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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #60 on: September 23, 2012, 07:53:28 AM »
Catch and release, or fertilizer?

By law (I live in town) I cannot shoot them.  By law (Fish & Game) I cannot transport them.  The licensed folks charge $50-100 and MORE to get rid of them.  SO, I plant them, with lime.  And in two years the land is useable again.
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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #61 on: September 23, 2012, 02:33:26 PM »
     We had a great time at the 5th NRVMCS in Snowville, VA.  Mountain top to hill top artillery shooting adds a new element of challenge, but actually made the range calculations more fun to do.  Our Targets were cardboard squares, 12 X 12 inches and two, one gallon ice tea jugs at 300 yards.  Tim nailed the tiny pond at 200plus yards and a tall geyser of water resulted.  He was facing a stiff wind from 12 to two o'clock.  Mike blew up a piece of shale next to one jug which peppered it and I skipped a bolt off a piece at the bottom edge of a cardboard square.  Shards of rock, the bolt and a handful of dirt almost destroyed that square.

     That shale was a blessing in disguise, because it had rained hard for two days before the shoot, yet large puffs of dust were thrown up with almost every shot at 300.  I believe the steel bolts swished through the surface muck and then blew up a piece of shale dislodging others and dry dirt underneath.  this made spotting easy despite the wet conditions.

     Mike and I want to thank Tim and Dale for arranging and the Minister for hosting this shoot.  We met some very nice people and had lots of fun answering questions.

Tracy and Mike

Smokin' my pipe on the mountings, sniffin' the mornin'-cool,
I walks in my old brown gaiters along o' my old brown mule,
With seventy gunners be'ind me, an' never a beggar forgets
It's only the pick of the Army that handles the dear little pets - 'Tss! 'Tss!

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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #62 on: September 24, 2012, 04:33:21 AM »
It was Dale that nailed the pond at 200 (with my 4.5").

Here's a shot from the firing position.
Note the 200 yd pond and T&M at 300 yards setting up the targets.

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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #63 on: September 24, 2012, 12:34:18 PM »
Here's Tom (our host) doing the lit-fuse-two-step. 

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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #64 on: September 24, 2012, 12:37:39 PM »
And Tom's wife doing the same dance, more elegantly I think.

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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #65 on: September 24, 2012, 12:46:09 PM »
And here's Dale consulting with Tracy.


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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #66 on: September 24, 2012, 12:49:55 PM »
THE MASTERPIECE

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Re: Planning: the 5th Almost Annual New River Valley Mortar and Cannon Shoot
« Reply #67 on: September 24, 2012, 12:53:38 PM »
And the view downrange.
Note that the two white spots are milk-jugs at 300 yards.

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