Range Day For Black Betty (No 56K) Updated 10 May 09

[Aaron]

Today Mrs. K and I got a chance to bring Black Betty (named after the mainframe from Dilbert out for her first firing. As promised, here are some pics and vids of the event. Please ignore the date, we forgot to put it in before we started.











From here down are the vids:

50 grains of powder

100 grains

Fire and smoke!

For the ten rounds we fired today, we had four misfires. Two due to the flint breaking and two due to the Triple 7 pellets failing to ignite, a switch to using Triple 7 powder rectified it.

[Tsukiyumi]

Awesome. And awesomely Canadian.

Is that a private berm, or just not a busy shooting center?

And, careful getting that black powder on you; a buddy of mine burnt the hell out of his hand when we were teenagers.

[Aaron]

Awesome. And awesomely Canadian.

Is that a private berm, or just not a busy shooting center?

And, careful getting that black powder on you; a buddy of mine burnt the hell out of his hand when we were teenagers.

It's a private sportsmans club, not usually busy. The only one else there was our friend JC with her .22lr pistol. Sorry about this post, on the PS3.

[Bryan Moore]

"And, boom goes the dynamite."

[Mikey]

And awesomely Canadian.

For a gun called the "Pennsylvania."

"And, boom goes the dynamite."

Thank you, Cleveland.

[Aaron]

For a gun called the "Pennsylvania."

Pfft! That's just what it's modelled on. There made in Spain, oddly enough...

[Tsukiyumi]

And awesomely Canadian.

For a gun called the "Pennsylvania."

I meant Kendall.

[Aaron]

And awesomely Canadian.

For a gun called the "Pennsylvania."

I meant Kendall.

Eh?

[Tsukiyumi]

...Eh?

Exactly.

[Mikey]

[Aaron]

Oh man, seized breach plug equals an hour of swearing...

[Aaron]

Here are a few more from today:

Our son checking out the muzzle while getting a lesson on how to load and fire:


Our son learning how to prime the touch hole:


Getting to fire, with assistance:


Taking aim, still getting used to the sights:


Mrs. K firing (Video):

[Bryan Moore]

I still forget that DitL'ers are allowed to have children.

[Tsukiyumi]

I still forget that DitL'ers are allowed to have children.

If you're not a DITL'er, you probably shouldn't bother having them.

[Aaron]

[quote="Tsukiyumi"

If you're not a DITL'er, you probably shouldn't bother having them.[/quote]

Mine pre-date the board anyways.