competition shooters

[hrt4me]

Who uses their black powder cap-and-ball percussion revolvers in competition?
I am curious what types of competition shoots are available, and where (I am in north Texas)...

 

[FishDFly]

I shoot revolvers.

I shoot in Brady, they have 3 shoots a year. Percussion revolver is only 2 targets and sometimes they have an "as issue" match once a year, think it may be a couple of targets.

Two shoots that might be remotely close to you would be Red River Renegades in Electra or the Dallas Muzzle Loaders. Heard that the NMLRA will have a Territorial Match in Electra the last weekend in April. Not sure if they will have revolver or not.

Don't shoot with them but you might do a search to see if they shoot revolvers.

 

[No second place]

NMLRA has 2 National and many State level events every year. Caplock, Flintlock and Revolver matches. Revolvers can be used in most Caplock events. 25 and 50 yard targets. No costumes or cute fake name required. www.nmlra.org

 

[Stony Broke]

I shoot revolvers.

I shoot in Brady, they have 3 shoots a year. Percussion revolver is only 2 targets and sometimes they have an "as issue" match once a year, think it may be a couple of targets.

Two shoots that might be remotely close to you would be Red River Renegades in Electra or the Dallas Muzzle Loaders. Heard that the NMLRA will have a Territorial Match in Electra the last weekend in April. Not sure if they will have revolver or not.

Don't shoot with them but you might do a search to see if they shoot revolvers.

Shooting a revolver with the Dallas Muzzleloaders you can just shoot alongside the guys with single shot pistols. They are allowed to compete against each.....but I don't think I have ever seen a revolver outshoot a single shot in a match.

 

[hrt4me]

Shooting a revolver with the Dallas Muzzleloaders you can just shoot alongside the guys with single shot pistols. They are allowed to compete against each.....but I don't think I have ever seen a revolver outshoot a single shot in a match.

do they require the single-shot pistols and/or revolvers to be period-correct?

 

[Stony Broke]

Nope...I watch one guy shooting an inline pistol and shoots a possible quite often with it. Not my favorite to compete with, but I don't make the rules. Revolvers can be about anything that is percussion.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Over the years I had quite a few muzzle loader match pistols. Only did well with a few of them. With 2 or 3 of them I did very well. Had some of those days when all the cosmic forces aligned and I shot groups under 2 inches at 25 yds. Had a very few that all 5 shots were under an inch group. I could never do well with a cap and ball revolver. Although practicing with a cap and ball revolver let me win some cartridge revolver matches. Shot a k-22 masterpiece in an indoor league for a couple years. Whenever I had an off day shooting the k-22, an afternoon with the Ruger OA seemed to be a cure. Some thing about taking one's time and contemplating each step , stance breath and squeeze with the Ruger soothed the same muscles and nerves as used in shooting the k-22.

 

[TrapperDude]

Do they use the classic one-handed stance for the competitions?

 

[Professor flintlock]

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Shooting a revolver with the Dallas Muzzleloaders you can just shoot alongside the guys with single shot pistols. They are allowed to compete against each.....but I don't think I have ever seen a revolver outshoot a single shot in a match.

At canal Fulton Ohio ( oldest club in USA 1812) we shoot pistol last Sunday of month. We have lots of shooters who shoot revolvers and win. Tough place to shoot usually have 3-4 past national champions. One guy shoots original 1858 Remington and does quite wel Come on down your all welcome. Good place to learn humility.

 

[FishDFly]

Do they use the classic one-handed stance for the competitions?

Yes

 

[TrapperDude]

Yes

2" at 25 yards, one-handed, is some pretty statue-like stability...

 

[No second place]

2" at 25 yards, one-handed, is some pretty statue-like stability...

Those are just 5 shot groups. Still very nice but a 10 shot group well centered might be National record worthy with any ML pistol...c

 

[William Lincoln]

Look in the back of Muzzleblasts Magazine NMLRA membership gets you one.
Members/clubs are listed. Probably many near you to add to the above. There
are often more shoots going on than are published. There is a great rivalry
between Brands and accuracy. Pietta vs Uberti vs Pedersoli for Revolvers.
Sometimes originals are used and ROA in some cases. There are International
Competitions where the manufacturers get involved(within rules).
All brands for rifles except must be qualified under the rules.

 

[JakeGa]

The SASS Cowboy matches have a category for percussion revolvers along with rifle and shotgun shells loaded with blackpowder. I shot that category for several years with a pair of Pietta Remington 58s. The targets are big and steel so fine accuracy was not really a factor..

We did have pistol/revolver matches every now and then in our muzzleloading matches. We mostly shot at fairly big bullseye targets or clay birds, etc.

I always enjoyed shooting the percussion revolvers in any match.