Here it is, the official thread for the online shoot. I will take a few clips from the original thread, found here: http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318914
This thread is open for discussions and photos from the shoot/guns etc.
To get things started, maybe a few of you will check in and post some info about your guns you will be using. I think we have a few old hands with the firelocks, and some fresh recruits on the expedition. It's all in fun, the scoring system will allow everyone to compete. The entry 'fee' will be the offering of a blanket prize and everyone will take home something in the end. Registration for this shoot is closed. I hope this one is a success, and we can do it again another time.
The shoot will be a scenario based on the journey of Alexander Mackenzie and the expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1793. The shooter in this match will take on the persona of a young scout/hunter who works with Mackenzie and his crew of ten men from Fort Chipewyan. The match will be based around factual parts of the journey, with a bit of artistic licence granted to make an interesting shoot. Historicaly, the journey was packed with adventure and dangers, including events like capsized canoes and attacks from hostile natives. Eventually the crew had to abandon the canoes and make their way on foot down the 'grease trail'. It was a trade route used by natives to carry goods between the coastal people, Bella Coolas and the central interior bands of Carrier and Sekani. As the expedition traveled, their native guides abandonded them and new guides had to be bartered for. This led to trade sessions with the friendly villages the men encountered. Mackenzie reported noticing British and American coins, steel tools and glass beads amongst the natives' belongings, and took it to be a sign that indeed, the Pacific and the trade that occoured there, couldn't be far off. After locating the Pacific, the expedition literally had to flee back into the mountains to avoid angry Bella Bella natives. They were angry after an unpleasant encounter with Captain Vancouver's men who had explored and mapped the coast a few weeks earlier on their maritime voyage on the Discovery.
The match will be set up to reflect some of the hardships encountered by Mackenzie's men.
The shooter will be mailed out a packet with some targets and other items. Each of 8 or 10 shooting stations will have an envelope that is to be opened when the shooter is ready and on the firing line. The envelope will contain instructions to set up the target and shoot the single station, as well as scoring instructions. Scores can be added to, or subtracted from, depending on the outcome of the shoot and points will be awarded for things other than shooting, Handicaps will be levied for certain actions during the course. When each station is complete, the shooter will open another 'dispatch' envelope and follow the instructions. All the stations will be shot on a single day. The score will be tallied and submitted. Winners will have first choice of the blanket prizes, and everyone will get a chance to take home something.
As for a timeline - The actual shoot will take place in April.
Here is the list of who's in:
nessy357
bdft
Crooked Barrel Jed
Manwithbeers
flinchlock
royce
vetchcreekcaddis
cooner
cooterdog
Deadeye Doug
rrcarr
d.bala
Good luck, gentlemen!
If your name is on the list, keep an eye on this thread. What you read here will help you get a better score in the event. Although the shoot is based on a trail walk format the actual shooting can take place in one location, anywhere you have 40 yards range where you can shoot novelty style targets.
This thread is open for discussions and photos from the shoot/guns etc.
To get things started, maybe a few of you will check in and post some info about your guns you will be using. I think we have a few old hands with the firelocks, and some fresh recruits on the expedition. It's all in fun, the scoring system will allow everyone to compete. The entry 'fee' will be the offering of a blanket prize and everyone will take home something in the end. Registration for this shoot is closed. I hope this one is a success, and we can do it again another time.
The shoot will be a scenario based on the journey of Alexander Mackenzie and the expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1793. The shooter in this match will take on the persona of a young scout/hunter who works with Mackenzie and his crew of ten men from Fort Chipewyan. The match will be based around factual parts of the journey, with a bit of artistic licence granted to make an interesting shoot. Historicaly, the journey was packed with adventure and dangers, including events like capsized canoes and attacks from hostile natives. Eventually the crew had to abandon the canoes and make their way on foot down the 'grease trail'. It was a trade route used by natives to carry goods between the coastal people, Bella Coolas and the central interior bands of Carrier and Sekani. As the expedition traveled, their native guides abandonded them and new guides had to be bartered for. This led to trade sessions with the friendly villages the men encountered. Mackenzie reported noticing British and American coins, steel tools and glass beads amongst the natives' belongings, and took it to be a sign that indeed, the Pacific and the trade that occoured there, couldn't be far off. After locating the Pacific, the expedition literally had to flee back into the mountains to avoid angry Bella Bella natives. They were angry after an unpleasant encounter with Captain Vancouver's men who had explored and mapped the coast a few weeks earlier on their maritime voyage on the Discovery.
The match will be set up to reflect some of the hardships encountered by Mackenzie's men.
The shooter will be mailed out a packet with some targets and other items. Each of 8 or 10 shooting stations will have an envelope that is to be opened when the shooter is ready and on the firing line. The envelope will contain instructions to set up the target and shoot the single station, as well as scoring instructions. Scores can be added to, or subtracted from, depending on the outcome of the shoot and points will be awarded for things other than shooting, Handicaps will be levied for certain actions during the course. When each station is complete, the shooter will open another 'dispatch' envelope and follow the instructions. All the stations will be shot on a single day. The score will be tallied and submitted. Winners will have first choice of the blanket prizes, and everyone will get a chance to take home something.
As for a timeline - The actual shoot will take place in April.
Here is the list of who's in:
nessy357
bdft
Crooked Barrel Jed
Manwithbeers
flinchlock
royce
vetchcreekcaddis
cooner
cooterdog
Deadeye Doug
rrcarr
d.bala
Good luck, gentlemen!
If your name is on the list, keep an eye on this thread. What you read here will help you get a better score in the event. Although the shoot is based on a trail walk format the actual shooting can take place in one location, anywhere you have 40 yards range where you can shoot novelty style targets.
Last edited:
My newbieness shines through. I got all the way through it though and had a really great time. Thanks too Smokepole for putting it together. Thanks to The Brucer for taking the photos. Good luck everyone.
