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Subject: West Virginia Mascot Allowed To Fire Musket!
News that should make crazydon happy: On the radio this morning (Bob & Tom Show) I heard that the Mascot for West Virginia WILL be allowed to fire his musket during football games this season. There had been some people who were trying to make this not happen but I heard that the dean had the final say. Being that the "Weapon" fires similarly to a starting gun (Powder) for track meets...he decided to let the mascot celebrate ;)
Subject: Re: West Virginia Mascot Allowed To Fire Musket!
Which mascot is this? Mountaineers? Can't remember.
They shouldn't have any problem at all. I don't know what kind of exact firearm we're talking here, a fake or a "real" repro or what, but there is no need for live ammo to fire a gun of any kind. It's called "dry firing". And believe me, I've seen/heard many many repro muskets dry-fired as well as 6-lb cannon!
(Although, what's really pathetic is that the Nat'l Park Svc won't let the reenactors at Ft McHenry do any dry firing - they can only click their firelocks like so many toys! Really ludicrous when there's lines of battle supposed to be facing off!)
<b>Huzzah</b> to whomever decided to allow the WV mascot to dry-fire!
Subject: Re: West Virginia Mascot Allowed To Fire Musket!
It just wouldn't be a WVU game without the Mountaineer firing his rifle. I remember in 1978 when they played a game at Colorado State the Rams mascot was played by a real ram and the Mountaineer fired his gun at him and scared him half to death! And BTW, did you know that in one year the person inside the Mountaineer uniform was a woman?
Subject: Re: West Virginia Mascot Allowed To Fire Musket!
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It just wouldn't be a WVU game without the Mountaineer firing his rifle. I remember in 1978 when they played a game at Colorado State the Rams mascot was played by a real ram and the Mountaineer fired his gun at him and scared him half to death! And BTW, did you know that in one year the person inside the Mountaineer uniform was a woman?
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Well, seeing as how Colorado State has beaten my Buffs three out of four years now, I don't mind if he had gotten that mascot! I also heard that the Mountaineer has been around since 1937? Pretty Cool ;)
Subject: Re: West Virginia Mascot Allowed To Fire Musket!
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Which mascot is this? Mountaineers? Can't remember.
They shouldn't have any problem at all. I don't know what kind of exact firearm we're talking here, a fake or a "real" repro or what, but there is no need for live ammo to fire a gun of any kind. It's called "dry firing". And believe me, I've seen/heard many many repro muskets dry-fired as well as 6-lb cannon!
(Although, what's really pathetic is that the Nat'l Park Svc won't let the reenactors at Ft McHenry do any dry firing - they can only click their firelocks like so many toys! Really ludicrous when there's lines of battle supposed to be facing off!)
<b>Huzzah</b> to whomever decided to allow the WV mascot to dry-fire!
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One of my college jobs was re-enacting circa 1820 frontier (Minnesota) outpost duty. We all carried muskets and dried fired them all the time. In fact, I once competed against a fellow re-enactor... both of us got off about five shots in a minute...
It's not a good idea to stand directly in front of a loaded black powder musket, whether or not it has a ball in it. If I remember right, the muskets gunked up real quick, too. Fun to shoot, pain in the butt to clean.