In 1969, I was 15 years old & attending my first skirmish, the Fall National. My pappy's American Legion post friend was a member of the Washington Blue Rifles and had invited us. I was in awe! All of of those muzzleloaders, guys in uniforms, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I found a Navy Arms Hunter, the short sporterized Zouave, at Mike Yeck's stand for $70 and was trying to talk Pappy into buying it for me. He went to his friend, Buster Miller, who came over and looked at a number of muskets. I was handed a new Zoli Zouave, that cost $80, and told it was mine. I think my chin hit the Frederick County soil!
Been shooting these frontstuffers ever since.
Yes, I remember Mike Yeck quite well.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
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