Pine Mountain Riflemen

We shoot steel buffalo with Black Powder Cartridge Rifles and with other fun guns!

Mostly we shoot off cross sticks sitting on stools or armless chairs with the option of shooting prone off short cross-sticks. Some matches (Little Q, 22, quarter-bore, pistol-cartridge lever) we shoot the close target off-hand. Iron sights only, with the option of using vintage scopes with BPCR, shooting in the “open” class. Lead bullets only except military bolt guns can use jacketed bullets.

Sunday

Sunday is for close range work, targets at 100, 150, 200, and 300 yards. Here we shoot 3 matches, 7 shots (2 sighters, 5 for score) per target, using vintage or lever-action 22s, quarter-bore (mostly 25/20s) and the pistol-cartridge lever-action.

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Berdan’s Sharpshooters

The Sharpshooters were an infantry regiment created by Hiram Berdan that served in the Union Army during the Civil War and began service in November 1861. The volunteer recruits had to pass a rifle test in order to qualify as a member of the Sharpshooters; each man had to be able to place ten consecutive shots with no misses in a 10 inch circle from 200 yards. They wore distinctive green uniforms. A Sharpshooter had to possess a keen eye, steady hands and a great deal of training and skill with a rifle and cool nerves in order to estimate distance carefully, determine trajectory and effect of the wind.

Membership today in Berdan’s Sharpshooters requires the same test with iron sights. Successfully passing is indicated by wearing a black feather in the green Sharpshooters kepi. And since the Civil War has been over for quite some time we encourage former Confederates to see if they can also qualify as a Berdan Sharpshooter.