We don't fire blanks....

[poorjack]

We just finished up a "Recruit Skirmish" for guests at Fort Shenandoah. Fort Shenandoah is the home range to the North South Skirmish Association and part of the event is letting guests "pull the string" on artillery with live ammo. So some pix-

3in Ordnance Rifle owned by one of my team. It's probably one of the very best replicas in the country.

We don't quite follow the drill, but the order of operation is still the same.

Yeah, that's a cannon barrel under her thumb

Gotta take aim.

And the guest is introduced to the Big Bang theory of muzzleloading...

 

[John Winn]

Way cool. I once got to be #4 at a demo but they were only using small loads in aluminum foil with no projectile. I'd love to see something like that.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

We just finished up a "Recruit Skirmish" for guests at Fort Shenandoah. Fort Shenandoah is the home range to the North South Skirmish Association and part of the event is letting guests "pull the string" on artillery with live ammo. So some pix-

3in Ordnance Rifle owned by one of my team. It's probably one of the very best replicas in the country.

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We don't quite follow the drill, but the order of operation is still the same.
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Yeah, that's a cannon barrel under her thumb

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Gotta take aim.

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And the guest is introduced to the Big Bang theory of muzzleloading...
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Great! The sound is so much more than the viewing guests expect.

 

[LCYingling3rd]

I made it to Fort Shenandoah last year and it was a fantastic experience!

 

[poorjack]

Without a target, it's just pounding a backstop so....



Our hits- left wheel, right axle hub, muzzle (x2), left trunion x1, x member x1, slightly high and right x2. The rest of the hits (or misses) were the other two guns.