Posted on 10/15/2019 6:49:53 AM PDT by w1n1
A hybrid primitive-style match with paper targets is a hit with local muzzleloader club. There are several aspects to "primitive shooting" with our muzzleloading arms. This includes "loading from the pouch" instead of using a shooting box. It certainly includes using a patched round ball rather than the modern elongated bullets. And primitive shooting does include using targets that are not the typical bull’s eye style, and usually not paper targets.
I want to illustrate how a primitive match can be held while using paper targets. It is easy and it’s a lot of fun. A couple of our targets did have scoring rings; it’s hard to get away from that. And the four targets I'll mention were all posted at 25 yards for off hand shooting. Each of the targets will be described and talked about as the match is covered.
The rifle I used in this match was my Kunz-style .50-caliber flintlock with the 42-inch barrel. This rifle “got fed” with 50-grain charges of GOEX FFFg powder under .495-inch Speer swaged balls, which were wrapped in .015-inch prelubed patches from Bridgers Best.
The match was for five shots at four different targets for a total of 20 shots, filling the morning quite nicely. One thing that worked really well was my rifle's flint. It was one of the English black flints from Track of the Wolf, selected and put in the gun’s cock just before the match started. All 20 shots were fired without giving that flint any attention, other than to "check the edge" by feeling its sharpness with my fingertip, carefully. No knapping was needed or necessary and my rifle spoke with good, fast ignition for all shots fired.
THE FIRST TWO targets I posted were the "turkey" and the "tin can." I selected the turkey as my first target mainly because it seemed to be the largest, giving me something that was easy to see. That turkey target also had a white bull’s-eye “aiming point” in the middle. The tin can target was posted next to it. That turkey target had circular scoring rings that have no relation to the turkey, other than starting somewhat in the middle. Read the rest of Kunz flintlock rifle.
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