good ones that never gave me a lick of trouble. The early CVA Mountian Rifle 45 is still the best shooter of all of them I've ever owned though, and the CVA Siber 45 was by far the best pistol.
L.
