Traditional Muzzleloading Association
TMA Events and Activites => TMA Postal Shoots => Topic started by: Ohio Joe on June 01, 2017, 09:09:33 AM
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Okay everyone, you still have until June 15th to get your May Targets sent in, or Post Marked for an official score.
June marks our halfway point in these Matches, which after this month we'll pick up with them again in August, and finish out with September & October Silhouette Matches.
In July we will turn our attention to our Annual Mike Fink "partner" shoot. So,,, if you're still looking for a partner, it's not to late to get signed up. See the "Mike Fink" thread for details.
Good luck and good shooting to all! :shake
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Got mine shot Joe and will get them in the mail ASAP. As a side note...once again, I don't think that you did a Quality Control check on my targets before you mailed them! It seems that no matter where I aim, the holes keep showing up somewhere else! I don't mean to complain...but...we all know that it can't be me, so I'm thinking it must be faulty targets. Please see what you can do to correct this problem. Thank you...
Al
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Got mine shot Joe and will get them in the mail ASAP. As a side note...once again, I don't think that you did a Quality Control check on my targets before you mailed them! It seems that no matter where I aim, the holes keep showing up somewhere else! I don't mean to complain...but...we all know that it can't be me, so I'm thinking it must be faulty targets. Please see what you can do to correct this problem. Thank you...
Al
:Doh! Brother Al, Brother Al, what's a mother to do???
Uncle Russ...
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Al, I do apologize ... This may very well be at my end.
I asked a Cheyenne Medicine Man to have a talk with your targets before I sent them to you (therapy purposes you know), and he didn't speak real good English like you's and me's, and I don't speak very good Cheyenne (actually I don't speak it at all, but that aside) ,,, when I asked him to bless your targets,,, well he might of thought I said,,, "hex your target."
Al, I'm just beside myself over this, :Doh! as I very well should have had an interpreter with me. Unfortunately he was out of town in "Detox" (where ever that's at? I've never been to that town?) However, if he ever gets back from visiting whoever it is he's visiting in Detox, I will see if we can't get this straightened out.
In the mean time, you might want to just aim where the targets aren't - on the paper? Just a thought. And again, I do apologize. I know this is hard to believe, but if anyone will believe this, I'm sure it will be you. :pray:
You take care my friend! :toast :shake :wave
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I have to agree with Al. My chickens, pigs, turkeys and.... what's that fourth one? Anyway, they keep running around so when I pull the trigger they aren't in front of the muzzle anymore. :laffing Ram, that's what it was. a ram! :Doh!
I'll try my best here in the next couple of weeks to get mine shot, but we are having some medical issues which may delay me a bit. You all take care now.
~Kees~ AKA Winter Hawk
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You guys are too funny! :lol sign I wish I had something as clever to add as I completed my June PM targets yesterday. Well, on second thought, it was windy and my target board was knocked forward several times, making all silhouettes appear to move, but none more so than the chicken embryo if that's indeed what it was. (Actually it was moving so much and was so tiny, I couldn't be sure if it was animal, vegetable, or mineral :laffing) Anyway, my targets are in the mail and are better than last month's.
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I shot my June targets today. I'm going with the family on vacation the last half the month, so I shot this morning. Had a pretty good target until the bird got twitchy. Jumped back and then flew off, wounded, but alive. Damn. Didn't even leave me an egg or nothin'.
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I shot my June targets today. I'm going with the family on vacation the last half the month, so I shot this morning. Had a pretty good target until the bird got twitchy. Jumped back and then flew off, wounded, but alive. Damn. Didn't even leave me an egg or nothin'.
Man, that's a tough break MIJ! Something like that just makes you want to cr_p, but it's survivable most the time... :bl th up
Have a good vacation! :shake
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Here's my June targets;
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll240/JoethebowM/100_2166%202_zpssknkm1tj.jpg) (http://s289.photobucket.com/user/JoethebowM/media/100_2166%202_zpssknkm1tj.jpg.html)
There's two shots in the Turkey's breast with the third shot missing completely.
I used my .40 caliber Rayl barreled muzzle loader again this month. Still don't have the sights exactly where I'd like them to be, but I have the rest of this month and July to work on that, before we get back to the Silhouettes in August. :shake
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Maven, your score is posted (8 of 10)... :shake
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Mad Irish Jack - your June score is posted! Nice shooting! :shake
Sure seems like our Silhouette shooting season is moving right along. Where'd April and May go...
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Two Steps, I have your May score posted. :bl th up Good shooting my friend (9 of 10)... That little talk I had with that Cheyenne medicine man must of done some good! :*: :toast
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Thankee Sir :bow. But truth be told...I think it might have more to do with the big fat outline of the targets :). If you didn't count cut lines, I think I would have had maybe 4 or 5 out of 10 :Doh! ( but don't stop talking to the Medicine Man ;D)
Al
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Thankee Sir :bow. But truth be told...I think it might have more to do with the big fat outline of the targets :). If you didn't count cut lines, I think I would have had maybe 4 or 5 out of 10 :Doh! ( but don't stop talking to the Medicine Man ;D)
Al
I kinda think all our scores would be suffering a bit if we didn't count touches, Al... :shake
I see that Medicine Man 3 or 4 times a week, so we're covered if we need him. :bl th up
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Well Joe, I got my June targets shot (at). I had told ya that I was gonna use a .40 Rowan county flinter for this month...but...I had to back out. My ol' shoulder just wouldn't let me hold that 48" Bbl anywhere near steady :P I ended up using an old .50 Hawken "style" cap gun that I haven't shot for several years. That gun is a mess! I need to see if Captchee can maybe so something with it for me. It has a nice Douglas Bbl and I got it cheap enough...we'll see.
Now you know that I'm not one to complain...and I'd never even think of using an excuse...explanation yes...excuse, Never! Now I shot some warm up shots from a bench and that Douglas Bbl did a fine job. Things changed a tad when I changed to off hand to shoot for record. Now it was HOT and VERY humid when I shot. I was kindda tired from having to cut a path through the gnats to see the targets...but I got over that. The real problem came when my wife made me wear floaties and swim fins to shoot!! She said that it was too humid to trust me out by myself without them (no lifeguard where I was shooting). Now I ask you...have you ever tried to get a good cheek to stock weld while wearing floaties? Well have ya? Didn't think so. Now this is NOT an excuse...just an explanation. ;D
Till Next time,
Al
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Debbie is even smarter than I thought.
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:P
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:Doh!..... :applaud :applaud :toast
Floaties and swim fins, must've been some really tough shootin.
Uncle Russ...
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Yeah Russ it was...and that walk down to change targets wasn't a day at the spa either!
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Now I ask you...have you ever tried to get a good cheek to stock weld while wearing floaties? Well have ya?
Al, I have never worn floaties while shooting but it's something I might consider if I have room in my shooting bag. Where I'll be shooting at in 8 to 9 days from now - the canyon is prone to humidity and possible flash flooding. Perhaps I'll have to get one of those belly tubes - blow it up - and hide it under my Rondy clothes? Granted, I may look like a walking String Top or a pear with little legs, but safety first! Your explanation just may safe me some day from getting washed down the canyon... :bow
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Joe, with the picture of you I have in my head right now, getting washed down the canyon might be the better option.
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LOL!!! :laffing
I'm sure you're right, Hank! :lol sign
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I hate having to demonstrate my ignorance, but what are "floaties"? I have lots of boat time with type I, II, III & IV PFDs (life vests), but never have I heard of a "floatie" before....
~WH~
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I believe they are inflatable rings that kids wear on their upper arms when they are learning to swim. Or, I could be completely wrong. :laffing
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I believe they are inflatable rings that kids wear on their upper arms when they are learning to swim. Or, I could be completely wrong.
Yes sir...you got it...that's what they are! :)
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No wonder I didn't know what they are. I learned to swim so long ago I don't remember ever NOT being able to do so.:laffing And those things hadn't been invented yet!
~WH~