Went to a rendezvous once a long time ago that had an interesting event - the ram rod shoot. Camas Meadow, WA. 1980 something.
Seems like the local hardware store had a bunch of 3/8" dowels that they didn't want and so they donated them to the event. Nasty, crooked, warped, 48" dowels.
So, everyone was issued a rod and a 100 yd rifle target. You posted the target at 25 yards, loaded the rifle, put the rod into the barrel of the gun, and shot the rod at the target. A few people actually even hit the paper.