Annual Gallant John Pelham Shoot

The Annual Gallant John Pelham Artillery Competition and Shoot

Hosted by: Burroughs Battery/1st Tennessee, Battery E

Dates: October 22 and 23

• You may start bringing your trailers and guns on site Friday the 21st after 1200.

o Trailers and guns may be left on site Friday night.

o There will be on site security and camping on Friday and Saturday nights, however, the event is not responsible for any losses of equipment.

• October 22 at 0830 is the safety briefing for the day, all gunners and cannoneer’s must attend. Range with open following the safety briefing.

• October 23; at 0830 is the safety briefing for the day, all gunners, cannoneer’s, and mortar men must attend. Competition begins following the safety briefing.

Registration

• Registration is non- refundable.

• We will be using Eventbrite as our online registering source.

• Pre-registration is online only, at the lower rates

• You must have your registration papers with you to check in and obtain your armband. Either paper or digital

• Armbands must be worn at all times onsite.

• Onsite registration opens early on Saturday and Sunday.

• Registration per Artillery piece is $200 online at the link listed above.

• Registration per Artillery Piece on site the day of event is $225, cash only.

• Registration per Cannoneer is also $20 online and $25 onsite. Online registration will also decrease the wait in line in the morning.

• Spectators are $20 on line or on site.

• Camping is $25 for both Friday and Saturday nights.

• Everyone must be registered according to our insurance carrier. No exceptions.

Insurance

The event has insurance. However, we encourage everyone to obtain their own. Shooting cannons, and being around cannons firing live, is dangerous even under the best of supervision and care.

Please keep in mind that many of the event restrictions that we have in place are required by the insurance carrier. We cannot obtain insurance without full compliance with the insurance carrier’s requests by all participants. Please understand that and help us have a safe fully compliant event.

General Event Concept

For our Annual Gallant John Pelham Artillery Competition and Shoot; we seek to pull quality artillerists from across the country together to enjoy our sport, fellowship and camaraderie. We have a spectacular site in middle Tennessee on which to shoot. We are very grateful to Dr. Brian Shepard for continuing the event first hosted by Matt Brothers. The site is just northwest of Chattanooga, and south of Nashville, right off Interstate 24 at exit 127. The sites distance will allow us to shoot out to1000 Yards. It is very safe venue, with a Mountain, rising 1000 plus feet, as the backstop. It is free of buildings for several miles.

Our previous year’s shoots were a great success. At the 2021 event we had 34 guns and 10 mortars attend. Each year we have made improvements in and on the site. We enjoyed good fellowship, made some great new friends, had a safe shoot, and had a great time as well. We hope to build on the lessons we learned from the 2018, 2019, 2021 shoots to make 2022 an even better event.

Course of Fire

Saturday will consist of an open range session. We will shoot at targets out to1000 yards with targets placed at varying distances to fire at. The targets will be 55 Gallon Barrels, lots of them. The open session is for rifles and smooth bores. You may shoot as many, or as few, rounds as you like. We will schedule out the range in 45 minute courses of fire, allowing you to practice engaging targets at various ranges. If you have never fired live, you can request the help of experienced Gunners to help you get started by contacting either Steve Cameron or Harry Uffalussy in advance of the shoot.

Sunday will be the Competition portion of the event. Rifled guns will shoot at static targets out to 1000 Yards. Space on the gun line is limited. If we have sufficient preregistration we will have Field and Mountain Gun divisions. Course of fire will be 15 rounds. If we have enough interest we will shoot smooth bored guns at 600 yards as well.

Rules for the Shoot:

• No alcohol on site at any time, no exceptions.

• Everyone must register with the appropriate insurance waiver signed to participate as a cannoneer or spectator.

• Registration armbands must be worn at all times.

• Gunners are responsible for policing their firing point after shooting, prior to vacating the gun position.

• No explosive ammunition. No exceptions.

• Ammunition is limited to Solid Shot, Bolts, Grape and Canister only.

• No tracers of any kind.

• Cast iron original guns are expected to have steel liners retrofitted.

• Guns not lined must be approved by the event on a gun by gun basis in advance.

• Only guns solid cast and bored, and lined. Or those fabricated from steel or original guns are permitted.

• No Pipe cored (cast around a liner) cannons are permitted.

• No slap hammers are permitted to be used, you may use friction primers or other means of ignition.

For Information and Updates

• Send your email address to: [email protected] to be included in event updates.

• You can contact, at reasonable hours, with questions or requests, either;

o Harry Uffalussy at [email protected], 423-298-8112 or

o Steve Cameron at [email protected] or 865-932-1200.

• Follow us on Facebook; The Annual Gallant John Pelham Competition and Shoot. Information will also be posted on Historic Artillery Competition and Burroughs Battery Facebook pages.

• We are asking all of our participants to share this event with their friends on their Facebook and other social media sites.

General Information

• There is no potable water on site. There is water for sponge buckets.

• There is no power on site that is available for use.

• The event will be selling water, pop, and snacks. We advise that you bring bottled water.

• Porta-johns will be onsite.

• We are working to have a food vendor there for Saturday lunch.

• There are local restaurants on Monte Eagle and in Manchester. Friday and Saturday at Simply Southern in Pelham.

• Motels are to be found in Manchester, TN and on Monte Eagle, both within 20 minutes of the site.

• October is generally mild in middle Tennessee, with cool nights.

• We encourage you to wear uniforms appropriate to your gun and era of the gun.

• If we have damp weather; remember the field we shoot in is used for crops, so having boots is a plus.

• Camping;

o No fire pits are allowed.

o There is no source of firewood on site.

o You must clean up your site prior to departure.

Shoot location is:

248 Walnut Grove

Pelham TN 37366

The site is located off exit 127 on I-24. Then follow the signage to the site.

Be early to avoid long waits registering.

Host or Publisher Burroughs Battery/1st Tennessee, Battery E