We were splitting our time between camps this summer. Camp Bud Schiele in NC was the other beside Raven Knob. These pix are from Bud Schiele, week 4.
Vinny demonstrating his Ferguson. The kids loved seeing this rare bird. On the table are some other black powder rifles we use in demonstration. On the left is an original 1869 Rolling Block. Next is a Parker Hale Enfield. On the right is a bog standard "Hawken".
Traffic jam at the loading table. Since the short starters are still on the table, this is during patch round ball session. Later we moved to minies in these guns and then to Civil War muskets.
Vinny brought an early 80s era inline. While not "traditional", it still takes a #11 and has an exposed hammer. The hammer is centerline on the barrel so this gun is easily used by either a right or left handed shooter. Other than that, there's very little difference between it and a "Hawken" other than stock shape.
Here I'm working with a Scout shooting "Susie" aka "Sewerpipe on a stick". Even with a rough bore, this gun will shoot.
At this point, we've switched to Civil War era muskets aka "Zouaves". Instructor in the foreground is St Bebe. While a bit new to the dark side of shooting sports (black powder) she's an accomplished instructor and was picking up very fast on what we were doing.
And the first round of Volley Fire. The kids love this stuff and we change up what we're doing and shooting at all day. Part of the targets were stuffed unicorns and other cartoony stuffed animals. Who knew a stuffed unicorn could soak up 20+ musket hits and still look sorta like a unicorn.
Vinny demonstrating his Ferguson. The kids loved seeing this rare bird. On the table are some other black powder rifles we use in demonstration. On the left is an original 1869 Rolling Block. Next is a Parker Hale Enfield. On the right is a bog standard "Hawken".
Traffic jam at the loading table. Since the short starters are still on the table, this is during patch round ball session. Later we moved to minies in these guns and then to Civil War muskets.
Vinny brought an early 80s era inline. While not "traditional", it still takes a #11 and has an exposed hammer. The hammer is centerline on the barrel so this gun is easily used by either a right or left handed shooter. Other than that, there's very little difference between it and a "Hawken" other than stock shape.
Here I'm working with a Scout shooting "Susie" aka "Sewerpipe on a stick". Even with a rough bore, this gun will shoot.
At this point, we've switched to Civil War era muskets aka "Zouaves". Instructor in the foreground is St Bebe. While a bit new to the dark side of shooting sports (black powder) she's an accomplished instructor and was picking up very fast on what we were doing.
And the first round of Volley Fire. The kids love this stuff and we change up what we're doing and shooting at all day. Part of the targets were stuffed unicorns and other cartoony stuffed animals. Who knew a stuffed unicorn could soak up 20+ musket hits and still look sorta like a unicorn.
