Post by quigleysharps4570 on Jul 8, 2004 22:56:35 GMT -5
On our little 2-3 day jaunt of checking out museums, we stumbled on to one that had a primitive camp set up that was part of the park attraction. The boys set up there did a fine job keeping everything "period" correct. Their choice of weapons was the Lyman Great Plains Rifle and one custom kentucky long rifle in .54 caliber. Buckskin clothing and all their possibles were correct, all campware and such. My only gripe about the whole set-up was the charge and powder they used to let the public shoot their rifles with. It just seemed out of place when I walked up and the guy was handing the rifle to a visitor, he explained the set-trigger, told him the sight picture and the guy shot. I was expecting a deep boom like mine, what I heard wasn't much more than a pop! Everything was right but that, including the use of cutting their own patches with patch knife. He was using 25grs. of Pyrodex with that patched ball. We talked after everyone wondered off, his reasoning behind it was cause so many shoot their rifles and that 25grs. was accurate. To me that charge doesn't give them the full picture of shooting those good ole rifles. All the visitors I saw shoot were happy though, guess that's all that counts, mislead, but happy. The only guy I saw hit the target did comment, "that didn't kick at all". We both told him it'll thump ya more if you run 80-100grs. behind that patched ball. Anyway it was a good trip. Guess they have rendevous in Oct. with a shooting match, believe I will journey over there and see what I can do.
Shelly hadn't ever been to that one, so that was one of our stops. Last time I was there they didn't have the primitive camp. I was glad to see it! She also took plenty of pictures inside the museum, she didn't know it but she used flash. 
d**n the luck. As for Kansas, guess you're not aware that this is "Gods Country".