Terry held this shoot Sunday. I think there were 8 or 10 shooters, I was too busy to take many photos. Friend Bryan was with me and we shared my .54 Kit Carson Hawken, shooting 50 grains of Goex 3F. I was kept busy loading for both of us, Bryan does not have experience with muzzleloaders. Being a retired Marine First Sergeant, he has shot everything else but. This is how a muscular Marine mounts a muzzleloader.
This is how an 86 year old fading mountain man with a torn rotator cuff has to do it.
Everybody failed on the ax blade shoot. Bryan and I both hit the plug.
Friend Dave Boender shot a .40 Issac Haines flintlock I built, probably with about 20 grains of powder, and tied for first place. His target on the left has a hit in the bow tie on the target's left side. My target is next, and I hit the right bow tie. Bryan's shot was below mine.
The pumpkin was easy,, but not the little scarecrows behind. The game was to hit the stick.
I was the only one to hit the stick.
We drew for the aiming point on the big scarecrow. I had the crow's eye, but missed. Bryan had face's left eyeball and he came equally as close. He beat me, I came out near the bottom. Had two shots go before I was ready, touched that front trigger when I wasn't ready! A good time was had by all.
