Driftwood Johnson
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Had a great time at the Kinnicum Fish & Game club in Candia New Hampshire yesterday.
The revival of the long lost Black Powder Great Buffalo Hunt.
We have not held this match for quite a few years, but yesterday it was held again for the first time in, well, quite a few years.
Unlike the usual Cowboy Action Shooting match, in addition to 2 single action revolvers, a lever rifle, and a shotgun, we also used our single shot 'Buffalo Rifles' at this match. All shot with Black Powder, of course. We did let a few Smokeless shooters in, but it was probably 95% Black Powder.
All kinds of great single shots were pulled out from under the beds for the day. There were Sharps, Rolling Blocks, High Walls, and Trap Doors.
I had not shot my Trap Door, nor loaded any 45-70 in over ten years, so I had to go to my loading notebook to see what my load was. 73 grains of Schuetzen FFg with a .030 fibre wad under a Montana Precision 405 grain flat nosed bullet stuffed into Winchester cases and primed with Winchester Large Rifle Primers. I loaded up 50 rounds so I could have some extras to sight in with.
I took my Trapdoor to the range on Saturday and fired about 15 rounds, just to see where she was hitting. Man, that load really kicks! There would be less recoil with my Sharps with its heavy barrel, but I really wanted to shoot the Trapdoor.
Model 1873, made in 1883.
The weather was beautiful yesterday for the match, a beautiful fall day. Breezy enough to blow away the smoke.
There were a lot of old friends there, so it was just a great day.
We had the Prairie Chickens stage where we had to knock down 8 knock down targets with out shotguns, plus hit two fliers. And lots of other stuff. The 'Long Range' targets were only out about 50 yards, because the match director had seen some of us shoot. Even so, with the stiff trigger on the Trapdoor and my miserable eyesight I was really happy to hit six out of ten.
Here is a link to the match, with all the stages written out.
http://www.shootingbums.org/wmr/18GreatBuffaloHunt.htmlhttp://www.shootingbums.org/wmr/18GreatBuffaloHunt.html
Sorry, I don't have any other photos, most of us were having too much fun to think about taking any pictures.
It was a great day for all.
Hopefully we will do it again next year.
Had a great time at the Kinnicum Fish & Game club in Candia New Hampshire yesterday.
The revival of the long lost Black Powder Great Buffalo Hunt.
We have not held this match for quite a few years, but yesterday it was held again for the first time in, well, quite a few years.
Unlike the usual Cowboy Action Shooting match, in addition to 2 single action revolvers, a lever rifle, and a shotgun, we also used our single shot 'Buffalo Rifles' at this match. All shot with Black Powder, of course. We did let a few Smokeless shooters in, but it was probably 95% Black Powder.
All kinds of great single shots were pulled out from under the beds for the day. There were Sharps, Rolling Blocks, High Walls, and Trap Doors.
I had not shot my Trap Door, nor loaded any 45-70 in over ten years, so I had to go to my loading notebook to see what my load was. 73 grains of Schuetzen FFg with a .030 fibre wad under a Montana Precision 405 grain flat nosed bullet stuffed into Winchester cases and primed with Winchester Large Rifle Primers. I loaded up 50 rounds so I could have some extras to sight in with.
I took my Trapdoor to the range on Saturday and fired about 15 rounds, just to see where she was hitting. Man, that load really kicks! There would be less recoil with my Sharps with its heavy barrel, but I really wanted to shoot the Trapdoor.
Model 1873, made in 1883.
The weather was beautiful yesterday for the match, a beautiful fall day. Breezy enough to blow away the smoke.
There were a lot of old friends there, so it was just a great day.
We had the Prairie Chickens stage where we had to knock down 8 knock down targets with out shotguns, plus hit two fliers. And lots of other stuff. The 'Long Range' targets were only out about 50 yards, because the match director had seen some of us shoot. Even so, with the stiff trigger on the Trapdoor and my miserable eyesight I was really happy to hit six out of ten.
Here is a link to the match, with all the stages written out.
http://www.shootingbums.org/wmr/18GreatBuffaloHunt.htmlhttp://www.shootingbums.org/wmr/18GreatBuffaloHunt.html
Sorry, I don't have any other photos, most of us were having too much fun to think about taking any pictures.
It was a great day for all.
Hopefully we will do it again next year.