North South Skirmish Association Nationals, Fall 2022. Yup, we burned a bunch of the holy black, sent tons of lead into the backstop. Had a great time. My oldest son was there and we shot 4 events together. His first event was Smoothbore where I put an original 1835 Potsdam in his hands. He did very well with it. We also shot the Carbine and Musket events but I think he may have had the most fun shooting artillery. And again, we ain't no blank firing reenactors, this is all live ammunition. So for some pix
The Fog of War pays a visit to every Nationals. Nothing like 63 teams of eight guys to smoke up the range, and that was only Relay 1 of 3.
My son and myself finishing loading for the start of the Smoothbore match.
Since he lives in Kansas and can't regularly come to our range, he needed some trigger time during the practice sessions earlier in the week. Yup, he's still got it with the 1863 Sharps.
Musket match on Sunday. We're doing Time/Safety and Line Judge
Safety is always paramount. Here he's clearing the team commander before I confirm the score with him. Once we do that, then we go to the scoring bench to enter the score into the match records.
This is an older pic from a year ago but we're crewing the same howitzer that we shot in Nationals and he's manning the same position on the gun. At Nationals, I had the white gunner's haversack on the guy in the foreground. My job was the thumbstall on the vent, and when loaded "pick and prime" to complete firing preparations.
The Fog of War pays a visit to every Nationals. Nothing like 63 teams of eight guys to smoke up the range, and that was only Relay 1 of 3.
My son and myself finishing loading for the start of the Smoothbore match.
Since he lives in Kansas and can't regularly come to our range, he needed some trigger time during the practice sessions earlier in the week. Yup, he's still got it with the 1863 Sharps.
Musket match on Sunday. We're doing Time/Safety and Line Judge
Safety is always paramount. Here he's clearing the team commander before I confirm the score with him. Once we do that, then we go to the scoring bench to enter the score into the match records.
This is an older pic from a year ago but we're crewing the same howitzer that we shot in Nationals and he's manning the same position on the gun. At Nationals, I had the white gunner's haversack on the guy in the foreground. My job was the thumbstall on the vent, and when loaded "pick and prime" to complete firing preparations.
