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I'm not sure how many of the cannon were originals !
But I'm pretty sure this bronze one was !
This one was waiting for the second relay !
The man in this picture is the gentleman who twisted my arm last month and took me down to the Virginia Flintlock maker in Ruther Glenn ! It was also his idea to go to Winchester !
Personally I think he enjoys getting me intrested in things I've never done and getting me to spend money
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
The following pictures were taken inside the "L.Romano Rifle Co." shack !
I had talked with Larry a year or so ago about going to Winchester to see his contemporary Maynards !
I really liked the center rifle in this picture ! Although this was not a Civil War model rifle it was however the style that was used by some schuetzen shooters back in the day !
He had this rifle stocked with a nice piece of walnut and tastefully engraved ! Only problem was the $3800 price tag !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
I go to the Black Powder Cannon shoot here at Camp Grayling every year.
They have a 1,000 yard cannon competition and a random distance mortar competition. I get a big kick out of the brass mortars and their telltale 'PING' when they discharge.
Every year they also set up a couple hundred steel silhouettes in a 40 acre field and fire 5 or six horizontal grapeshot rounds (loads of 1-1/4" cast iron balls) at those targets. As much as I like to watch, I still get sick to my stomach watching those balls knock those plates over. I had my share of firefights in Viet Nam, but I don't know how those guys ever marched into that kind of a fusilade.
I wish they had rifles on display. Black powder is popular up here.
k8bor wrote:I wish they had rifles on display. Black powder is popular up here.
They had musket and revolver matches on friday ! Saturday morning before we arrived they had Carbine matches and then sunday they were having rifle matches !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
I heard that last weekend, there was a skirmish and one guy, 80 something years old, was hit in the shoulder by a musket ball. he was on the blue side. His comments were "they were not following the rules". Tragic incident, glad he will be okay, but I just had to smile at his comments in the text of the event.
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
I know they have black powder shoots for rifles and carbines up here too. I'm going to have to find out when they are. I think I'll go next summer. Problem is a busy time of year. Just have to make the time I guess...........
rjohns94 wrote:I heard that last weekend, there was a skirmish and one guy, 80 something years old, was hit in the shoulder by a musket ball. he was on the blue side. His comments were "they were not following the rules". Tragic incident, glad he will be okay, but I just had to smile at his comments in the text of the event.
That wasn't a "North South Skirmish Assoc" event that was a reenactment ! At those they are not allowed to have ANY projectiles !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !