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HN-SSA . . . . . . . . . . . from page 1 The Artillery Team matches are a spectator favorite and the excel lent weather brought out 46 guns to participate. The range is recon figured so that the cannons fire perpendicular to the regular firing line. Target frames and their paper targets are then set at a di tance of 200 yards for rifled guns and 100 yards for smoothbores
and howitzers. Each cannon fires a solid shot at two targets; eye and a silhouette of a cannon facing them that represents counter battery fire. A maximum of seven shots are fired on either target with a maximum point count of 25 per target. A perfect score is 50 points. The guns are classified by type: smoothbore, rifled, howitzer and rifled howitzer. In the Smoothbore class, the 1st Virginia Cavalry (gun #1) was the winner. In the Rifled class, t 3rd U.S. Infantry (Smithgall) won with a perfect score of 50-5V. In the Howitzer class, the Rowan Artillery won for the fifth consecutive national, shooting a near perfect 50-8V. Not surprisingly, the 1st Maryland Cavalry won for the sixth consecutive national in the Rifled Howitzer class. The accuracy of these Civil War cannons is truly amazing and N-SSA gun crews know how to get the most out of them. The N-SSA is the country’s
oldest and largest Civil War shooting sports organization
with over 3,000 individuals that make up its 200 member units. Each represents a particular unit or regiment and proudly wears the uniform they wore over 150 years ago. At the 140th National,
“Skirmishers in train compete in the BB and supervision. These ma the N-SSA by involvin individual and team c
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the costume committee not only judge the authenticity and accuracy of competitors but also conduct workshops teaching proper constructio of mid-nineteenth century clothing. (Niki Beth