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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
To me, that image and what it represents just misses the point entirely. It represents a level of "gamesmanship", of "cheating", of "rules beating" that I find distasteful. So, once again returning to the patched round ball (as I did with the flint lock) represents my quiet little one man protest. Not that anyone else would ever give a schitt, but I do. For me, it's long since ceased to be about how much game I can take, but rather how I take that game. Sounds silly, I know. But it's important to me, at this stage of my life.
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I know hunters use the modern black powder rifles are for getting a jump on deer season (before modern rifles are allowed).
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it's long since ceased to be about how much game I can take, but rather how I take that game.
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make perfect sense to me. I enjoy challenging myself in going 9/10th in my 1987 air cooled Carrera rather than going 3/10th in a modern sports car. It becomes a skill thing rather than just a fast number.
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