Watched the 5 Round Speed Shooting Challenge today....

[BackDraft]

British Billy's taken quite a beating recently.

One of the balls hit poor Billy in the…umm… let’s say ‘nethers’…

 

[kyron4]

Priming first seems to me to be a good way to shoot your face off

Can you site one documented case of that ever happening ?

Murphy's Law says anything can happen, but being a standard practice for 200 years, I would say if it was an issue the practice would have changed. I put this one up there with chain fires on BP revolvers .

 

[BackDraft]

I put this one up there with chain fires on BP revolvers .

Are you inferring that chain-fires don’t occur?!?

 

[kyron4]

Are you inferring that chain-fires don’t occur?!?

No, but from my research far less common than we are lead to believe.

 

[sturmkatze]

Priming first seems to me to be a good way to shoot your face off.

You do realize this is how these guns were loaded for hundreds of years, right? Keep the muzzle away from your face.

Too much nanny-state rules and worries today. I heard that in Europe you can’t even use a primer to load the pan, you have to use some single use pipette. How ghey.

Anyway, if it bothers you, don’t do it.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Someone needs to produce a B27 size "British Billy" paper target, then you could staple them shoulder to shoulder for firing line volley fire, or single target long range work; all kinds of fun.

Or a B27 size "French Froggy" target for those of us that reenact the Seven Years War. Then, if it wasn't for "British Billy", we would be speaking French west of the Appalachian Mountains.

 

[Doc]

Out west we don’t have a Billy shoot, but most rendezvous have a Fort Shoot. With 3/4 man teams and 25/35 knock down steel targets From 45 to 150 yards away. This is also a timed event with the winners getting half the pot which has been running all Friday and Saturday.

 

[French Colonial]

Or a B27 size "French Froggy" target for those of us that reenact the Seven Years War. Then, if it wasn't for "British Billy", we would be speaking French west of the Appalachian Mountains.

I have often wondered how much different things would have been had the French won, would we have had the revolution? Civil war? Would we have had a matriarchal society as the French colonies did?

What would we be reenacting?

 

[Grenadier1758]

Good questions @French Colonial. Would we be divided by the native nations? It's interesting to speculate.

 

[Snydly]

Interesting, but I don’t understand all the catcalling and B.S.ing while somebody is handling a firearm and trying to shoot.

That is to be expected... it is a fun shoot and everyone is encouraged to participate... whether shooting or giving someone the business. Hard for me to believe someone doesn't like this! I'm 72 and it has been like this all my life. Good grief.

 

[Snydly]

Someone needs to produce a B27 size "British Billy" paper target, then you could staple them shoulder to shoulder for firing line volley fire, or single target long range work; all kinds of fun.

I have heard that the NMLRA. has then. but they are not for sale.

 

[TDM]

Enjoyed the video Mark!

 

[kyron4]

I have heard that the NMLRA. has then. but they are not for sale.

To bad, I know I'd buy some and the kids would get a kick out of them.

 

[Acorn Mush]

I liked your video, and also that you sneaked in the shots of the Snider Enfield as well. They are fun too.

 

[Ed C.]

That is to be expected... it is a fun shoot and everyone is encouraged to participate... whether shooting or giving someone the business. Hard for me to believe someone doesn't like this! I'm 72 and it has been like this all my life. Good grief.

Yep, the flip side of that would be a reality shoot, with people cussing at you and trying to kill you. Would much rather have a few friends funning me.

 

[mushka]

I think that if the French or the British had defeated us. or the indians, we probably wouldn't be re- enacting anything looking at the gun laws in those countries. Eastern indian tribes I don;t know about.

 

[BCWILL]

Pretty fun stuff !
Thanks for the look

 

[RAEDWALD]

I think that if the French or the British had defeated us. or the indians, we probably wouldn't be re- enacting anything looking at the gun laws in those countries. Eastern indian tribes I don;t know about.

I emigrated to France but am back in Blighty bringing up two of our grandchildren. In my local small town park each year is a re-enactment of the Civil War siege of the city by Royalist forces, as one of the gun sites for their artillery to fire at Plymouth. Recently I was back home in France and the small town was filled with infantry and mounted musketeers marching about the town and graced my house with an impromptu platoon size musket salute. In both countries they were live arms (with blanks being in public streets) so, yes, there would be re-enacting and with real guns.

 

[mushka]

That is good to hear.

 

[Marplot]

Interesting video with a $nider Enfield at the end. Shhhhhh I have one, but not here