I might have to show up ...and kick some butt..one of these days .

Nothing more fun than hanging with like ,kind & Quality folks.

When I go to my range...iam the only one shooting a rock lock...

But they love the flintahs and it draws a crowd...

Wish I lived closer ..cuz we ain't got nothing like that around NH

There is a club in maine called .." The Ancient ones "... Haven't driven the

4 hours one way yet.

Point that GTO west and put the hammer down. You're not getting any younger.

True that !!!

My .32 Kibler SMR gets the most use… I started shooting flintlocks last year for hunting (besides thermal hunting, it’s hard to strap a thermal on a flintlock).

Thanks to your advice K Snow on the krolic rifle I picked up… I’m not sure if it was a blessing or a curse, cause the flintlocks seem to multiply.

They do seem to have that tendency for sure. Glad to hear you're hooked.

k snow
......where is your part of Wisconsin ?

Is it the area the cheese production is?

I sure do like flintlock hunting and shooting, but it's hard to find others that feel the same!

Kinda like trapping......

yes but you are going to have to be more specific , cheese making takes place in a number of places in WI probably fewer counties where it doesn't take place.

https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WisconsinCheeseMap.pdf

there is a map , you could say he is in the middle of the east coast cheese making region

rethink cheese as Wisconsin is the 4th largest cheese producer in the world

the US is #1 and would still be number 1 without Wisconsin but it would be much closer. to Germany and France then Wisconsin would be #4 all by it's self and Italy #5

I am in Sheboygan County. Nearby Plymouth, WI is home ro Sargento Chees, Sartori Cheese, Great Lakes Cheese and Master's Gallery Cheese. 4 of the biggest cheese processors in the country. Cedar Valley Cheese is my personal favorite, near Random Lake.

Im all about food. If my wife is trying to talk me into a trip she will bait me with different places she want to eat along the way and their signature items.

One if the smoke stacks I built had a guy from WI and when he cam back to work on weeks he went home he brought back a lot of cheese. I have always loved cheese and back then I didn't pay attention to types ii was young maybe 24 at the time. . But whatever he was bringing back was very good. I would gain a ton of weight if I make a trip up there.

Any time we travel out of state to visit people, we always bring several pounds of cheese curds (from Gibbsville Cheese) and string (from Cedar Valley). That's the absolute best string cheese in the world, bar none. I'll die on that hill.

Cheese is definitely calorie dense. That string is 100 calories per inch. Between cheese, brats and beer, its no wonder Wisconsin-ites are on the larger side of normal.

now I have to try that , I would have said Cesar's hand pulled was the best. but there might be better yet

that cheese addiction might be my weight loss issue

I am way down from my pound a day cheese habit.
but I am still a 2 packs of string cheese a week , cheeser

The Cedar Valley store also has a little lunch menu, and an ice cream bar. Lots of WI cheeses, sausages, crackers and wine/alcohol. Nice place to visit if you're in the area.
And if there's a north wind, you get to smell the whey tanks outside.

Looks like fun, I've always wanted to shoot a flintlock.
That random arrangement of benches looks like a recipe for disaster however.

The loading benches (tables) are generally in a line. We flip them up against the rail fence between shoots. When we flip them down that's typically where we leave them. Some get moved to flatter, or less muddy areas. There are two shooting benches at the firing line. The red table is the "hot bench" for guns that don't go off.

Guns are capped/primed only AT the firing line. Safety is very important to us.

Looks like any shoot I've ever been at. The benches behind the firing line are for loading and cleaning. Walk to the firing line to cap/prime. Let the folks next to you know if you're shooting flint.
At small club shoots everyone just keeps an eye on things. At actual matches there is always a range master to ensure safety protocols are followed.

I might also mention there are some major b.s. sessions that take place at those tables between rounds!

Some times while loading too. And that's when the dry balls happen. Hard to load and talk at the same time for some people.