Anyone else going out to Forsythe, MT to compete this year? Father's Day, 16th(Sa) & 17th (Su) of June. 8 targets @ various ranges, first in mandatory offhand shooting @ ≈ 350 yds, then the rest of the targets allow crossed shooting
stix, plus, or those of us with problem spines, knees, ankles, hips, arms, brains and so on and on (i.e.: arthritic old geezers well over +60...
), you can use a small shooting stool. One fellow was in a wheelchair and competed nontheless!
I
intend, by golly, to WIN this event this year, but of course, I won't! The max score is 6 hits per target X 8 targets = 48. Some lucky bum
[dang him!] got an overall score over the two days of 46 (
..
..
) two years ago, hitting the 350 target offhand 5 times, (which may be
the hardest target, esp. in the relentless eastern MT cross-winds), and the 1000 yd (actually, that year it was a "mere" 950 yds I believe: some guys get all the breaks...!) four out of 6!
The folks who attend this shoot wear "period gear", incl. their
wimmin-folk, who come all cumberbunned and frillied up, less'n acourse they'zz
at'chooly thar tuh shoot and not fluff themselves up in the wind!
(Last year, at the last moment, they had to cancel the entire shoot due to the relentless wind-driven rains and resulting prairie gumbo mud! You can hardly stand up in that glue, let alone drive out to the Lee Ranch! Hope this is not going to be a repeat!)
Then the local Forsythe Boy Scouts do up a steak dinner on Sat. night, with all the trimmings
(well, sort of.. Forsythe's idea of "all the trimmings" is different than mine I suppose...), and there's lots of campfire singing and bull
shuetzening.
I will be bringing two of my finest; a Winchester 1885 High Wall in 45-90, and my custom Sharps 1874, also in 45-90.
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I'll be shooting some various Lyman 405, 450 and 520 gr FP cast
boolitz with SPG lube in those big ol' lube-grooves. The Sharps wears a new Malcolm style 2X scope since
"mine eyes have seen the glory of..." better days...
Will I win? Not on your life! I don't dedicate my life to this stuff, but still, I used to be a purty good shot, and it's kinda like riding a v. noisy bicycle after all...
Anyone else?
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