Commitment ta the Holy Black!!

[Paladin UK]

Well pards my commitment ta the Holy Black!! cost me dear today!!

I`m the Only Picketts Hill Marshal that shoots Only BP in all their smokepoles and today it cost me dearly!!

It was a booootiful day,with nearly No wind whatsoever!! and our range is a BIG dug out hole!! So you can guess what happens when ya let off more than 1 rd!!  In one stage it called for a 5 rifle shots from the hip on a target `bout 20 ft away, after my first rd I could not even see the target!! Sooo I had ta just `go for it!! and I unloaded the other 4rds in short order!!
The result was..
1 hit, 3 in his hat and one is still on its way!!

Part of another stage called fer 5rifle rds on a target to the left and then 5rds to a target on the right!! by the time I`d got to 7 rds I was duckin `n` weavin just ta see the target!! But I managed to get all of those on!!

Bottom line.....
We got pards shootin jest nito, some 50nitro-50bp and then ya got me!!

So theres No way I`m even gonna win !! I finished 4th out of 9 BUT it wuz my decision ta embrace the One True Powder!! And so by my reckonin, I`m a WINNER EVERY TIME!!!

Paladin (Who Lurvs the Hoy Black ) UK

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

PUK;  How do those Pards use heathen powder in Cap'nball hawglaigs? 

Are ya countin' Pyro-ducks as HEATHEN? 

I would!

[Dalton Masterson]

Way to go PUK!!! If in doubt, just shoot fast, blind them with smoke and fire, and surround them in the confusion. DM

[litl rooster]

I agree with Dalton, and sing out like a canary every pull of the trigger.

[Alabama]

Well Paladin Uk ,
It is always better to be loyal to your love , than to win .
Once you turn Black , you'll never go back .
When you do finally win also , you can be just that more proud of your desicion to have been loyal to the Dark Side . Rightly so you will have really earned it too . They did not have Pyrodex back then , and they should have a seperate class for it now too .  It aint the same as shooting the Holy Black , not in Spirit nor any other way except your loading it the same way . JMHO .
I am certain some people shoot Pyrodex and the others to gain the advantage against Holy Black shooters , so they can win that way, not because it's easier to clean or anything else actually . JMHO .

Good luck next time , shoot faster , and dazzle em with the brilliant colors of fire and smoke , and maybe they will count wrong with all the smoke in thier lungs and eyes . Use your Magic Black Powder for good next time !!!!

Later , Alabama

[Wills Point Pete]

 The bright side of shooting Black is that it IS more difficult. I shoot the ca'tridge guns. A .45 Colt with a full charge of 35+ grains of The Holy Black and a 250 grain bullet kicks more than my service revolver. A full load of black with an ounce and a quarter of shot kicks more than my managed recoil buckshot loads. I may never win that brand new Cadillac at my shoots but when I go home after the shoot, my defense guns are  featherlight and very fast. That's worth a lot.

[Angel_Eyes]

Sir Charles, what PUK means is that it is possible to obtain converted cylinders over here in Britain that are modified or manufactured to have the front of the chamber to take the original size ball, the middle of the chamber downsized to use about 3 grains of Bullseye (or equiv.) and the rear drilled out to take a shotgun primer. This of course makes for cleaner burning, less smoke and easier cleaning as well as taking away the chance of jamming due to shattered caps in the action.
I guess this is our equivalent of your Kirst conversion cylinders.
Any questions???
UKshooter.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

UKS; Re; smokeless cylinder for Cap'nball revolvers

To quote the late great Jeff Cooper;

"An ingenious solution to a non-existant problem!"

[Paladin UK]

Ho Sir Charles,
Good ta hear from ya pard , Preacher yer Son `n` heir couldn't make this months shoot but he`s itchin ta shoot with us agin so hopefully we will see him at the Oct shoot.

Do you remember one of our shooters (Chips), he was shootin one of those conversions. he uses 3gns of Bullseye in his. The conversion costs around £200.00-£275.00 PLUS re-proofing which sets ya back another £30.00-£40.00 so, yer lookin at an all in cost including a ROA of around £900.00 which comes at around $1750.00 PER GUN!!

Paladin (What `preciates yer innerest  ) UK

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

UKS; Re; smokeless cylinder for Cap'nball revolvers

To quote the late great Jeff Cooper;

"An ingenious solution to a non-existant problem!"

[Ransom Gaer]

Paladin UK,

You are a winner every time shooting the One True Powder.  Never doubt your commtmant to the One True Powder.

This last weekend I was at the ULTIMATE BP MATCH.  It was the 145th Anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga.  It was an all BP match.  We had Longstreets Corp from the Army of Northern Virginia, the Army of Tennessee and a bunch of Yankees.   We even had a night BP shoot.   There were thousands of us literally.  If anybody is interested in the results, the Confederates won.

The night BP shoot was a blast.  The Yankee artillery were about 400 yards from us.  I was with the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.  We fielded a 3" Ordinance Rifle.  There were a total of ten Confederate artillery pieces for the night shoot.  Between us and the Yankee artillery there were Confederate and Union infantrymen down in this little valley.  At about 8 pm we opened fire.  The clouds of smoke and fire we made were truly awesome. My batttery was shooting 1/2 lb charges everytime we fired the gun.  Do these qualify as Warthog loads?  In about 45 minutes we had completely filled the valley with smoke.  There is no way that you culd have seen your targets in these conditions.  Truly the fog of war.  It was an unbelievable sight.

Ransom Gaer

[Paladin UK]

Fer RG...

Thanks fer that pard!!

Have ya any piccies of the event?? I`m sure other Darksiders would LURV ta see `em

Paladin (What `preciates all yer support, `n` cant wait fer the next months shoot  ) UK

[Ransom Gaer]

In the near future I should be able to post some pictures, assuming I can figure out how to.  We are collecting a bunch of pictures in one one group and once I have them I will try to post some.

Actually my avatar is one of the pictures I got at Chickamauga.  It is a real tintype which I had made at the reenactment.  I scanned it into my confuser and made it my avatar.  That is my Pedersoli 1859 Sharps Carbine in my hands.  It is a blast to shoot also, although I didn't shoot it at Chickamauga.  Too busy shooting the Ordinance Rifle instead.

Ransom Gaer

[Paladin UK]

Fer RG...

Too busy shooting the Ordinance Rifle instead.

Gotta show my ignorance here pard...

Whats an Ordinance Rifle?? I aint never heard that term used here in the UK

Paladin (What needs some edjakation  ) UK

[Qball]

You got one of these 

[Paladin UK]

Fer QBall.


ermmmmmmm.....

NOPE!!

But, I WANT NEED ONE (or TWO!!)

Paladin (Whats jest bin edjakated  ) UK

[Ransom Gaer]

You got one of these 

Yup.  Actually I just get to shoot it.  It is owned by a friend.  His is a veteran of the War Between The States which is makes it even cooler.

Ransom Gaer

[Qball]

Fer QBall.


ermmmmmmm.....

NOPE!!

But, I WANT NEED ONE (or TWO!!)

Paladin (Whats jest bin edjakated  ) UK

Ehrm.. sorry Paladin i was adressing Ransom Gaer.
should have (fer RG) but i was awstruck (did i spell it right?) and forgot it  
Realy cool rifle though, i'd like to have a pair my self on the front lawn  

[Qball]

Fer RG 
That is some friend you have.

When my sisters husband had his 40 birthday hi was invited to Carstens Fortress for some celerbating
he got to shot the canon on the courtyard.

Guess who was jealous.
The picture is from a tour on the fortress.


http://www.carlsten.se/indexENG.htm

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Ordnance Rifle?  For you, PUK??

You KNOW the do-gooders in Parliament will try to ban it from you!  If they don't have a rule against private ownership ALREADY!)

   


Qball - COOL!  thanks for sharing that awesome photo!



For Ransom Gaer:

You have a friend who is a veteran of the W-B-States?    He's old!     Never mind. (said in my best Emily Littella voice)  (I saw what you wrote.)
 

Ten thousand comedians are out of work and I'm makin' jokes!