Competitors in the breech-loader team matches start the relay with a full magazine, but must single load after the magazine is emptied. This match is shot almost exclusively with Henry rifles.
Competitors in the breech-loader team matches start the relay with a full Carbine shooters aim and prepare to fire at targets down range. 134 member magazine, but must single load after the magazine is emptied. This match is shot teams competed in the 140th N-SSA National Skirmish carbine team match. almost exclusively with Henry rifles. (Lis Cole) (Lis Cole)
One of the signature events in an N-SSA musket match is the Pigeon Board, Charlie Smithgall of the 3rd U.S. deftly aims his original 12-pounder field howitzer, consisting of 32 sporting clays mounted on a cardboard backer. The eight-person manufactured in 1848 by N.P. Ames Manufacturing Company. musket teams compete to hit all of the clay pigeons to clear the board in the (Ericka Hoffmann) least amount of time. 159 musket teams competed in the 140th National musket match. (Ericka Hoffmann)
Carbine shooters aim and prepare to fire at targets down range. 134 member teams competed in the 140th N-SSA National Skirmish carbine team match.
A competitor swiftly loads his Smith carbine during the carbine match on Authentically uniformed Confederate skirmishers load and fire at breakable Saturday morning of the N-SSA 140th National Skirmish. The Smith is a popular targets during the musket match. N-SSA units are named after and adopt the arm with skirmishers, as are Burnside, Maynard, Sharps, and other original and uniform of original Civil War units. (Ericka Hoffmann) reproduction carbines.
One of the signature events in an N-SSA musket match is the Pigeon Board, consisting of 32 sporting clays mounted on a cardboard backer. The eight-person musket teams compete to hit all of the clay pigeons to clear the board in the least amount of time. 159 musket teams competed in the 140th National musket (Ericka Hoffmann)
Right: Members of the 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry take aim at four-inch hanging tiles at a distance of 50 yards during the rifle musket match. At a National Skirmish, eight-person musket teams fill 65 line positions; the largest continuous firing line in the country. (Ericka Hoffmann) (Ericka Hoffmann) (Ericka Hoffmann)
Charlie Smithgall of the 3rd U.S. deftly aims his original 12-pounder field howitzer, manufactured in 1848 by N.P. Ames Manufacturing Company.
Left: Three of the 3rd Maryland Artillery’s Bethke family compete in the smoothbore match. It is not unusual to have multiple family members on one N-SSA team, demonstrating the familyoriented nature of the N-SSA.
Authentically uniformed Confederate skirmishers load and fire at breakable targets during the musket match. N-SSA units are named after and adopt the uniform of original Civil War units.A competitor swiftly loads his Smith carbine during the carbine match on Saturday morning of the N-SSA 140th National Skirmish. The Smith is a popular arm with skirmishers, as are Burnside, Maynard, Sharps, and other original andMusic of the fifes and drums rally competitors in the second phase of the rifle musket match as they march across Back Creek to the range.Safety is a priority in the N-SSA, and proper gun handling is a must when loading and firing these guns. Here, the Union Guards carefully load and fire away at the four-inch hanging tiles while overseen by a safety officer.Music of the fifes and drums rally competitors in the second phase of the rifle musket match as they march across Back Creek to the range.Safety is a priority in the N-SSA, and proper gun handling is a must when loading and firing these guns. Here, the Union Guards carefully load and fire away at the four-inch hanging
