From my friends at the Texas State Rifle Association:
Let’s just look at that for a moment:
- Grand Prize: an old rifle, last used in the 19th century, firing a black powder cartridge that’s mostly unavailable except to hobbyists and reloaders
- Consolation Prize: the Mattel AR-15 Plastic Fantastic
LOL.
Hey, I didn’t set the competition up, they did.
En passant: I fired the 71/84 once, and like a most black powder shooting, it was a lot of fun, but very messy. [insert sex joke here]
I used to shoot black powder in a smooth bore musket and the greasy residue was a mess to clean out. I can’t imagine trying to get black powder residue out of a rifled firearm at all.
JQ