Woods walks

[Grenadier1758]

Its okay @Ames, to think about things. If your ticking has a rough and smooth side, pick one and stick to that so that each load is consistent. The rough side would hold the patch lubrication better. If you have a very liquid lubricant, it will soak through. A grease lube or oil and wax would be on the side that touches the barrel. I wish I was that good a shot that I could tell the difference.

 

[Ames]

Well, I spit the summer and mink the winter. I always thought, regardless of what the lube was, that the rough side would follow the grooves better.

 

[fillwa]

I generally use drylubed patching and swab between shots. With dry patching, I NEED to! But I can see that being a pain on a woods walk. Next time I go BP shooting, I'm gonna take Mr. Flintlocks lube for my patching and see if I can get off 30 shots without swabbing. I usually cut patching at the muzzle. A woods walk might be a good reason to precut and prelude some patches and keep them in a tin in my possibles bag.

To those who use Mr. Flintlocks lube, how much do you put on each patch? 5 drops or so???

There are a number of shooters in my area that cut patches at the barrel, then spit lube them.
I precut and wet pre-lube patches.

 

[Travler]

Hi FishnRod, I was having some log in issues today. Anyway here now.

I am a member of the Forest Hills Black Powder Brigade - facebook it or Google it. We are close to the Weatland Ferry Hopewell area NW of Salem.

I have sent a mail to a buddy though as I heard there is a Rondy in the summer close to Coqulle. If I can find some better details I will PM you.

There is a group in Grants Pass too I believe that shoots out of the Josephine County Sprotsman assosciation. I do not know more than that about them, I wsa a member in the 1970 as a teen... anyway that is a drive for you too.

Regards,
Travler

 

[tenngun]

I guess I'm overthinking patches then. At least it gave me something to blame my poor aim on.

When using ticking mind your relationship to the world. Your stripes need to run north by north west when loading no matter how your facing. For rifles under .45 you adjust one point north, for over .54 one point west, thirty two points in a circle or eleven degrees

 

[Ames]

I use a SMR. Like Jethro, I gots a sixth grade education.
I cant do one point west, but 32 points in a circle sounds a lot like the gozintas they taught me.

 

[cullen1780]

My group ran a woods walk one year. All of the targets were steel, if I recall correctly. This was at least 25 years ago, so the memory is a little fuzzy. One station was a running bear. We ran a steel cable up the side of a hill and suspended the bear from it. One of the group would release the bear and there was a "window" through the brush which you could see the bear and shoot at it. Many, many times climbing the hill to reset the bear, very tiring. Very few hits, a most challenging target.

I remember that bear; one of the best woods walks ever! Somewhere out by the Delaware Water Gap, I think.

 

[Capnball]

That was going to be my next thread. Glad you guys are hooking up to make smoke. But I do want to thank everyone for chipping in to this thread and adding your experience and expertise. I've read every post and plan to use everything I've learned on woods walks and other shooting sports.
Neil

 

[FishnRod]

Hi FishnRod, I was having some log in issues today. Anyway here now.

I am a member of the Forest Hills Black Powder Brigade - facebook it or Google it. We are close to the Weatland Ferry Hopewell area NW of Salem.

I have sent a mail to a buddy though as I heard there is a Rondy in the summer close to Coqulle. If I can find some better details I will PM you.

There is a group in Grants Pass too I believe that shoots out of the Josephine County Sprotsman assosciation. I do not know more than that about them, I wsa a member in the 1970 as a teen... anyway that is a drive for you too.

Regards,
Travler

Thanks Travler
Coquille is just a 20 minute drive. I heard there used to be a club in the area, Tioga Mt I believe. Just can't find any recent info on them.
Really appreciate the info.
Rod

 

[Rifleman1776]

Pay attention to the rules. e.g. if you shoot an indian with an 'empty' rifle you are disqualified. Sometimes you must use yer hawk for a score. Some woods walks require good thinking.

 

[Travler]

Hi Rod, Found this link: https://www.crazycrow.com/site/even...in us for the 2020,River at Rock Higgins Park.

Looks like they are setting up for a Feb rondy. There is a phone number in there. Good Luck!

Crazycrow has a lot of rondys listed. Our club does Desert Rose. Not sure what is happening this year. I wan to get to Pacific Primitives' real bad.... We will see when I can get that shot in the arm.....

Hope we can catch up some day.

 

[Pete G]

When using ticking mind your relationship to the world. Your stripes need to run north by north west when loading no matter how your facing. For rifles under .45 you adjust one point north, for over .54 one point west, thirty two points in a circle or eleven degrees

Is that true north or magnetic north???

 

[Tanglefoot]

Hey Pete: I'll bet Tenngun's answer will be "Yes" or "Neither." The fact is, it probably depends on which way the wind is blowing at that altitude and the angle of the sun --- unless you're loading at night. Then you have to allow for the phase of the moon unless it's cloudy, in which case the stripes on your ticking should be aligned due east to west for all rifle calibers but west to east if you're using a smooth bore and due north for double barrels except on weekends. Got that?

 

[Capnball]

Hi Rod, Found this link: https://www.crazycrow.com/site/even...in us for the 2020,River at Rock Higgins Park.

Looks like they are setting up for a Feb rondy. There is a phone number in there. Good Luck!

Crazycrow has a lot of rondys listed. Our club does Desert Rose. Not sure what is happening this year. I wan to get to Pacific Primitives' real bad.... We will see when I can get that shot in the arm.....

Hope we can catch up some day.

That looks like a crazy good time. Wish I was in shape and in texas to do that!
Neil

 

[Capnball]

Hey Pete: I'll bet Tenngun's answer will be "Yes" or "Neither." The fact is, it probably depends on which way the wind is blowing at that altitude and the angle of the sun --- unless you're loading at night. Then you have to allow for the phase of the moon unless it's cloudy, in which case the stripes on your ticking should be aligned due east to west for all rifle calibers but west to east if you're using a smooth bore and due north for double barrels except on weekends. Got that?

Is that in boots or moccasin's?

 

[jdw276]

Is that true north or magnetic north???

My stripes are when loading are at right angle to the target or parallel to the berms when i am bench resting and there are berms. If no berms i use a patch without stripes. It just is to much of a chance of a screw up if there is no berms on the side of the range. Better safe than oops.

 

[Yewbender]

Lots of great info to help you out. Now with that said...don’t put pressure on yourself, go out and have a Blast! I love woods walks and always have a great time with the many good folks who now are good friends. Oh, also be prepaired for some ball bust’n cause every shoot i’ve done it’s a must but we keep it mostly clean if kids and women are in the group. The seasoned ladies don’t care.

Wish i was going with you as the 2 clubs that put them on, 1 club shut the shoots down and the other is up in the air but looks like it will follow and cancel the rest which is a bummer. I prefer the WW over paper shooting and if you go you will see why. Good luck and enjoy!

 

[Capnball]

Lots of great info to help you out. Now with that said...don’t put pressure on yourself, go out and have a Blast! I love woods walks and always have a great time with the many good folks who now are good friends. Oh, also be prepaired for some ball bust’n cause every shoot i’ve done it’s a must but we keep it mostly clean if kids and women are in the group. The seasoned ladies don’t care.

Wish i was going with you as the 2 clubs that put them on, 1 club shut the shoots down and the other is up in the air but looks like it will follow and cancel the rest which is a bummer. I prefer the WW over paper shooting and if you go you will see why. Good luck and enjoy!

I've done live fire combat courses (pistol/rifle) in the military. Ball busting is a subcategory of shooting. It seems that woods walks designs are limited only by imagination. I'll absolutely add a few WW courses to my shooting season this year. I'm new to muzzleloaders but I've been around guns my whole life. It's funny, the older I get, the more interested in old guns I get. In my life I've been a mechanic, a carpenter, a CAD draftsman, a soldier and I've always been a history buff so all of this comes to bare on this type of shooting. Ive already done s pretty in depth restoration on an 1861 Bridesberg rifle. I'm hoping at some point to build a Kibler long rifle. I have a Pedersoli Flinchlock that's great to shoot. And just for kicks and giggles, I'm hoping to buy a Lyman GPR percussion in .54 . After that? Who knows? Smooth bore? Spanish matchlock? The possibilities are endless.

 

[Yewbender]

Cap, i’m in the same boat to say. Thats why the traditional route in muzzleloading and archery. Not that i didn’t have fun with modern stuff but this is icing on the cake! It just doesn’t get any better then this...the history, the weapons, and the great people in the hobby! I will say if you want some fun and do lots of shooting then you need to get a smoothie. I have a .62/20ga Fowler and man is that a blast to shoot. Shot to rb it does it all. I like it better then my rifled flinters. Something to think about after the Kibler kit as they sure look like fun to put together.

 

[Capnball]

Cap, i’m in the same boat to say. Thats why the traditional route in muzzleloading and archery. Not that i didn’t have fun with modern stuff but this is icing on the cake! It just doesn’t get any better then this...the history, the weapons, and the great people in the hobby! I will say if you want some fun and do lots of shooting then you need to get a smoothie. I have a .62/20ga Fowler and man is that a blast to shoot. Shot to rb it does it all. I like it better then my rifled flinters. Something to think about after the Kibler kit as they sure look like fun to put together.

I think the thing I like most about Kibler (besides the attention to detail) is that you really have very little to worry about building these kits. They aren't "snap together" by any means, you still gotta be at least "OK" with some basic hand tools. It's the quality control that gives you the best shot at a quality build and something you'd be happy to bring to any range. Now if you're good with your hands and have some skills? Sky's the limit!
Me? I haven't tried to remove an appendix yet, but I think I could do it! Lol