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MG/DD shoot in OH. 2026 registration is open (Page 1 of 5)
Posted: 1/21/2025 12:33:10 AM EDT
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Update 12/7/25 - website for the April 25th, 2026 event is live https://chevtecgroup.ticketspice.com/bigboreblast2026 Just gauging interest in a mortar and 40mm competition. A friend and I had this idea after our last meet up. And I have a range in northeast Ohio willing to host it. Would be a one day event, likely in June or July, targets out to 200-250yds. I'm thinking large painted circles with a 55gal drum in the middle for the mortars, and some 4x4 sheets of plywood for the 40mm targets at varying distances. Rules are still in my head, but you'd get a certain number of shots to walk your rounds into the target. Maybe 6 or 8. Then somehow score the hits or count your closest hit. And there'd be some sort of time limit on your shots. Maybe 12 minutes for 8 shots(just throwing numbers out there) 40mm would be a certain number of shots per target. Probably 3 targets at different ranges. Likely with another target for practice/zeroing before the competition. Chalk rounds only, with a minimum weight of around 3 ounces for the guys that want to print their own. No idea what an entry fee would consist of. Guess it would depend on any sponsors we could convince to support us and contribute to a prize table. I'd probably consider allowing people to do multiple entries if they own multiple mortars, as each setup would be different. Let me know if you'd be interested in competing or have any suggestions. If you are interested in competing or just attending, leave a comment and let me know what you'd compete with(mortar or grenade launcher), or just attending. If I can get this organized, and it's a success, I could very well see this becoming a regular event. The range that said they host also has a live mortar, so it should be cool. |
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Originally Posted By 18B30: will 40mm be available for purchase? Is it to be held in Alliance, Ohio? 18Z50.... Yeah I would plan on having 40mm Ammo there for purchase. As of now, It would be in canton/canton south unless something changes. I would like to have it a little further south for logistics reasons, but I can make canton work since that's my hometown |
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Originally Posted By millertime23: Id be interested in it if you did June. July is the Eden shoot up in VT so I cant make that. Any size mortar good to go? Yes any size mortar. We would probably have 50mm-81mm just from the guys I know personally. I'd have my 60mm as my 81mm is still demilled |
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Originally Posted By millertime23: Awesome, Ill see if I can get my buddy to hurry up and fix one of his 120mm too. How bigs the range? Any room for an anti tank gun or two? Not sure about AT guns yet. I need to do a site visit and see the range. I really would like to have a full on destructive device shoot/competition, but I think starting with 40mm and mortars is good until I can secure something really good for a range. I am planning on talking to a couple more ranges from Zanesville to Marietta, OH. Marietta would probably allow AT guns as I've seen them there before. But I'd have to see what it'd take to rent the range for a day. |
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Originally Posted By NAM: I'd be interested, but moreso in meeting up and sending some 40mm. Not really interested in competition. I guess I should have said that it'd be a meet up also, and the competition would be after some open range time for "zeroing" and fun. I don't want to drive hours just to shoot 6 rounds and leave haha. |
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I'm north of Cincinnati and would be interested in attending and possibly shooting. I've got a registered 60mm Yugo/M2 with a subcal kit that I've never fired. I've also got a few alum beer bottle to fin adaptors printed by a friend if anyone would like possibly to try. Russ |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Not sure about AT guns yet. I need to do a site visit and see the range. I really would like to have a full on destructive device shoot/competition, but I think starting with 40mm and mortars is good until I can secure something really good for a range. I am planning on talking to a couple more ranges from Zanesville to Marietta, OH. Marietta would probably allow AT guns as I've seen them there before. But I'd have to see what it'd take to rent the range for a day. Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Originally Posted By millertime23: Awesome, Ill see if I can get my buddy to hurry up and fix one of his 120mm too. How bigs the range? Any room for an anti tank gun or two? Not sure about AT guns yet. I need to do a site visit and see the range. I really would like to have a full on destructive device shoot/competition, but I think starting with 40mm and mortars is good until I can secure something really good for a range. I am planning on talking to a couple more ranges from Zanesville to Marietta, OH. Marietta would probably allow AT guns as I've seen them there before. But I'd have to see what it'd take to rent the range for a day. I don’t have a mortar but can bring my 25mm Puteaux AT gun if the range allows it. Could make for a fun side activity while ppl are waiting their turn on the main range. |
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Originally Posted By Spartikis: I don’t have a mortar but can bring my 25mm Puteaux AT gun if the range allows it. Could make for a fun side activity while ppl are waiting their turn on the main range. Depending on what range we end up hosting it at, definitely. My buddy has a 3" M5 AT gun he is almost ready to fire as well. |
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Just a little update. I have 2 ranges that are willing and I'm waiting to hear back about some others. One of them cares a lot about their grass, so I'm thinking it may be a no-go, especially if people want to dig in their baseplates. One that I'm waiting to hear back from, would be good with almost anything, but it could also be the most expensive to host and is a 3hr drive for me. Which wouldn't be a huge issue as long as I can get a buddy or two to help haul stuff. Once I have a location and Date, I'm gonna reach out to some of the DD vendors and see if we can get some prizes donated or just general sponsorships to cut down on attendee costs. |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Just a little update. I have 2 ranges that are willing and I'm waiting to hear back about some others. One of them cares a lot about their grass, so I'm thinking it may be a no-go, especially if people want to dig in their baseplates. One that I'm waiting to hear back from, would be good with almost anything, but it could also be the most expensive to host and is a 3hr drive for me. Which wouldn't be a huge issue as long as I can get a buddy or two to help haul stuff. Once I have a location and Date, I'm gonna reach out to some of the DD vendors and see if we can get some prizes donated or just general sponsorships to cut down on attendee costs. Keep us updated at [email protected] We would donate a 25-round case of 40mm chalk rounds for a prize. |
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Originally Posted By TreddBarton: Keep us updated at [email protected] We would donate a 25-round case of 40mm chalk rounds for a prize. I wouldn’t be able to attend but I’m happy to throw in a copy of my book series to add to the prize pool |
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If its out ECNS way, Id definitely come out and participate. Depending on the location and date I could help you out if need be. Just an FYI, SGT-Fish is definitely a good dude and we had a TON of fun at East Coast Night Shoot last year. @bdover |
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Originally Posted By laxman09: If its out ECNS way, Id definitely come out and participate. Depending on the location and date I could help you out if need be. Just an FYI, SGT-Fish is definitely a good dude and we had a TON of fun at East Coast Night Shoot last year. @bdover @laxman09 you cost me so much…. I’d prob be in, if you guys set it up do you can rest & pay entrance fee for a flat rate , say $200ish I think it’s be a decent amount. I know I’d be in for that price point. |
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Originally Posted By bdover: @laxman09 you cost me so much…. I’d prob be in, if you guys set it up do you can rest & pay entrance fee for a flat rate , say $200ish I think it’s be a decent amount. I know I’d be in for that price point. I'm shooting for sub $100 for a one day event. Hopefully a decent bit less for spectators, a price for shooters and maybe a small fee for each competition entry. Still something I'm thinking about. But I'm gonna try to keep the costs down as much as possible |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: I'm shooting for sub $100 for a one day event. Hopefully a decent bit less for spectators, a price for shooters and maybe a small fee for each competition entry. Still something I'm thinking about. But I'm gonna try to keep the costs down as much as possible @SGT-Fish sub $100 is reasonable. I was just thinking if you could keep it under $200 including rental of a blaster & ammo. For me that makes it worth it since I don’t have any of the DD stuff. And shirts please. |
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Originally Posted By bdover: @SGT-Fish sub $100 is reasonable. I was just thinking if you could keep it under $200 including rental of a blaster & ammo. For me that makes it worth it since I don’t have any of the DD stuff. And shirts please. Oh ok. Yeah you know you are welcome to shoot my stuff if you pay for ammo haha. I'll see about shirts. No promises on that. |
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Originally Posted By Landsat8: If RPG’s are kosher, I’d be down for a road trip. Range owner just said that we are good for anything as long as it's properly papered. For the big guns, just keep in mind that we aren't planning on having many interesting targets, and the range will probably only be around 200yds. Though some drums full of water would probably be fun targets. |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Range owner just said that we are good for anything as long as it's properly papered. For the big guns, just keep in mind that we aren't planning on having many interesting targets, and the range will probably only be around 200yds. Though some drums full of water would probably be fun targets. What range did you end up going with? |
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Originally Posted By Spartikis: What range did you end up going with? Right now the plan is greenport tactical in Canton Ohio. His website isn't the greatest but it's steelrain.info. Southington is an option and may be necessary for the future if this event grows. But they cost more $$$ and take more planning to host an event there. I've known the owner of greenport since I was a kid and he has always been a great guy. He also owns a mortar and a couple grenade launchers, as well as quite a few other cool toys that he'll probably have on site to check out. Gotta talk him into competing. He was also a line safety at the knob creek shoots for years so he has an idea of what can be done. Still waiting for final confirmation on the date, and costs. Once I get that, I'll get some numbers crunched and make a "flyer" that we can start posting. I'll also need to figure out a registration list and all that. Fun 🙃 |
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Originally Posted By MHIDPA: Yeah, I'd be interested in coming. Scoring should include a bonus for first round accuracy. I was mulling over the scoring. I saw a video today on the north-south skirmish association mortar competitions. They score the closest 5 shots out of 10 with their black powder mortars. Sound like a slow process. For mortars, I was thinking something like darts, where each ring is worth a certain number of points. Or team to hit the bullseye (plastic barrel) in the least number of shots, defaulting to the closest hit if no one gets a bullseye. I just want the scoring to be simple and fast, and generally fair, whether or not you are shooting a 50mm mortar or a 4.2in monster. For the 40mm, I kinda want to do multiple targets/distances. Maybe 5 rounds at a small 50-100m target and 5 at a larger 100-200m target. Scored by how many hits you get. I'm still open to ideas. And I appreciate the suggestion, it's a good one and would be a good test to how well you know your dope |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: generally fair, whether or not you are shooting a 50mm mortar or a 4.2in monster. What no points for blast radius?  I'm still developing/printing ammo so the more lead time in how many rounds the better. It would be cool if the guys from Ordnance.com could come demo TRUMP rounds (and put some on the prize table  )
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Originally Posted By MHIDPA: What no points for blast radius? I'm still developing/printing ammo so the more lead time in how many rounds the better. It would be cool if the guys from Ordnance.com could come demo TRUMP rounds (and pus some on the prize table )I'll be reaching out to them about sponsoring and/or donating/loaning some product. I've done some buying and selling with them in the past. While blast radius points would be cool. If we get enough shooters for future events we could do different classes. But I'm only making one trophy for mortars this year haha |
| My .02 about time. I've considered having friendly competition at get togetherness and I'm ok with someone using my mortar to participate. But for the most part we aren't trained gun crews. I'm afraid of people rushing for a good time and doing something unsafe (not paying attention to hands over the muzzle, or misfire/hangfire issues). |
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Originally Posted By MHIDPA: My .02 about time. I've considered having friendly competition at get togetherness and I'm ok with someone using my mortar to participate. But for the most part we aren't trained gun crews. I'm afraid of people rushing for a good time and doing something unsafe (not paying attention to hands over the muzzle, or misfire/hangfire issues). Very good point! I appreciate it. I was imagining a time limit to just keep people from taking too long, waiting on wind, etc. But I definitely see how it could cause an issue. Especially with the I weren't risk of the mortars. So we may just skip a shot timer for this and see how things play out. |
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FAST Ordnance is planning on attending and donating some prize packages. Waiting to hear back from some more potential sponsors as I put a flyer together. Still deciding on a name for the event. Suggestions welcome. I'm working on the mortar trophy, gotta come up with something equally cool for the 40mm winner.  And yes, I plan on fairly winning both competitions to keep these 😄 🤣 |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Very good point! I appreciate it. I was imagining a time limit to just keep people from taking too long, waiting on wind, etc. But I definitely see how it could cause an issue. Especially with the I weren't risk of the mortars. So we may just skip a shot timer for this and see how things play out. You could still use the shot timer with a par time (i.e. second beep), that way it's easy to tell if there are overtime shots. I won't be able to make it, but I would request that you post up info/results/videos (after the match) for those who can't make it. I want try to talk our local 2 gun match director into a side match and I'm curious to see stage/how the scoring works out for you. |
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Originally Posted By Brian_h: You could still use the shot timer with a par time (i.e. second beep), that way it's easy to tell if there are overtime shots. I won't be able to make it, but I would request that you post up info/results/videos (after the match) for those who can't make it. I want try to talk our local 2 gun match director into a side match and I'm curious to see stage/how the scoring works out for you. Originally Posted By Brian_h: Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Very good point! I appreciate it. I was imagining a time limit to just keep people from taking too long, waiting on wind, etc. But I definitely see how it could cause an issue. Especially with the I weren't risk of the mortars. So we may just skip a shot timer for this and see how things play out. You could still use the shot timer with a par time (i.e. second beep), that way it's easy to tell if there are overtime shots. I won't be able to make it, but I would request that you post up info/results/videos (after the match) for those who can't make it. I want try to talk our local 2 gun match director into a side match and I'm curious to see stage/how the scoring works out for you. I second this.  Would be cool to see parts of the match on video as I can't be there either.
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Originally Posted By MHIDPA: For mortars, are we doing this as a team or individual? I was thinking a 1-3 person team. Basically a shooter and up to 2 spotters. And you'll be welcome to recruit spotters on-site if you come alone. Or you can run it as a traditional mortar team with a guy aiming, a guy firing, and a guy spotting if you want. Dressing the part, whether modern tactical gear or vintage re-enactor getup is highly encouraged. And may be worth some bonus points and/or bonus prizes. I'd love to a team of ww2 reenactors and may reach out to a local organization that does that stuff. For ammo count. I'm leaning toward 6 rounds for mortar competition and 10 for 40mm. But if you only have 4 or 5 rounds to compete, then compete with what you have and maybe you'll get closest in fewer shots |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Still deciding on a name for the event. Suggestions welcome. My thoughts: Funny Option Midwest Artillery Bonanza Serious Option Midwest Artillery Shoot Could also sub "Eastern" for "Midwest" |
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Quick update. The venue has changed to the southington hunt club range facility, in garrettsville, Ohio. The first range was very inviting but lacked a wide enough firing line. Southington is familiar to us, will have more room for shooters/big guns, offers camping for those that want to stay overnight, and is much more accessible to vehicles. I'll be posting a link to tickets in the near future. Along with more details. If you want to bring a big gun other than a mortar let me know so that I have an idea of what sort of footprint you'll need. I'm thinking that we'll have blocks of time set aside for big guns where we'll move the firing line back to around 300 yards. More to come later, -Jake |
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Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Yeah I know. It's actually farther for me as well, but the facility is nice enough to compromise for. Knob creek wouldn't be much farther of a drive for me haha. Originally Posted By SGT-Fish: Originally Posted By MHIDPA: Moving in the wrong direction.  Yeah I know. It's actually farther for me as well, but the facility is nice enough to compromise for. Knob creek wouldn't be much farther of a drive for me haha. Shoot, its gonna be 6 hours for me and I’m not complaining. I’m just happy to have a place to shoot. |
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