Alvin York memorial shoot

Here is a picture of my buddies and I at the three forks of the Wolf river, Pall Mall, Tennessee. Home of Alvin York memorial shoot.
We were fortunate to meet and shoot with Alvin's grandson James York. He was very friendly and generous with his time. We visited with him for quite a while. He also offered to let my group use his loading table as we were a bit crowded on the one we brought. We gladly accepted his offer. He was not only a gentleman, but also a marksman, like his grandfather. Jim York is a past champion of the event.
We enjoyed fair and warm weather despite a few sudden gusts of wind that added a bit of difficulty to the event. The wind was enough to occasionally topple a target stand and call a temporary cease fire until the targets were put in order.
My gear performed well and I had no problems or worries during the event.
I feel fortunate to have shot well enough to place 27th in the field of 186, good enough to win a pork loin prize.
The match was held on the York farm in the same field that Alvin had shot matches in during his lifetime. It is a beautiful country with steep wooded hills with sandstone outcroppings and narrow green valleys and swift, clear streams. This is a isolated, rural area with no nearby towns of any size.
I would love to be able to visit the area again next year and participate in the annual event.

I wish I had taken better pictures. I am waiting for my buddies to send me theirs to see if they captured any pics of those custom chunk guns. They have such long heavy barrels that the have to stand on stools to load them! All of the 'real' chunk gun shooters seemed to have under-hammer percussion guns. Percussion guns were 3:1 over flintlock guns.

I had one bad shot that didn't score or I may have been in the top 10 or 15.

This was my other bad shot: The rest were "in the black"

Yes I would like to go back next year, but it's a busy time of the year for me.