We had a group size that was perfect this week. We started on large, easy targets and proceeded to get smaller and more challenging as the day went on. Our instructors all now have matching shirts. And there was one particular young man that I'll elaborate on later.
So for some pix
As usual, we start out with Patch Round Ball in the camp guns.
And our own PathfinderNC working with the kids at the loading table.
And PathfinderNC doing an excellent job as always on flintlocks. It really helps that he brings some of his fantastic examples that he's made. The kids are always blown away that a rifle this nice and accurate was not made in a factory somewhere. It also helps that when he shoots it, he doesn't miss either! And for those curious, he builds from both kits and out of a parts box for his clients. He also makes powder horns with scrimshaw that are just fantastic.
And this is Marty. She's a retired school teacher with oceans of patience and an expert with a cap n ball revolver. The kid she's working with was having problems and Marty recognized early on, flinching was problem #1 to deal with. Here she's starting down that road. She got him over his flinch and then moved on to natural point of aim and other marksmanship techniques. This kid went from struggling to hit anything to nailing everything except the very hardest target we have.
We have a good sized creek that goes past the range and the ground falls fast to the right of the sign. And yup, there's a crawdad trap just below that sign and the kids get to try crawdads as part of their diet in the Mountain Man program. Some of the crawdads are the size of small lobsters! Sam is a former camp counselor who found this crawdad honey hole several years back and put a trap in it for a couple days and it's become a thing ever since.
And our instructor crew modeling our new fancy shirts. Of course we insisted we put our best side forward!
And the first round of volley fire. These 5 guys, in a volley fire, put all the bullets into a 6in group almost dead center on the target. It was amazing to see all the bullets in that small an area from a group of shooters firing on command.
So for some pix
As usual, we start out with Patch Round Ball in the camp guns.
And our own PathfinderNC working with the kids at the loading table.
And PathfinderNC doing an excellent job as always on flintlocks. It really helps that he brings some of his fantastic examples that he's made. The kids are always blown away that a rifle this nice and accurate was not made in a factory somewhere. It also helps that when he shoots it, he doesn't miss either! And for those curious, he builds from both kits and out of a parts box for his clients. He also makes powder horns with scrimshaw that are just fantastic.
And this is Marty. She's a retired school teacher with oceans of patience and an expert with a cap n ball revolver. The kid she's working with was having problems and Marty recognized early on, flinching was problem #1 to deal with. Here she's starting down that road. She got him over his flinch and then moved on to natural point of aim and other marksmanship techniques. This kid went from struggling to hit anything to nailing everything except the very hardest target we have.
We have a good sized creek that goes past the range and the ground falls fast to the right of the sign. And yup, there's a crawdad trap just below that sign and the kids get to try crawdads as part of their diet in the Mountain Man program. Some of the crawdads are the size of small lobsters! Sam is a former camp counselor who found this crawdad honey hole several years back and put a trap in it for a couple days and it's become a thing ever since.
And our instructor crew modeling our new fancy shirts. Of course we insisted we put our best side forward!
And the first round of volley fire. These 5 guys, in a volley fire, put all the bullets into a 6in group almost dead center on the target. It was amazing to see all the bullets in that small an area from a group of shooters firing on command.