Jan. 2013 Cody Turkey Match

[SPG]

Gentlemen,

A beautiful no-wind day for a turkey match in Cody. Light mirage, 35 degrees, bright sun. Plank rest, turkey head target, strings as follows-

Steve Garbe- 5.424"
Dan Phariss- 9.340"
Wilson Crawford- 20.417"
Ron Gerondale- 21.294"
Bob Jam- 29.559"

Equipment List-
Dan Phariss- .50 Phariss/Dickert flintlock, MacLemore gain twist barrel, .498 cast ball, 109 grains 3Fg Swiss, .018 ticking, sperm oil, open iron sights, shaders, wiped.
Bob Jam- .54 Hawken percussion, .530 Hornady swaged ball, 80 grains 1 1/2Fg Swiss, .018 ticking, Bore Butter, wasp nest backer wad, open iron sights, wiped.
Ron Gerondale- .50 flintlock, .495 ball, 80 grains 3Fg Swiss, .015 ticking, Bore Butter, felt backer wad, shaded open iron sights, wiped.
Steve Garbe- .45 percussion Phariss/ Vincent, 1-60 Green Mountain barrel, .445 cast ball, 65 grains 3Fg Swiss, .015 ticking, water soluble oil (1-7), CCI No. 11 caps, pinhead front sight, lollipop rear sight, wiped.
Wilson Crawford- .50 Hawken percussion, .490 Speer swaged ball, 90 grains 1 1/2Fg Swiss, .015 ticking, Mink oil/beeswax, globe front sight, barrel rear sight, wiped.   

[Dphariss]

Robby took took the load info before the match. I ended up shooting WS oil for score.

Dan

[Hungry Horse]

Steve;

  What was the range you guys were shooting? Just curious.

                 Hungry Horse

[Kermit]

No photos?

[SPG]

Horse,

Sorry to take so long...we shoot at 60 yards.

Steve

[Hungry Horse]

Thanks Steve, I kinda thought you would be shootin' something like a .40 cal. gain twist, with about 95 gr. of swiss pushin' it. So she'd shoot nice and flat.TTYL.

                      Hungry Horse

[SPG]

Horse,

I've got a couple of MacLemore barrels that I need to get stocked up in my spare time(?!) but I usually shoot the .45 Vincent or Don King's old "Kings Ransom" .40 Bedford. Either one shoots better than I hold.

If one is going to beat Dan's big Dickert .50 with the MacLemore barrel you have to bring a lunch... a big lunch.

Steve

P. S.- What the $#*! does "TTYL" mean?

[Kermit]

Steve--PMed a question.

[Hungry Horse]

Steve;

  Sorry I forget that out in the real west, you guys don't do the text speak that much. TTYL= Talk To You Later.

                  Hungry Horse

[SPG]

Text speak?

[Kermit]

Puzzling, innit.