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The Confederate Sixgunner of America had their annual Spring meeting at Clarksville, Arkansas this past weekend. I drove up on Thursday and stayed through Sunday. Friday was cold and rainy and instead of shooting my pistol I shot the bull with some other guys who decided not to get wet. We met at a friends home on Friday night and had a great time. Saturday morning I woke up it was SNOWING! It cleared off fairly quickly and by noon it was getting nice. I did a little shooting on Saturday. I had the most fun reconnecting with old friends!

Here's a few pictures.

Driving down into the hollow where the range is.
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Firning Line
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Guns of all kinds
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Most popular spot in the Firing Line
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Even though the weather did not co-operate, it was well worth the trip for me. Any more I enjoy people as much and sometime more than I do shooting.

Make the most of your friends. We are not here all that long.

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some unusual stuff and a lot of good conversation. Thanks for posting the photos John. Doug. of course my home state of Arkansas is always a great destination regardless of our quirky weather.

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I went last year, the day my mother had knee surgery. This year my personal business taking care of her final affairs got in the way. It would have been a nice diversion for sure. Maybe next year we can take the cannon. 3' Long 2.5" bore on a 4-wheel truck. It would sure be fun.

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ammo loaded up. I could set up and have some fun with the Cannon. I've researched it well on powder/loads, modern Fg (if you can get it) or coarse Pyrodex works too, don't now about the latest stuff. You typically use 1 oz. per "inch" of bore size, by volume, not weight. So that equates to about 1,000 gr. charge for my 2.5" bore rig. That means I get (7) shots to the pound. I cast balls from wheel weights at 2.3" and around 3# each. I video-chronographed the ball over a distance at an average of 1,000 fps, firing till impact.

I think the boys would really get a hoot out of it. Bob Denning brought a Mortar (I have one too) to HHC and it was fun. However I prefer balls to bras as ammunition, to each his own.

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were entertaining, but Beau is well entertained by anything that makes that much noise.

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Looks like a water boy dream...

Or Jim, ha

I really wanted to go at least one day

That would be the place to shoot it!

That was a loose plan I had since I had minimal

My grandson sure thought Bob and his mortar

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Good to see you again, Jim!

Thank you. It was good meeting everyone.