1000 yard Muzzleloading Match - Oak Ridge, TN
 

The 29th Long Range Muzzleloading Match held now once each year in Oak Ridge, TN is in the books. Easter weekend wasn't the best for participation, but 25 shooter from 13 states were represented.
10 consecutive shots for score from each distance; 200, 300, 600 & 1000 yards totaled for the Aggravated score over 2 days.
Rifles are traditional percussion Long Range Match Rifle configuration weighing under 12 pounds (Original match rules of the 1800's were under 10 pounds).
Targets were standard NRA HP targets.
I apologize as I'm new here and haven't figured out how to post the score sheet (If someone can, PM me and I'll send you the spreadsheet).
As usual, scores were really tight until 1000.
Congrats to:
1st Brent Danielson 359-5x
2nd Art Fleener 354-2x
3rd Dave Munch 342-7x
4th Karl Kuehn 335-6x
5th Joe Beeker 333-2x

Here ya go..........

Really interesting to look at the common powder and gun types. That must have been a great match to watch with some great shooters and incredible guns. 1000 yds wow.:cool2:

I've always preached that real BP is the most accurate powder for a muzzleloader.

Is this competition restricted to BP only, or can subs be used? I see nothing but BP was used.

If memory serves Pete, sub's aren't allowed on that particular competition. Real BP only. And notice the real BP most commonly used was me Swiss :D

Ok, I sort of figured that was the case. Yes, Swiss is the best if you can get past the price. I used a bunch of it in years past.


I'd like to see the results for a competition that allows BP and subs. Just to see what is used.

Muley you asked :)

Here's the list from last years match:

Interesting. I'm surprised to see pellets.

Ultimate shooters.

Right, I didn' notice. Makes sense now.

Paper patched bullets seem to be the normal bullet.

For BP I never found anything but Goex in my neck of the woods. Is Swiss really that much better? I have a feeling it is because of all these competitive shooters using it. So what makes it so much better? Is it cleaner, more consistant - what?

Way Way Way more consistent than regular Goex. OE comes close to it. Some like OE better, I aint one of them. I don't use real BP much anymore except in my BP cartridge guns and I use it in my Hawken (when I actually get to use it, you know, when one of the kids hasn't "borrowed" it) but I've been using Swiss for a long long time. Never found a more consistent and reliable real BP.

Thank you for posting the actual results.

As for powders, before Swiss, Elephant was the choice, prior to that it was Goex -until they moved the plant to MS, then it blew up a few times and I do not think they are currently producing in the states.
Swiss has been the choice of many since it was introduced just after 2000. It has a little more velocity and less fouling, but what fouling is there is harder. All wipe/clean between shots so it comes down to what works the best for each. Compared to Goex/OE, etc these produce a softer fouling and more stuff to remove.
Low - Std Dev in velocity is another positive for Swiss.

In just glad to see the 150 year old original rifles still competing well..

I would like to try Swiss sometime, but I'm not going to go out of my way to aquire any. I've been using Goex since Moses wore little pants and it works for me. I don't shoot competitively so I could care less.

BPS