Well, this weekend was the last skirmish (match) of the year for the North South Skirmish Association. We shot in Statesville at Allison Woods and to put it mildly, had a ball. Individuals started shooting for score on Friday and continued into Saturday. At 11a, the Carbine match kicked off. Smoothbores shot at 130 and we shot the Cannon match at 4p. I don't care what type of match you've shot, and I've shot pretty much every flavor, nothing gets me pumped like shooting artillery live for score.
Muskets shot today at 915. A skirmish like this one is shot completely offhand and was broken into 6 events.
1)- 25yd ladder shoot- 3 sticks 1.5x12 hung on two wires like rungs on a ladder.
Pretty tough but it took our team 7 shots total.
2)- 50yd pigeon board- 15 normal sized clay pigeons and 5 "mini" pigeons.
The wheels pretty much fell off the wagon for us on this event
3)- 50yd 4in tiles- 10 tiles hanging on wire, 4in, and a can of shaving cream. Have to hit the tiles first, penalty for not hitting shaving cream last.
Oh yeah, we mowed this one down. My 84yo dad whacked the travel size shaving cream can with his 58cal Springfield.
4)- 50yd "Puff" board- 5 drywall targets hanging on wire 5in square with two stars on them. Hits count based on where it hits the board. This is a speed shooting event.
We did just ok
5)- 50yd "chunks"- 10 wood chunks, about 3in square, hanging on wire.
We left 3.
6)- 100yd 6in tiles- 7 tiles hanging on wires
We got em all!
Carbine match had a couple twists with targets like poker chips and eggs hanging from wires and at 50yds, golf balls in the puff boards (I managed to hit one with my 1863 Sharps!)
All in all, we didn't win anything, but had a fantastic time plugging away at some pretty hard targets with muzzleloaders and other Civil War era guns!
Muskets shot today at 915. A skirmish like this one is shot completely offhand and was broken into 6 events.
1)- 25yd ladder shoot- 3 sticks 1.5x12 hung on two wires like rungs on a ladder.
Pretty tough but it took our team 7 shots total.
2)- 50yd pigeon board- 15 normal sized clay pigeons and 5 "mini" pigeons.
The wheels pretty much fell off the wagon for us on this event
3)- 50yd 4in tiles- 10 tiles hanging on wire, 4in, and a can of shaving cream. Have to hit the tiles first, penalty for not hitting shaving cream last.
Oh yeah, we mowed this one down. My 84yo dad whacked the travel size shaving cream can with his 58cal Springfield.
4)- 50yd "Puff" board- 5 drywall targets hanging on wire 5in square with two stars on them. Hits count based on where it hits the board. This is a speed shooting event.
We did just ok
5)- 50yd "chunks"- 10 wood chunks, about 3in square, hanging on wire.
We left 3.
6)- 100yd 6in tiles- 7 tiles hanging on wires
We got em all!
Carbine match had a couple twists with targets like poker chips and eggs hanging from wires and at 50yds, golf balls in the puff boards (I managed to hit one with my 1863 Sharps!)
All in all, we didn't win anything, but had a fantastic time plugging away at some pretty hard targets with muzzleloaders and other Civil War era guns!