Rendezvous was great. I went 5 days out of 7. The 5 days i went, i missed all the shooting matches i wanted to do. Now i know to get there atleast an hour ahead of the time listed on the charts. I didnt buy anything surprisingly. I wanted a cva .54 hawken in kit form but i really didnt want to spend the money. Great deal at only $150. They had a Smoothbore shooting match and a steel target that slide down a rope and it was pretty awesome to watch those guys, and girls shooting at it. That was the most active shooting activity. All of the shooting matches i wanted to do, didn't have much more than 5 to 6 people at the most. I'll have to work up a load for my .54cal smoothie once i put it back together.
All the days i went were wildy as hell, 20-25 mph winds and almost everyone i talked to was sick of it. I couldnt even imagine trying to shoot in that wind with my 40 grain charge Darn thing might have come around and hit some one. Even though i didnt shoot, it was still a lot of fun to walk around and talk to others. Next year i hopefully will have PC Camping gear "Tent atleast" and be able to stay the entire event do a lot of shooting.
Even talked my sister in to going and she actually enjoyed all the little set ups lol.

Oh and i did hit them darn buckets in the center! My first shot is always low when using the subs in the flinter They just dont hold up to the .54cal. I plan on buying a 5 gallon rubberised bucket at the feed store and see how that does.

Steve, Darn right it was the special ball! Those hornady/speers just dont expand like those PB balls i make.

About a year ago I fired a 597.5-grain, .735" PRB with 200 grains of Swiss FFg into a sand pile. It took me quite a lot of digging to find what was left of that ball-it was a lead washer just slightly smaller in diameter than a 50-cent piece ! I hate to think what it would do to an elk or a moose!

I hope the PETB (peoplefor the ethical treatment of buckets) don't see that pick! LOL! Very nice.

I don't care who you are,thats funny

man, spit that bucket