Tom's grass roots traing brings up a question for the board

by Bob Hatfield , Sunday, July 29, 2012, 05:45 (4502 days ago) @ Rob Leahy

I compete in traditional muzzleloading rifle NMLRA style at the Kate Carpenters Muzzleloaders range on the third Saturday of the month. We shoot offhand with our longrifles either flint or percussion at 25 and 50 yards and from a rest at 100 and sometimes from a rest at 50 at small bulls. But during the NMLRA territorial that is held there all the shooting I do is offhand.

All of this offhand shooting makes shooting at deer in the woods offhand easy as pie.
We also shoot clays with muzzleloading shotguns and have smoothbore matches using round ball.

In the fall at another range we have our annual sillouette match we shoot with our traditional muzzleloaders and round ball only. We shoot at NRA sillouettes at various ranges out to 150 yards and a gong at 200 yards. We shoot offhand at the metal critters. Chickens at 50 yards offhand
Turkey at 75 yards offhand
Ram and pig at 100 yards offhand
Ram at 125 yards offhand
Ram at 150 from off hand or from cross sticks ( man that thing looks small out there)
20 inch gong at 200 cross sticks or offhand.

Last year I cleaned the course, The year before I missed the 100 yard pig.

I shoot at steel better than targets for score.

We have a blast (pun?)

Bob