today's fun

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Here's a few pictures that Neil Hunter shot today of three of us on the trail today.  There are never any shots of the photographer...ever notice that?  So, four of us shot the trail today, in brilliant shineshine a few degrees above freezing.  Beautiful!!

Ross and Daryl are shooting at the flying duck.  It sifts along pretty good, right to left.  If you keep your sights on the head, and follow through, your ball strikes the body between the wings.

[smylee grouch]

Thanks for that Taylor, does the duck glyde along on a wire or cable or just how do you make it go?    Smylee

[Daryl]

Grouch - You can see the 'box' which has the rollers and bearings above the goose in the picture.  The goose hangs below - about a 50 yard shot, maybe 55yards, I'd think. It runs on a cable that Taylor attached to trees, drawing it tight with the winch and snatch-block on his old truck, "Ahnold".

A dry day it was, note the 'white' fouling on the barrel. No loading problems - ever- for any of us & over 60 shots fired.
 I used the Shenendoah lube in my .45, while Taylor used his neetsfoot oil - .40 cal., while Neil, .40 cal. and Ross 20 bore smoothie, probably a water/WWWF based concoction. There is no BEST, just a lot of different 'good' lubes.

[greybeard]

Great pics folks. There could easily   be more posts like this one for our reading enoyment!!!
  Thanks for posting    Cheers    Bob

[Roger Fisher]

Grouch - You can see the 'box' which has the rollers and bearings above the goose in the picture.  The goose hangs below - about a 50 yard shot, maybe 55yards, I'd think. It runs on a cable that Taylor attached to trees, drawing it tight with the winch and snatch-block on his old truck, "Ahnold".

A dry day it was, note the 'white' fouling on the barrel. No loading problems - ever- for any of us & over 60 shots fired.
 I used the Shenendoah lube in my .45, while Taylor used his neetsfoot oil - .40 cal., while Neil, .40 cal. and Ross 20 bore smoothie, probably a water/WWWF based concoction. There is no BEST, just a lot of different 'good' lubes.

Eyeballin that duck on it's wire I'd guess gravity makes it 'fly' along that cable.  You will also notice seems like the ol boys wait till the duck kinda levels out on the cable or gets tired and probably slows down a tad Hmmm

One of our Pennsylvania clubs uses a fox on a cable with the gravity moving it along and a squirrel that runs headfirst down a tree with gravity doing its thing and rope and pulley arrangement to pull it back up to it's starting position, both work slick. 

[Daryl]

The right hand end of the cable is about 12 feet up a tree. That's where the goose starts. With a longrifle, it's down in the 'hollow' before you can swing on to it and get your lead.  It's moving right along.  Short guns are much faster gettind onto the bird.  As far as slowing down - nadda - it's gaining speed all the way. With Englihs styled sporting guns, you can shoot it as soon as it's clear of the trees it comes out from behind. It's not moving very fast at that point, but quickly gains a lot of speed in the next 15' of travel as the cable drops quiclky then.
It's about 30" long, I'd think, from head to tail end. Due to it's angle opf drop initially, if shooting too early, it's easy to shot high.

[hanshi]

Looks to be great fun on a great day.

[alyce-james]

The cable, goose, shoot likes to be fun and a challenge. I always liked to shoot when the moving target first moved from the starting position. Speed was a little slower at that point. Now as slow as I am these days, matters little when I shoot. The main thing at hand I love to shoot my flintlocks (4) as often as I can get to the shooting range. Thanks, Turkeyfooter.

[Daryl]

Absolutely - this goose moves about 15 feet before it clears the trees behind which it sits, so it has a head of steam right off the bat. I've tried shooting it sooner, between the last tree and those which hide it's resting place, but hits do not out number the misses at that point. It has travelled 10' before the first shot is possible, it has travelled close to 10'. To shoot it in the next 3 is quite iffy.  If one practised more than 1 or 2 shots a week, it might work.

Qlyce-James - it's great to get out at least once a week to shoot, that's for sure.

[Vomitus]

   Looks like fun.

[smokinbuck]

We shoot a similar target at our woods walk but instead of a goose we have a flying pig.
Mark

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

It's a duck - not a goose.  CDEDBDI's?

[wattlebuster]

I like the picks thanks for posting

[Daryl]

Oh - how about a little 'Ross' goose?

[Harnic]

Nice weather!  Thanks for posting Taylor!  Nothing but rain here for days...

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Oh oh!  Are you going to Cache Creek, and will we get wet?

[sirdutch]

Great pictures!

I'm still new to this sight and have only recently bought a contemporary flintlock. I'm not sure where on this forum to ask a question on what size ball to use with  my muzzle loader. My rifle is not marked as to caliber. A 44 cal ball ( that I use with a 1860 Army Colt ) that measures .451 just fits in the bore with almost no pressure with my finger. As I need to use a lubed patch when loading, how much smaller of a ball should I use? Should the ball it be loose enough to roll down the barrel if I insert it without a patch? I know it's a dumb question that only a green horn would ask but I want to use the right size ball.

Any help or direction to the appropriate spot on this forum would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Sirdutch

P.S. If you search under sirdutch you will see my pics on the rifle. Any comments would be appreciated. Great site by the way. I hope to join up with the Big Horn Mountain Men of Orange County, California and go on a rendezvous myself in the future. I can't wait.

[Harnic]

Oh oh!  Are you going to Cache Creek, and will we get wet?

Sent you a pm Tayor.  Looks like Cache Creek will be dry-ish until Monday.  Look at: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cabc0045?ref=topnav_weather_savedcity

[Roger Fisher]

Great pictures!

I'm still new to this sight and have only recently bought a contemporary flintlock. I'm not sure where on this forum to ask a question on what size ball to use with  my muzzle loader. My rifle is not marked as to caliber. A 44 cal ball ( that I use with a 1860 Army Colt ) that measures .451 just fits in the bore with almost no pressure with my finger. As I need to use a lubed patch when loading, how much smaller of a ball should I use? Should the ball it be loose enough to roll down the barrel if I insert it without a patch? I know it's a dumb question that only a green horn would ask but I want to use the right size ball.

Any help or direction to the appropriate spot on this forum would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Sirdutch

P.S. If you search under sirdutch you will see my pics on the rifle. Any comments would be appreciated. Great site by the way. I hope to join up with the Big Horn Mountain Men of Orange County, California and go on a rendezvous myself in the future. I can't wait.

I'd try that ball (seems like you have a .45 barrel) with a .015 spit patch or even a bit thicker but use a tight WEAVE.  shoot her checking the shot patches and if they hang together use that combo.  Then go thru the shoot for group session then move the sights to adjust the group to the x ringeeee!  Should work.