Flint's Frolick 2012

[Herb]

Flint held his Frolick up Dry Fork Canyon October 27, the eighth one I know of. There were 11 shooters, black powder and some .22 shooting, I don't know why. The top three shooters shoot a special target for winner. That's the three with rifles, Neill on left is just there to show another shooter.

Here I am shooting my .54 caplock Hawken I built, off Jim's deck at the special target. I had the only caplock there, and that was because my two flintlocks, one of them a .58 fullstock Hawken, and the other a 44" x 15/16" .40 Jacob Wigle, are too heavy for me to shoot offhand any more. The big boys kicked sand in my face over this.

The target was propped against the back legs of the buffalo, Jim said it was 100 to 120 yards away. That bullet track in the snow under the tail is the result of using 22 and a half grains of powder in a .50 caliber flintlock- or some such light target load.

Here is Flint and me with the traditional German target. The winner was the shot nearst the head. Mine cut the top edge. Sand in my eyes, you know....

Here are some of the gals. All of them shoot, but only three shot today. Carole is holding my Hawken. We had good chili and wine and visiting afterwards. The next shoot is here the Saturday a week after Thanksgiving. Maybe I'll have my English Sporting rifle done by then, 31" swamped .54 flint, will weigh about 7.5 pounds. Don't like that sand in my eyes.

 

[TinStar]

Glad to see you all had a good time; and glad to see wimminfolk involved too.
The scenery in the first pic would make it hard for me to concentrate on shooting. Beautiful!

TinStar
Soli Deo Gloria1

 

[wattlebuster]

Looks like yall had a great time. :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Glenfilthie]

Jeez...we seriously need a video function on this forum. :wink:

 

[smo]

Thanks for posting :thumbsup: Ain't nothing like good times with good friends :hatsoff: And ya get to shoot too how much better can it get :wink:

 

[ncmtmike]

Thanks for the pics,love seeing folks having a good time. :grin:

 

[Tommy Bruce]

Looks like you guys had a blast!(pun intended)Thanks for sharing the photos, what a beautiful place to shoot.

 

[jamesthomas]

Looks like ya'll folks had a fine time!! and thats a passle of pretty women too. What was the temps?.

 

[Herb]

About 50 degrees. Just comfortable, no wind.

 

[rafterob]

The boot fence fascinates me, what is the storyline there?

 

[Herb]

You see old worn out cowboy boots on fence posts in the Nebraska sandhills, and along one field here in Vernal. That rail fence is just for landscaping, the deer walk around it. I don't know why Jim has those boots on it.

 

[BillinOregon]

Herb: You and your shooting friends have more fun, I swear. That's a real nice bunch you have there, and such purty country!

 

[Don]

Looks like a good time. Nice to have a circle of friends that share your passion for BP guns.

Don

 

[Matt85]

your a lucky man!

id be happy if i could find half as many traditional shooters near me.

-Matt

 

[Pork Chop]

your a lucky man!

id be happy if i could find half as many traditional shooters near me.

-Matt

I haven't found any yet...

 

[Herb]

Here are a few more photos, since people seem to like to see them. Dave shooting.

Gavin. These two are top shooters in our .22 matches.

The 2005 target. I wasn't there, don't know who painted it, but Dave won this one. Don't know the range, maybe as close as 25 yards. He gave me the target. I have to paint next year's target.

Flint's Frolick, last year. http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/805217/
Our Easter Peep shoot (marshmallow peeps) http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/845258/
And our New Year's shoot. http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/1091933/
We are having a shoot this Saturday and Carole loaned me the 50th Anniversary Flintlock I built her, so I can shoot flintlock.