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Just busting your balls man

Modest aren't you.

A+ thread, gents.

You should have been there................................putz

Yeah!

Next year, we'll have somebody chloroform you in Virginia, and when you wake-up out here, you'll know right-off thatcha ain't in Virginia � but you'll feel right at home.

Ken.....I like the way you think!

Clearly, me and Ben were photographing the same event



...but sometimes he took the time to shoot....



What is really unusual about this pic is that there is no labrador retriever visible anywhere in the photo



One of the coolest things about these gatherings; expertise is freely shared....



Ed giving it a go.... (I'm terrible with names, especially where most of have a name AND a handle, so apologies if I get any wrong)....



Birdwatcher

That picture of Ben [Mudhen] is just as he is squeezing off the winning shot in the centerfire Pdog one shot contest.

WITH MY RIFLE!

A word to the wise; never, EVER, get in a shooting match with a guy who can hit quarters that he threw in the air....

(and whoever was holding those coins likely was shooting a flintlock earlier in the day)



For example, this photo COULD be interpreted as Paladin winning a centerfire match with a .22 pistol while Ed complains to the ref....



...and this MIGHT be the same pistolero demonstrating the art of hitting a target without actually looking at it....



But I'm pretty sure this was when Paladin (again, apologies for my difficulty remembering names) took Gene's .41 mag Tracker and made the steel plates sing at 100+ yards



All in all a level of shooting skill that one reads about but rarely gets to witness

Birdwatcher

"Ahem".... a good craftsman never takes credit for his tools (or something like that)

And speaking of prairie dogs, here's Miles judging the targets...



One of the funnier moments came during the prairie dog match when the officiating presence said "Name your target", to which the shooter replied "George?" (or something like that)

I had thought that only young guys actually sat on the ground to shoot, on account of they can get up again afterwards....



But here I am proven somewhat wrong....



I have always liked those "Buffalo Classic" H&R's in .45-70. If they didn't actually make 'em back then, well heck they should have.

Birdwatcher

great thread born from what looks to be a great time!

kudos to you all, looks like a hoot!

Some downrange pics. I believe Patrick in this one is shooting the rimfire match (??)



And this gentleman from Arizona (my name problem again), Dennis' buddy, shooting that .405 cannon....



Seen here shooting a centerfire match...



The targets can be seen way back in the trees.

Birdwatcher

For our own part we took the opportunity to field-test some of our re-enacting gear, being new to the pastime (thanks for the photo Ben).

For example, the small iron brazier we brung proved to be a disappointment, adequate for morning coffee but not for a serious bout of cooking.



That's a linen hunting frock, early Nineteenth Century correct, with a wool fingerwoven sash. The color of course is along the lines of camo as we imagine these guys to have been, but there's evidence that bright colors like red and white were actually favored back then. I bought the frock used from the guy who made it.

One thing this reenacting thing has taught me is that linen has it all over cotton; costs three times as much but its cooler in the heat, warmer in the cold, and it withstands wear better too.

The tin-lined copper cup came from Crazy Crow (made for them by Pakistan's finest). Plain ol' tin would have been more correct, but copper adds a touch of class and 32oz is hard to beat. I mean, at gatherings like this it is IMPORTANT to have the largest coffee cup in camp

The view of camp from our tent....



And our tent.... a 12' x 15' Sherwin-Williams 10oz canvas painter's drop cloth, washed and dried hot to shrink the weave denser, and dyed off-white by boiling it with old pecan husks.



Actually linen is the hot ticket for purists, and superior to cotton in this application as well. But it costs an arm and a leg (used to be commoner and cheaper than cotton in the US until the 1830's at least, but nowadays most of it comes from Eastern Europe).

Cotton IS appropriate for early Texas, grown in Mexico and commonly used for clothing and the tarps covering the carretas. A 10oz cotton drop cloth approximates in density original fabric from back then, and is both more period correct AND much cheaper than the various sunforger treated canvas period tents available.

Only problem is rain. Folks got wet a lot back then, just the way it was. Anyhoo the secret seems to be to pitch with a steep roof angle to help the water run off, based on period illustrations and paintings this was commonly down back then too.

It did rain during the night, fairly heavy at times, but the tent came through with flying colors. It did get wet and sag some....



But preserved an ample dry footprint nevertheless....




It kept us dry. Primitive I know but that's the point ennit?

Seriously, I'm finding that the artifacts of these old times bring a sort of tactile joy in use, and moving towards the simpler technology of an earlier time adds a whole nother level of relaxation to one's free time.

Birdwatcher

Very cool, BW! You might give this a try. Used the Diamond for several years on "trek in" events.

http://www.wizzywigweb.com/longshot/diamond.htm

was alot of fun.....i shot Ed's(formerly Ken Howell's) 458, Paladin's 500 Linebaugh(light loads only though ), tex n cal's 45-90 highwall and 300 Blackout(both awesome) and bccolorados 45 colt low wall(smoked steel with the first shot after Ed got it sighted in )

but the best was the talking with everyone and Ed's informal class for me and several others on shooting our handguns.....going to practice and then track down Ed for another class

So... What was "The Incident" ?
I read the entire post and either missed it or it wasn't mentioned.
I really like these get togethers. The one in Raton was very cool and seems like a very long time ago.

a Remington may or may not have gone off when the safety was taken off with no one touching the trigger.......and there may or may not have been alot of witnesses to the whole thing start to finish but this can be neither confirmed nor denied

Yes, no doubt you can show the gang some stuff - and some might even stop shooting, talking and eating long enought to watch your demo - but a fellow shouldn't count on that too much if he is self-impressed. This year most of the "showing" was really good - well taught by sharing type guys who also were very good with the young 'uns. I really enjoyed seeing that.

I hope that you can join the gathering sometime. The participants experience A LOT of shooting, a wide variety of firearms, and much enjoyment.

correct, that was me with the Ruger 77/22...which is a very accurate .22, just not sighted in for RWS rifle match ammo I would have been smarter to have just brought the Rem subsonic ammo, that was putting a hurt on coons last year.

What's the big deal? My Springfield A3-03 (280 Ackley) will go off if you take the safety off after pulling the trigger when the safety is on. It'll learn you to lift the bolt after pulling the trigger when it's on safe.
It sure gets your attention the first time it happens.