GAF Muster 2009 Report

[Major Matt Lewis]

Well, enquiring minds want to know......

[Delmonico]

4 inches of snow and 25 degrees in our outdoor kitchen Sat morning.  Guess the shooting went well, all troops seemed to be well fed.

Guess they are all tired and worn out, cooks made it back to town and got unloaded by 10;30.  Asst. cook has spent the day cleaning gear and will be taken out for a steak dinner on Sat for his fine effort, head cook had to work today.

Oh took wife out to eat on aririval to town about 8, didn't mind two grungy cooks, resterant smelled like a forest fire and forgot and war my wool jacket to work today, was asked to remove it to pick-up chuck wagon cause at first they thought they had a fire in the back room.  Hope to get a report in the next day or so with cook camp pictures.  Chaplin was chewwed out by cook for droppin' somethin' in cook fire.

Texicans went crazy and played in the snow, heard there was a reb snow angel on parade ground, didn't check out rumor.

[Drydock]

Dang Texicans giggled all night.  Somthin about makin' snow angels.  Nekkid . . . .

[Delmonico]

Dang Texicans giggled all night.  Somthin about makin' snow angels.  Nekkid . . . .

Then I'm glad they did it on the parade ground and not behind the barracks.   Ithink they were tryin' to catch flakes on their tongues Fri night, weird.

[Icebox Bob]

Hope everybody had a safe trip home!

[Drydock]

Great time, great stages, great food great prizes, great people.  Battle rifles everywhere.  Uniforms!  An 1891 Argentinian army uniform to go with an M1891 Argentinian Mauser! Rolling blocks, Krags, Trapdoors, an MLE and a Martini Henri from our Canadian contignent.  Colt New Army and Navys.  The General put in an appearance.  Charles Isaac from the Department of the Atlantic showed up and put on a Clinic with his Krag.  Rattlesnake Jacks legs made another appearance. Montgomery Little got his name in the rules with a 211 yard pistol shot.

 Wait'll ya'll see the pictures!

 Lots of stuff to hand out.  Staying in an 1870s barracks was a treat, perhaps the only time I'll ever get to do that.  Y'all missed something special

[Pitspitr]

Had a sore throat before I left for the muster on Thurs. Ran on Alieve and willed myself not to let it get me down all weekend. Guess I ran out of determination today. The kids were telling me I looked like I should go home, but I toughed it out. Will file a complete report when I get some rest.

The last report I had on Bow View's parents was that Mom was banged up pretty good with some broken bones but nothing life-threatening. Dad has a broken C-1 Vertabrae but isn't paralyzed. Will get a pace maker when strong enough.

Thanks to eveyone for coming.

Congratulations to Brigade Champion Col. Drydock.

[Niederlander]

I know I had a LARGE time!  Thanks everyone for coming!  Cool to see so many Krags on the line.  Probably haven't been that many firing live ammunition since about '98!  I know the National Muster goes to Texas next year, but we're going to do something here, too.  Planning is already in progress!

[Drydock]

Shooting Krags with Charles Isaac and  Ned Niederlander was a privilage and honor.   And accepting the BC in the company of everyone there, was an honor by every definition of the word.  Thanks to you all.

[Niederlander]

Thank you for the kind words Drydock!  Charles Isaac can really make that thing sing, can't he?  I've been shooting CAS for eight or ten years, but this is more fun.  I love the knowledge and historical interest displayed.