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Offline Cat Whisperer

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DD & I met today for the Second Annual Moderator Conference and Coehorn Invitational Shoot.  (We were invited to attend a "lurker's" birthday party.)  There were at least 6 mortars, one handgonne and one cannon there.  (Not to mention the Trebuchet.)  As we gathered around and started setting up, the clouds darkened and opened up on us right from the beginning!


It was wet!


How wet was it?


It was so wet that:

Fuses had to be replaced and lit again.

I chose to charge the smaller mortars inside the cab of the truck.

Some of theparticpants stayed safe and dry inside their pickup trucks.
 
DD made a name for himself braving the rain and loading & firing his 1" cannon.

NO pictures were taken at the shoot.

It was raining so hard that 2 to 4 oz of water would collect in the mortar between shots:

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And the birthday dinner and party aftwards was most entertaining and great fun with outstanding food and drink.

To say the least, a good time was had by all.
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2005, 08:50:17 AM »
Double D is an Oregon boy, born and bred! A little spring sprinkle like that doesn't bother us.  Why the water didn't even get over the road and the creek was still in it's banks, mostley.   :-D

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Re: 2nd Annual Moderator Conference and Coehorn Invitational
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2005, 09:33:19 AM »
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It was raining so hard that 2 to 4 oz of water would collect in the mortar between shots:

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Look on the bright side...at least you didn't have to worry about stray embers from the last shot.   :wink:  Cleaning was probably easier too...Just up end the mortar to dump out the water.

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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2005, 09:25:45 PM »
Hey Cat...

How do you keep the inside of that mortar so clean and shiney?? It wasn't acid rain was it?  :grin:

Good Job!

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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2005, 01:23:57 AM »
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Hey Cat...

How do you keep the inside of that mortar so clean and shiney?? It wasn't acid rain was it?  :grin:

Good Job!

SS



This is my second mortar - I designed it when I was a tooling engineer and had it made from a billet of 4140 AND Armaloy industrial hard-chrome plated - inside and out!  Won't ever be able to afford doing it again, but cleanup is a breeze!
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