Author Topic: PLANNING for the 4th AARNVM&CS. (Read 9638 times)

Cat Whisperer · « **on:** February 06, 2011, 06:39:17 AM »

Planning is starting for the 4th AARNVM&CS (the FOURTH Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot).

Assuming our gracous host agrees again to our shoot in his most beautiful farm, we'll hold it at the same place. First considerations are that he'lll be there and that the hay will have been mowed.

Kindly let me know of other shoots in the are with which we do not want to conflict.

Memorial Day weekend is out - the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be in S.D. doing in P.D.s.

We have a start already on awards from two places - Richard the Generous has donated a variety of things that I should have awarded last year and other participants have volunteered information that they too will bring some "incentives". Hmmm. I could knock out a hand gonne ....

lance · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2011, 07:46:22 AM »

I would like to think i'll be able to attend this event...............
My Theme this year will be Artillery of the Land ,Sea, and Air, which i'll be glad to demonstrate

Double D · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2011, 08:12:13 AM »

Ahemm, is this not the year for the western shoot...

The motion for the western shoot was tabled until the meeting this Tuesday. If you guys are going to plan a shoot this year, then I will let the motion die on the floor and not pursue the shoot in Cut Bank this year.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2011, 09:14:35 AM »

Quote from: Double D on February 06, 2011, 08:12:13 AM

Ahemm, is this not the year for the western shoot...

The motion for the western shoot was tabled until the meeting this Tuesday. If you guys are going to plan a shoot this year, then I will let the motion die on the floor and not pursue the shoot in Cut Bank this year.

We can have a western division portion of the NRV shoot!

Any chance for cannon shooting in Cut Bank (or is it Cutbank) if I get an extra day after PD hunting in SD around Memorial day?

Zulu · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2011, 11:38:00 AM »

Cat,
What's a PD? How do you hunt it?
Zulu

rampa room artillery · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2011, 11:45:06 AM »

any limits on guns? I would like to bring my conf. mountain rifle, 12lb mortar, and maybe 2 24lb mortars. and a few golfball mortars. thanks. rick bryan

Double D · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2011, 11:52:52 AM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 06, 2011, 09:14:35 AM

Quote from: Double D on February 06, 2011, 08:12:13 AM
Ahemm, is this not the year for the western shoot...

The motion for the western shoot was tabled until the meeting this Tuesday. If you guys are going to plan a shoot this year, then I will let the motion die on the floor and not pursue the shoot in Cut Bank this year.

We can have a western division portion of the NRV shoot!

Any chance for cannon shooting in Cut Bank (or is it Cutbank) if I get an extra day after PD hunting in SD around Memorial day?

Memorial day weekend is the peak of Gopher season In Montana, And you can't get here from South Dakota on an extra day. It would take a day to get here, a day to shot and a day to get back to SD. If you come we will kill gophers, lots of gophers, lots and lots of gophers.

I will withdraw my motion at the Gun club to have a cannon shoot in Cut Bank this year.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:00:07 PM »

Quote from: Zulu on February 06, 2011, 11:38:00 AM

Cat,
What's a PD? How do you hunt it?
Zulu

Prairie Dogs. Hungry little varmints that eat the grass/alphalpha down to a nubbin. Devistate a field and move to the next. They carry the plague (bubonic) and rabies. We shoot them from 100 to 400+ yards, I use .223 and .308Win. Some in the group I go with use .17HMR and .204Ruger.
Fence is 125yds from shooting stands/trucks.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:01:29 PM »

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:04:17 PM »

Quote from: rampa room artillery on February 06, 2011, 11:45:06 AM

any limits on guns? I would like to bring my conf. mountain rifle, 12lb mortar, and maybe 2 24lb mortars. and a few golfball mortars. thanks. rick bryan

I think we can accomodate them, just have to space things out and plan safety.

thelionspaw · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:51:01 PM »

How do you cook the prarie dogs you kill?

Double D · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2011, 12:52:37 PM »

Quote from: thelionspaw on February 06, 2011, 12:51:01 PM

How do you cook the prarie dogs you kill?

Same way you cook rats and mice.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2011, 01:11:17 PM »

Well put, DD.
There are none left the following day.
Coyotes get 'em all.

lance · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2011, 01:35:59 PM »

With all this talk about a Western shoot, cooking rats and mice, and waiting for a bunch of hay to be cut.........
I might just hold a shoot here, it will be in Floyd co.Va., and Confederate Mountain Rifles will be welcome

rampa room artillery · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2011, 01:41:08 PM »

sounds great, i will come, i thought that is where the new river valley shoot was, i guess, i just had to look at the name of the shoot hu? just let me know when.

rick bryan

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:09:33 PM »

Quote from: lance on February 06, 2011, 01:35:59 PM

With all this talk about a Western shoot, cooking rats and mice, and waiting for a bunch of hay to be cut.........
I might just hold a shoot here, it will be in Floyd co.Va., and Confederate Mountain Rifles will be welcome

'fraid I don't cook rats, p.d.'s or mice. I just feed them to the cats. (I take that as a responsibility to raise 'em right.)

You've got a great place for a shoot. Let's schedule it so we can atttend both.

lance · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:29:40 PM »

Gentlemen, i reckon i might just SECEDE, and there will be two Floyd shoots...........

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:35:41 PM »

WHAT!?

Do you mean a North Floyd shoot and a South Floyd shoot?

You do, you realize, live NORTH of the traditoinal spot for the NRV shoot.

lance · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:48:20 PM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 06, 2011, 02:35:41 PM

WHAT!?

Do you mean a North Floyd shoot and a South Floyd shoot?

You do, you realize, live NORTH of the traditoinal spot for the NRV shoot.

Well, i only went to the first shoot, and it was on the North side of 221, i live on the South side of 221.
In Fact, i live way down South on RT8................And Here's another tid bit, My Dahlgren that you enjoyed shooting yesterday, well, that's a scale model of the Dahlgrens on the CSS Virginia.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2011, 03:29:32 PM »

Hmmm, ok, you do have home-court-advantage on knowing the lay of the land.

BUT, Floyd, VA is in the SOUTH, and

I still can't see y'all seceding from the SOUTH!

lance · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2011, 07:48:43 AM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 06, 2011, 03:29:32 PM

Hmmm, ok, you do have home-court-advantage on knowing the lay of the land.

BUT, Floyd, VA is in the SOUTH, and

I still can't see y'all seceding from the SOUTH!

I get to see beautiful Floyd co. Va. everyday, and can go out in the backyard and shoot cannons and mortars whenever i feel like it. So if something happens and your range don't work out, there is a range here, and you know it

thelionspaw · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:57:55 PM »

Deja Vu all over again!

YB

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2011, 04:07:47 PM »

Quote from: thelionspaw on February 09, 2011, 03:57:55 PM

Deja Vu all over again!

YB

NO. We will have ONE location for the shoot. If Dale's father-in-law's place is not available, we will accept Lance's generous offer. Next year, we may do it differently and plan on Lance's place as the primary site.

Two sites (this close together) for one event guarentees different attendance. (And DD is worried about our shoot detracting from his!)

I did notice that the motel you found is right-much close to Lance's turf!

rampa room artillery · « **Reply #23 on:** February 09, 2011, 04:11:40 PM »

why not two shoots, spread out a month apart?? so we can all get together more then once a year??

thelionspaw · « **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2011, 06:35:16 PM »

"right-much close"

You've been away from "HOME" to long boy!

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2011, 03:40:39 AM »

Quote from: rampa room artillery on February 09, 2011, 04:11:40 PM

why not two shoots, spread out a month apart?? so we can all get together more then once a year??

Not a bad idea. Lance - what do y'all think. We usually do the NRV shoot early in the summer. Lance, you'll just have to stay alive and well to do the late summer shoot

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lance · « **Reply #26 on:** February 10, 2011, 10:16:07 AM »

Quote from: Cat Whisperer on February 10, 2011, 03:40:39 AM

Quote from: rampa room artillery on February 09, 2011, 04:11:40 PM
why not two shoots, spread out a month apart?? so we can all get together more then once a year??

Not a bad idea. Lance - what do y'all think. We usually do the NRV shoot early in the summer. Lance, you'll just have to stay alive and well to do the late summer shoot .

Well, i like the idea, and want to attend as many shoots as i am able. I'll admit i don't feel good at times,but, i'm still one heck of a shot

.........One thing i think about is, one day to be able to take what i call "Artillery Weekends".
Maybe one weekend visit Dom and his shop, i think there is a bunch of yankees up there, but, i'm sure he would send me a "through the lines pass"

..............Then sometime drop in and see Terry C. down in Georgia, another weekend visit the east coast area of Virginia and meet some of the folks on here. That would be a good start for me, if we had two shoots around here, might help me to get motivated.

rampa room artillery · « **Reply #27 on:** February 10, 2011, 10:43:03 AM »

just let me know when, well, i might need two weeks heads up so i can make loads. and get the gear cleaned up.

rick bryan

lance · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2011, 02:42:08 PM »

Let's have some input: What y'all think about me having a cannon and mortar shoot in May, and Tim having a shoot in June?
Both shoots will be in Floyd co. Va., any folks that have extra time to stick around, well, i can play tour guide and show off some neat historic sites.

VA Rifleman · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2011, 03:15:15 PM »

Like the idea of more then 1 east coast shoot per year.

Would need some notice as at times, I have to schedual vacation to insure I have the weekend off. Spring and fall or maybe spread em out some?? Need to avoid the NSSA dates.

Wish that dang 2.25" mold would arrive.

Hey CW. DD is planning a siege!!!

Lance, thanks for your many historical insites & post on Col Mosby's book. My copy should arrive anyday.