Round ball question

[bob308]

2 2lb. coffee cans of .45

 

[Boomerang]

Between 1000 to 2000 a year, but still not enough. This thing called work get in the way. LOL

 

[Loyalist Dave]

50-100

I'm at the range a lot these days (compared to previous years) with my son, but he's not into BP yet. On the rare times that I get to shoot instead of mentoring him, I might shoot ten shots. I might get 5 times like that a year.

LD

 

[Adui]

I figure I get to the range 13-15 times a year. The number of shots each trip varies widely, but I know I've bought at least 5 boxes, (Possibly 6 or 7) of round ball this year. Since I only just opened that last one Id say my total for the year is in the 400 to 500 range

 

[Cruzatte]

Just curious how many round balls do you shoot in one year?

My best guess is somewhere in the 220-250 range. I only get out on average about 10 times a year.

 

[Billnpatti]

Just curious how many round balls do you shoot in one year?

I am not able to get out as often as I used to so I don't shoot as many balls as most folks. I probably only shoot about 150 to 200 balls a year. When I lived in Indiana and belonged to the Fish Creek Long Rifles muzzleloading club, I shot about 800 to 1,000 balls a year.

 

[M. De Land]

I'll go through a hundred or so at a Territorial match and about 30 per match April through October.

 

[Mad Irish Jack]

Between 1978 and 2010, between 1700 and 2300 rounds per year; between practice, monthly and postal competition shoots, Rendezvous and hunting. That's only roundball, not shot. I shoot a .350, a .440, a .490, a .530, a .600, and a .735 in the Bess. Since 2010, due to health and physical problems, I shoot about 800 rounds per year.

 

[Many Klatch]

I shoot at two monthly club shoots and shoot at Friendship. So somewhere around a 1,000 roundball a year. The Bess really sucks up the lead.

 

[silly goose]

Last year, 5.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Well after reading such replies as:

700-1200 as a guesstimate,
700 to 500 prb a year,
2 2lb. coffee cans of .45,
in the 400 to 500 range,
in the 220-250 range,
about 800 to 1,000 balls,
about 800 rounds,
around a 1,000 roundball a year,

I am apparently being rather remiss in my duties as a marksman, so I am going to need to increase my shooting by about 3x, as a minimum. Simply must be done, and the wife will simply have to deal with it..., and I will get my son involved more too. :wink:

LD

 

[rdstrain49]

Assuming an average of 10 rounds shot at each outing (I normally shoot much more that 10) and assuming 150 range days a year (I have my own range and shoot more than that) a conservative estimate would be 1,500 ball per year. Thank goodness that in the real world I get to shoot a lot more that the estimate.

 

[jrmflintlock]

Man am I slackin' I need to retire too!! Darn Work gets in the way of life!!

Back when I used to get to 4-5 Rondy's a year I probably shot 1000 rounds a year Now that I don't have any close by I only shoot when I go for walkabouts and they it's only few times.

Time to go shoot!!

 

[Mean Gene]

:metoo:

I guess I'm a real slouch as well, I average between 30 to 40 rounds per month, I just never saw a need to hurry, I just take my time and enjoy the moment.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I just never saw a need to hurry, I just take my time and enjoy the moment.

I know, right? :grin:

LD

 

[SgtMaj65]

I just never saw a need to hurry, I just take my time and enjoy the moment.

:thumbsup: Ditto

 

[nhmoose]

When I competed in the 90's in New England I shot at least 2-3K balls a year. I shot in NH,ME, MA territorials and they were the least amount of balls shot.

The rest of the season was a line shoot every weekend for 3 days with matches that could be reshot. That burned lot's of powder and balls.

Ft. Ty shoots were good for at least 3-400 balls each 3 times a year.

Now without the first Congress of New England clubs and shoots. 200 balls in all calibers work.

I do shoot 2 cylinders a day of my deck if not raining or snowing from C&B revolvers for fun.

 

[Tom Compton]

Hey Ted. I looked at the Ft Ticonderoga web site but found no info on shooting matches. It re-enactment only or a club near Ft Ticonderoga? Planning a summer trip that includes some flintlock shooting.
Thx
TC

 

[nhmoose]

Ft Ty shoots are done and gone. Farm was sold it was held on a few years ago. They went to Saratoga club for a couple of years then NONE.

The shoot was not done by the museum.

Times changed to the bad time for the shoot.

 

[Tom Compton]

We’re seeing the same in Tx, La, Ar and Ok.

Still looking at a trip into NEw England and hoping to find some shooting opportunities. It was just that Ft Ticonderoga has added interest for me as I served on the USS Ticonderoga 1969-70. Also Gen Henry Knox is a distant ancestor.