Painting of Old Time Target Shooters

[Uncle Miltie]

Shooting over a log (chunk) as done in the southern highlands is pretty well known these days, but shooting this way from a bench as was done in the north eastern US is not. We have chunk shoots and table shoots: wouldn't it be nice to shoot like this? Here is a painting done in the 1870's showing a shoot at Saratoga Springs NY. I think it's pretty cool.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Still doing the chunk gun shoots and over the log shoots (prone) as well as variations of the table/ plank shoots here in the midwest. Several are local events and others have a more national participation. Think of the Bevel Brothers match or the Alvin York matches.

 

[ppg1949]

I love it! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I have a Bingham "Shooting for the Beef" print, which I love.

 

[ppg1949]

1776, thanks for sharing. I love these old pictures.

 

[Kodiak13]

I don't have an actual painting or photo, but I do have an image in my head of a beef shoot. Sargent York shooting that turkey behind the log when York gobbled and got it to expose its head for a clean shot!