its bucket time again

[yip]

gents; powder patch and ball will have its bucket shoot after the trailwalk july 3rd,this is gonna be interesting, 5 shoots for$5.00.if no one hits, the money carries over till next shoot, and so on, so come on out and have some fun on the trailwalk of 18 targets, and give the bucket a try

[Daryl]

What size and what range is the 'bucket'?

[yip]

daryl;  sorry i forgot to include that, its a steel swinger, about 1ft square 1/2 " thick, the shape of a bucket. its shot at 200 meters, the guys seem to enjoy it.we throw this into the match, every once in a while, instead of the 25yd paper shoot. both or 50/50 matches

[mjm46@bellsouth.net]

Well count me out. At 200 Meters I don't think I could even see a target that size. 

[Daryl]

Micah - 200 is easy if you've got a 'bore' rifle.  Maybe even a boar rifle would suffice.

[Harnic]

Daryl, this sounds like a good candidate for a Heffley Creek event!

[Roger Fisher]

Jeez, I'd like to try shootin 200 'yds' sometime!!

[Kermit]

Sounds like the "miss and you're out" shoots we used to have about 30 years back--but at about 75 to 100 yards. We gave them up because so many new shooters got one shot and were done. I seem to recall having been in that group more than once. 

Is that the sort of rules we're talking about here?

[yip]

  the bucket shoot is challeging but fun, believe it or not, someone hits the bucket the first match,so money don't ride over to the next.alot of the fellas come @!*% close to hitting it though. believe it or not, the bucket is easy to see but not easy to hit. we're thinking of a 100 meter egg shoot, but thats up in the air for now. but if you wanta shoot with a bunch of great guys, stop in and say hi and give it a try

[Candle Snuffer]

Where's this held?

[yip]

   CANDLE SNUFFER;  check our web page at,   powder patch and ball.com  it might be to far for you but to travel, but you'll never shoot with a better bunch of guys. directions are on the web for anyone interested.   
                                            thanks      yip   
                                                         

[Hank*in*WV]

I'll be there yip

[Daryl]

We've run a 74 yard egg shoot - ran the prize money up to $150.00 or so, and then Taylor won it. That means $300.00 was collected before it was won - $5.00 per shot. After Taylor hit the egg, Len and I both hit the remnants of the shell,him with his .54 Longrifle(one of Taylor's) and my with the .58 Pedersoli Double Rifle - from nothing for months, then 3 in a row - except Len and I won nothing!

[Roger Fisher]

We've run a 74 yard egg shoot - ran the prize money up to $150.00 or so, and then Taylor won it. That means $300.00 was collected before it was won - $5.00 per shot. After Taylor hit the egg, Len and I both hit the remnants of the shell,him with his .54 Longrifle(one of Taylor's) and my with the .58 Pedersoli Double Rifle - from nothing for months, then 3 in a row - except Len and I won nothing!

So Taylor scrambled it, $#*! thats pretty much cut in stone.  5 bucks a pop ???I don't think we could get away with that much

[yip]

 well fellas; we had our 200 meter bucket shoot, and 8 shooters shot their hearts out . it was surprizing how close we all came to hitting it. three of our shooters hit it, which involved a paper shoot off, all had fun, i think we'll try a 100 yd egg shoot next, it seems the buckets too big!

[xring2245]

So Taylor scrambled it, $#*! thats pretty much cut in stone.  5 bucks a pop ???I don't think we could get away with that much

Nope

[Daryl]

Why's that? Is it the extra $0.03 exchange to make up a US dollar from a Canadian dollar?

[nosrettap1958]

Considering the rifles built by people on this board, 200 yards would be like taking candy from a baby!!