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Chunk Gun
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walruskid1
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a chunk gun is a very large barreled bench gun. my father-in-law has one that must be about 4" in diameter. it appears to be about .40 cal. the sights are missing. i have been trying to talk him out of it for 24 years. its original and he does not shoot bp.
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I was watching a show called "shooting usa" I think thats it.any how They showed a chunk gun shoot that takes place in honer of Alven York.I bet they will have a web site that covers it.Chunk shoots look verry challenging.From what I understand you set up your gun fire a shot then adjust your target instead of your sights.
The term,"chunk gun" apparently derives from target shooting with large heavy barreled guns laid across a chunk of wood.These guns are found primarily in South East Tennessee above Chattanooga where one finds Tennessee rifles from the Soddy Daisy school.Rifles including some flintlocks in that school were being made in the late 19th century and on into the very early 20th century.
These guns were also made and in the North Central Tennessee and South central Ky.area. A shoot is held each year at Pall Mall,Tennessee the home of the legendary[url] Sgt.Alvin[/url] York of WW I fame.I was there last year and there about 100-125 shooters with about half dressed in Ca. 1920's style clothes but they take their shooting VERY seriously.These folks are striving to emulate the old timey shooting matches described by Walter M. Cline in his 1942 book on muzzle loading rifles.
Tom Patton
These guns were also made and in the North Central Tennessee and South central Ky.area. A shoot is held each year at Pall Mall,Tennessee the home of the legendary[url] Sgt.Alvin[/url] York of WW I fame.I was there last year and there about 100-125 shooters with about half dressed in Ca. 1920's style clothes but they take their shooting VERY seriously.These folks are striving to emulate the old timey shooting matches described by Walter M. Cline in his 1942 book on muzzle loading rifles.
Tom Patton
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Tom,
I agree with what you say with one exception ::. The number of shooters is usually just a little over 200! I missed the York Shoot last year due to fraternal obligations,and this was the first miss in 10 years. Ron Boron and Mel Hankla got this Match cranked off about 12 or so years ago,and it is probably the southernmost in the Chunk Gun circut.The two relays shot are limited to 105-107 shooters each,and usually the second relay will have just about a hundred on the line.
My chunk gun is a replica 1775 Pennsylvania Blue Mountain Chunk Gun,and weighs close to 18 pounds.David Dodds,Selinsgrove,Pa. made it for me.This type of match goes all the way back to the Colonial Period for sure,and spread south with the settlers coming into Apalachia and also westward into the Illinois country.The Soddy Daisey group was most probably the last of the last of chunk gun matchs until the rebirth of the sport in what,the 1930's?
Be sure to get yourself a pair of Liberty or Bird Dog overalls,a Fedora hat and a pair of Brogans and come back again next March!We'd like to have you on the line shooting :thumbsup:.
I agree with what you say with one exception ::. The number of shooters is usually just a little over 200! I missed the York Shoot last year due to fraternal obligations,and this was the first miss in 10 years. Ron Boron and Mel Hankla got this Match cranked off about 12 or so years ago,and it is probably the southernmost in the Chunk Gun circut.The two relays shot are limited to 105-107 shooters each,and usually the second relay will have just about a hundred on the line.
My chunk gun is a replica 1775 Pennsylvania Blue Mountain Chunk Gun,and weighs close to 18 pounds.David Dodds,Selinsgrove,Pa. made it for me.This type of match goes all the way back to the Colonial Period for sure,and spread south with the settlers coming into Apalachia and also westward into the Illinois country.The Soddy Daisey group was most probably the last of the last of chunk gun matchs until the rebirth of the sport in what,the 1930's?
Be sure to get yourself a pair of Liberty or Bird Dog overalls,a Fedora hat and a pair of Brogans and come back again next March!We'd like to have you on the line shooting :thumbsup:.
