Mount Benson Buckskinners 

The Black Powder section is a group members who enjoy the challenge of shooting the guns (and replicas of them) used in the 1800’s and earlier.  While the majority of us shoot primarily replicas of the guns of the fur trade, we also use replica of the muzzle loading guns of the British, American and French armies prior to the mid 1860s.  (roughly the introduction of cartridge rifles). Muzzle loading means that we pour powder and ball down the barrel to load the guns.  The powder can be ignited with either a flint lock or a percussion lock.  Our competitions are called rendezvous in memory of the early summer gatherings of mountain men trappers to sell their hides and buy new supplies, as well as party and participate in competitions of various kinds.  In addition to rifle shooting we also shoot muzzle loading handguns and compete for accuracy with tomahawks and bowie knifes.

Additionally some of us shoot single shot rifles at longer ranges reminiscent of buffalo hunting and of the international long range competitions on the Creedmore Range in the USA.  (the range is now Central Park in New York)

Please check the Calendar for Trail walks and the annual Rendezvous dates .

Black Powder Rendezvous.   
June 29 to July 2,  2018 Nanaimo.

2020 Gun Show Schedule:

Note; because of covid 19, we will not be holding a gunshow on Nov 29 and I suspect there will be no gun shows on Vancouver Island before roughly May.   Some time ago, Ottawa has predicted public vaccination is not likely to start until the second quarter of 2021.  Even with the tentative approval of vaccines in the US, I would suspect that initial vaccinations in Canada will be for health care workers and other at risk groups

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 Rob Clarke

 Steve Corscadden

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