Author Topic: Cut Bank Cannon Convention, II August 20-21 2011 in Montana (Read 23348 times)

little seacoast · « **Reply #150 on:** June 23, 2011, 02:45:20 AM »

DD, Wish Carol and I could attend but we're in Lyons, Co. that week. Have a great time with the mortar contests!

Double D · « **Reply #151 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:05:06 AM »

How well can you shoot your golf ball mortar?

At the cannon shot we are going to have a hole in one contest. A cup will be placed on the range with a Par 3 distance. Most reference I find say Par 3 is maximum 250 yards, so the cup will be less tha 250 yards.

The local Ben Franklin store is donating $100 as starting pot...entry is by buy 5 ball for $5, with that entry fee going in the pot. The first person to score a hole in one splitting the pot with the Club.

gunsonwheels · « **Reply #152 on:** July 09, 2011, 07:31:32 PM »

Using HMR to try and get up and running for GB motaring. I'm tool rich, time poor and money somewhere in between so I guess it's time to sub-contract.

Question I have is about these 5 balls... are they regular golf balls or poured zinc or lead or steel or shooters choice or just what...??

GOW

Double D · « **Reply #153 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:21:50 PM »

Quote from: gunsonwheels on July 09, 2011, 07:31:32 PM

Using HMR to try and get up and running for GB motaring. I'm tool rich, time poor and money somewhere in between so I guess it's time to sub-contract.

Question I have is about these 5 balls... are they regular golf balls or poured zinc or lead or steel or shooters choice or just what...??

GOW

They will be standard golf balls.

Double D · « **Reply #154 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:24:08 AM »

Saturday and Sunday after shooting we will have a potluck braai at my place.

gunsonwheels · « **Reply #155 on:** July 10, 2011, 04:51:50 AM »

DD:

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They will be standard golf balls.

Thanks. Hope we will have time to shoot a few here before coming up.

GOW

Double D · « **Reply #156 on:** July 10, 2011, 05:28:45 AM »

Saturday is open range day. Lots of time to test fire.

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #157 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:49:06 AM »

Quote from: Double D on July 09, 2011, 08:05:06 AM

How well can you shoot your golf ball mortar?

At the cannon shot we are going to have a whole in one contest. A cup will be placed on the range with a Par 3 distance. Most reference I find say Par 3 is maximum 250 yards, so the cup will be less tha 250 yards.

Are you going to have some sort of a flag to mark where the cup is? Kinda like a orange bike flag on a pole or something or other? The cup could be kind of hard to see if there are old codgers with diminished eyesight shooting.

gunsonwheels · « **Reply #158 on:** July 10, 2011, 11:04:57 AM »

Also... standard size golf hole cup or something a little larger??

Based on my mortar shooting observations I think the odds are with the house/club...

Double D · « **Reply #159 on:** July 10, 2011, 11:34:23 AM »

Quote from: gunsonwheels on July 10, 2011, 11:04:57 AM

Also... standard size golf hole cup or something a little larger??

Don't know yet, depends on if the golf club will loan me a cup or not.

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Based on my mortar shooting observations I think the odds are with the house/club...

Yes that is the intent!

Double D · « **Reply #160 on:** July 11, 2011, 06:27:07 PM »

Quote from: little seacoast on June 23, 2011, 02:45:20 AM

DD, Wish Carol and I could attend but we're in Lyons, Co. that week. Have a great time with the mortar contests!

Montana is just up the road.....

Double D · « **Reply #161 on:** July 11, 2011, 06:30:37 PM »

If you haven't yet made your motel reservations you probably need to do that now. The weekend of the cannon shoot is also the Cut Bank Airport fun days and rooms might be at a premium.

Also plan ahead. You will be allowed to drive to the firing line to unload you cannons and equipment. You will be required to remove your vehicle from the firing line and park in the parking lot behind the range before anyone can shoot.

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #162 on:** July 11, 2011, 06:37:26 PM »

Mike and I are really looking forward to this shoot immensely. Take his room reservation info seriously. We didn't last time and camped out in downtown Cut Bank's park the first night. The train traffic is brutal if you are not accustomed to the noise!

What will Fort Pallet look like?

Tracy

Double D · « **Reply #163 on:** July 11, 2011, 06:55:19 PM »

Quote from: seacoastartillery on July 11, 2011, 06:37:26 PM

What will Fort Pallet look like?

Tracy

Like a fort made out of pallets...

...I don't know i haven't made it yet.

RocklockI · « **Reply #164 on:** July 12, 2011, 06:44:48 AM »

Quote from: little seacoast on June 23, 2011, 02:45:20 AM

DD, Wish Carol and I could attend but we're in Lyons, Co. that week. Have a great time with the mortar contests!

Lyons Co.! jezz that is about 7 miles from my house ! Nice little town up agianst the mountains ,Estes Park is right up the road ... !

Double D · « **Reply #165 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:44:04 PM »

Tentatively, I have lined up His Honor the Mayor of Cut Bank to place the stake for the Seacoast Artillery Mortar book shoot.

1Southpaw · « **Reply #166 on:** July 13, 2011, 07:52:23 PM »

The mayor eh ??
I may have to bribe him to my measured firing point .
All government officials are open to bribes , right ?

Double D · « **Reply #167 on:** July 13, 2011, 08:42:38 PM »

Quote from: 1Southpaw on July 13, 2011, 07:52:23 PM

The mayor eh ??
I may have to bribe him to my measured firing point .
All government officials are open to bribes , right ?

I doubt our Mayor is up bribes, he has to much integrity...but If you bought a new Chevy...well who knows what he might do,

Double D · « **Reply #168 on:** July 15, 2011, 06:43:48 AM »

When you come to Cut Bank here are some of the sights to see.

Plains Indian Museum http://www.blackfeetcountry.com/museum.html

North American Indian Days http://www.blackfeetcountry.com/naid.html

Sweet Grass Hills http://www.montanapictures.net/sweetgrass-hills-montana.htm

Remington Carriage Museum http://www.remingtoncarriagemuseum.com/

Charlie Russell Museum http://www.cmrussell.org/exhibitions/permanent/

Glacier National Park http://www.nps.gov/glac

You will also be about 30 miles south of the US-Canada border. For information on crossing the border check here. http://www.getyouhome.gov/

You will also need to know that Canada has restrictive firearms law and they are very serious about them. Try to take a handgun or hangun ammo into Canada and you may be arrested. At least you will be fined and loose your gun. And don't think you can hide it from them, they train their dogs to find guns.

The other thing that can get you in trouble going into Canada is if you have ever been arrested. More than one traveler has been turned back for a DUI arrest years ago.

Cut Bank Information

http://www.city-data.com/city/Cut-Bank-Montana.html

http://www.cutbankchamber.com/

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cut+Bank,+mt&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&split=0&z=14&iwloc=addr

http://hotel-guides.us/montana/cut-bank-mt-hotels.html

http://www.rvparkreviews.com/regions/Montana/Cut_Bank.html

http://www.mytravelguide.com/restaurants/ctrestaurants-8342901-United_States_Montana_Cut_Bank_restaurants.html

Double D · « **Reply #169 on:** July 15, 2011, 06:49:10 AM »

Another good reason to come to the cannon shoot is this my be the last year that Cut Bank has only one stop light. The are building a new overpass over the rail road tracks at the west end of town. They haven't said there will be a stop light there yet, but it only seems logical.

Double D · « **Reply #170 on:** July 15, 2011, 06:58:17 AM »

If you have an RV or want to camp contact Mike and Michelle at Riverview RV Park.

http://visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=1919&siteid=1

Here is a listing for the two motels in town.

http://hotelguides.com/montana/cut-bank-mt-hotels.html

Make you reservation soon as there is another event in town that week end. http://www.cutbankairport.org/montana-fun-weekend/

Here is a link for Shelby MT about 25 east of Cut Bank.

http://hotelguides.com/montana/shelby-mt-hotels.html

GGaskill · « **Reply #171 on:** July 15, 2011, 11:59:08 AM »

You will also need to know that Canada has restrictive firearms law and they are very serious about them. Try to take a handgun or hangun ammo into Canada and you may be arrested. At least you will be fined and loose your gun. And don't think you can hide it from them, they train their dogs to find guns.

The other thing that can get you in trouble going into Canada is if you have ever been arrested. More than one traveler has been turned back for a DUI arrest years ago.

This kind of BS is why I no longer travel in Canada.

Double D · « **Reply #172 on:** July 17, 2011, 07:00:21 PM »

Today's high was 89 degrees her in Cut Bank. Up in Glacier park 70 miles away they were skiing.

It's looking like it might be a sorcher this year.

Double D · « **Reply #173 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:41:56 PM »

100 degrees in Cut Bank yesterday...Glad I was in Challis ID where it was only 93.

You guys coming up be ready for a scorcher

seacoastartillery · « **Reply #174 on:** July 19, 2011, 05:36:38 PM »

Well Douglas, it looks as if you can look forward to the terrific trio arriving in Cut Bank, MT on Thursday, 18 August 2011. We will help out as requested hauling targets, etc. to the range on Friday, and of course setting up those bulletproof shields between your famous, wild-recoiling 42 Pounder, and all the other cannon.

Seriously though we are really looking forward to staying at the Glacier Inn once again. That place has Serious AC and stays as cool as it would be if actually situated on a Glacier. Can't wait to send a few Brooke bolts through that fort pallet. Can you say, "Splinter Hazard!!"?

Tracy

PS No need to thank me for giving you an extra 'c' to use to make sourcher a really HOT! word. I was working on my stamp collection in the Soviet Block section and found a CCCCP reference which, of course, is wrong. I reduced that Russian acronym reference to the U.S.S.R. by one 'c', leaving it corrected to CCCP and gave the extra 'c' to you. I see that you used it already. Good. We will bring plenty of water!

RocklockI · « **Reply #175 on:** July 19, 2011, 06:12:37 PM »

Big village ! Bring packs !, Come quick !

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #176 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:26:12 PM »

Sounds like a promo for "Paladin" : Have Guns, Will Travel!

Double D · « **Reply #177 on:** July 19, 2011, 07:41:50 PM »

Quote from: RocklockI on July 19, 2011, 06:12:37 PM

Big village ! Bring packs !, Come quick !

Yes, Little Big Horn Battle Field is on the way up from Denver area. I was there about three weeks ago...Custer still lost.

RocklockI · « **Reply #178 on:** July 19, 2011, 08:53:49 PM »

I too would advice folks to make reservations now , as the Super 8 in cut bank is sold out for those dates already

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Not sure what they are a doin up there but they are doing it well apparently !

Gary

Spuddy · « **Reply #179 on:** July 20, 2011, 01:21:04 AM »

Quote from: seacoastartillery on February 11, 2011, 05:38:59 AM

Glad to hear that Cut Bank is the place to be in August. We are also glad to see that the New River Valley shoots are shaping up as well. Although we won't be able to make it to Virginia this year, we will be making deliveries in the mid-west and New England and may even make it to Canada this year to visit Halifax and other points of interest. Lets see now, who do we know in Northern Maine where we can leave our cannons before we cross the border??

Thanks for your efforts, Double D. We can see the Brooke seacoast rifle blowing up water jugs at 200 yards already!!! And the siege of Fort Pallet sounds intriguing. We might just bring the 1797, 4" mortar up there for that. The old time members remember how accurate that was during the BINGO Shoot. A solid hit from a 9 lb. cast iron shot should send pieces flying!

Mike and Tracy

Sorry Mike and Tracy I completely missed this one. Of course you need to stop and visit if you are going to in my area. I can also house and feed anything that will not make the trip "over home".