February Postal Match Target

[Maven]

All, greetings from not so sunny Florida where my wife & I winter over. I've had computer troubles, but now have resolved them. Be that as it may, although I printed out the February target, I won't be able to shoot them with a BP firearm. Ergo, I'll try with a .22cal. target pistol and submit them, but not for record. Good luck to all who participate the right way!

 

[longcruise]

And some of us don't have computers or printers.

Oh, well.....

If you are accessing the forum with a smartphone, download it to your phone and take it to an office supply store and have them print it. While your at it, have them print on heavy bond paper. Makes for cleaner holes.

 

[snakebit]

25 yds off hand with Investarm Hawken rifle
No dessert for me!

Still minute of deer bud.

 

[Salty]

Well I had hoped to shoot this target again with a better score but this month is slipping away. So here it is.

 

[Buckskinquin]

Well I had hoped to shoot this target again with a better score but this month is slipping away. So here it is.

Good try Salty! It was a tough target, spring is coming!

 

[11th corps]

We have an incredibly nice day here in the Heartland for late Feb. Sunny, mid 60's. We will pay for this with crappy weather tomorrow most likely.
Northwest Trade Gun flintlock smoothbore
.600 round ball with pillow tick patch, maxi lube
60 grains of 2F.
Shots 9 and 10 did not make the paper. When I fired number 9 it seemed very light. After 10 I finally looked-it also landed about 6" under the paper-I realized my powder measure had slipped and I was only loading about 40 grains.
Oh well.
Score of 30
Off hand.

 

[PK]

We have an incredibly nice day here in the Heartland for late Feb. Sunny, mid 60's. We will pay for this with crappy weather tomorrow most likely.
Northwest Trade Gun flintlock smoothbore
.600 round ball with pillow tick patch, maxi lube
60 grains of 2F.
Shots 9 and 10 did not make the paper. When I fired number 9 it seemed very light. After 10 I finally looked-it also landed about 6" under the paper-I realized my powder measure had slipped and I was only loading about 40 grains.
Oh well.
Score of 30
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That’s good smoothbore shooting on a tough target. I’ll give it another try these next couple of days and hope to even get a score.

 

[Richard Dittman]

Finally had a nice day in February, so I got out to the range to shoot my pistol. I got a score of 30.

 

[boberator]

Bench shot. Patch and lube do matter. Got lazy and bought some prelubed BoreButter .015” patches. .490, 40 grains Schutzen . Shot 4 times, top left and top center. Then went to .017” material, 20% Dawn. Only scored 40 but last 6 shoots touching or darn near. Hope March brings some big honkin strawberries!

I agree, they do make a difference.

 

[boberator]

If you are accessing the forum with a smartphone, download it to your phone and take it to an office supply store and have them print it. While your at it, have them print on heavy bond paper. Makes for cleaner holes.

Good idea!

 

[deerstalkert]

Started out good but then got wobbly and started pulling shots - ended up with 40 points. Will try it again with my flintlock. Used homemade caps and they all went bang!


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hey Gary! send that rifle to me and i will tune it up for ya! might take a couple years though.
beautiful.

 

[PK]

Here’s a last day pistol target. 15yds, off hand. Score 30
.44 cal LePage flintlock
.433 RB
.020 patch with Ballistol/water lube
12.5 gr Swiss 3F, null B in the pan

 

[Maven]

No BP range close by me here in FL, which is why I didn't bring a ML with me. However, I did bring a .22cal. target pistol and went to an indoor range yesterday to fire at that Feb. target, but not for record. My results weren't too bad considering I hadn't fired that pistol in quite a while and most of my ML (and CF) rifles in several months. In short, the results were too poor to post, but the March target looks promising. Good luck to those who participated in the Feb. frolic!

 

[garypl]

Light turnout in February - bad weather in many parts, busy schedules!

Here are results for February target. Hope we see more shooters in March!

Name	Rifle OH		Name	Rifle Supported
Garypl	40		BuckSkinQuin	40
AndrewMtnMan	30		Salty	30
Name	Smoothie OH
11th Corps	30
			Name	Smoothie Supported
Name	Pistol OH
PK	30
Richard Dittman	30
JakeGA	20		Name	Pistol Supported