Post by neferetus on Feb 21, 2006 13:47:38 GMT -5
Black powder expert John Hinnant, of San Antonio has been building and shooting black powder weapons
for years and always manages to comes out on top in competitions.
I had the opportunity to meet John back in March, 2005 and then again in October, 2005. In March, John brought
some of his hand-crafted black powder weapons to Alamo Village in Bracketville, so that some of us there could
use them for photo props.
Danny Tulley, with Mo Jones, of Wales, Virginia Shahan (owner of Alamo Village) Davy Webb, of Ft. Worth,
Ned Huthmacher, of California and John Hinnant, of San Antonio. All the black powder weapons you see
here were built by Mr. Hinnant.
But in October, John invited some of us to his local shooting club where we had the opportunity to fire muskets,
flintlocks, winchesters and Colt pistols. It was great fun.
(PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAVID WEBB JR. )
[glow=red,2,300]Here's a link to a review of John Hinnant's book: [/glow]
www.saubier.com
for years and always manages to comes out on top in competitions.
I had the opportunity to meet John back in March, 2005 and then again in October, 2005. In March, John brought
some of his hand-crafted black powder weapons to Alamo Village in Bracketville, so that some of us there could
use them for photo props.
Danny Tulley, with Mo Jones, of Wales, Virginia Shahan (owner of Alamo Village) Davy Webb, of Ft. Worth,
Ned Huthmacher, of California and John Hinnant, of San Antonio. All the black powder weapons you see
here were built by Mr. Hinnant.
But in October, John invited some of us to his local shooting club where we had the opportunity to fire muskets,
flintlocks, winchesters and Colt pistols. It was great fun.
(PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAVID WEBB JR. )
[glow=red,2,300]Here's a link to a review of John Hinnant's book: [/glow]
www.saubier.com
We also did minor gunsmithing duties as well, along with keeping the inventory straight and make sure what when we issue a firearm, we get it back.