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    Log Cabin Shop gets nice write-up

    D'Arcy Egan, outdoor writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, did a nice write-up on the Log Cabin Shop. Take a look, at: http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/03/log_cabin_has_classes_for_rifl.html :applause:
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    118th North-South Skirmish Nationals this weekend

    Starting at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 1, through Sunday, Oct. 5, the North-South Skirmish Association ( http://www.n-ssa.org ) will be holding its 118th Nationals at the home range, Fort Shenandoah, near Winchester, Va. Some 3,000 members will gather for five days of competition, both as...
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    Primitive Biathlon

    "Only a Game," the NPR program that presents all things competitive, did an interesting piece today on the Primitive Biathlon, a muzzleloading/snowshoeing competition (of sorts) held up in Jeffersonville, VT. :shocked2: The girl reporter strove valiantly to explain muzzleloading while knowing...
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    L&W minie mould

    A friend has acquired a single-cavity minie mould, stamped L&W, that throws a ball much like (but not exactly) a Lyman old-style 575213. It has an unusual device for keeping the base plug in place. Anybody know anything about "L&W"?
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    North-South Skirmish next week in Winchester

    All are welcome to visit the North-South Skirmish Association's 116th National competition Oct. 3-7 at Fort Shenandoah, north of Winchester, Va. We anticipate some 3,000 competitors in revolver, carbine, smoothbore, breechloading rifle and musket individual and team matches, as well as mortars...
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    N-SSA's 115th National Skirmish

    Today through Sunday, May 20, at the North-South Skirmish Association's Fort Shenandoah just north of Winchester, Va. Some 3,000 skirmishers, representing units from the Union and the Confederacy, will compete with Civil-War-era revolvers, carbines, muskets, smoothbores, breachloaders, mortars...
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    North-South Skirmish Assn.'s 112th Nationals

    Folks: The North-south Skirmish Association, where individuals and teams clad in the uniforms of their forebears compete with Civil War firearms against each other and the clock, is holding its 112th Nationals Oct. 5 - 9 at its home range, Fort Shenandoah, near Winchester Va. We'll be shooting...
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    N-SSA Spring Nationals Wednesday through Sunday

    Folks: If you live within a day's drive of Winchester, Va., are at all interested in firearms of the Civil War period and can spare some time between Wednesday and Sunday, you owe it to yourself to visit the North-South Skirmish Association's 111th Nationals at our Fort Shenandoah range. There...
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    N-SSA Spring Nationals Wednesday through Sunday

    UBB5-ML-117672-ML- Not "Percussion" specific.
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    any ideas on what it is?

    I posted this down the board in percussion, but on second thot, smoothbore might be more to the point. A lady who works with my wife, learning of my firearms fascination, said she had a dirty ol' wallhanger and asked if I'd like to see it. Of course I volunteered to clean it up, etc. I know...
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    Okay, folks, what IS it?

    A lady who works with my wife, learning of my firearms fascination, said she had a dirty ol' wallhanger and asked if I'd like to see it. Of course I volunteered to clean it up, etc. I know something about Civil War military percussion pieces, but this is clearly civilian, and predates the CW...
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    N-SSA's 109th National Skirmish, Winchester, Va.

    The North-South Skirmish Association will hold its annual Spring Nationals May 19-23 at Fort Shenandoah, its 800-acre campground and range just north of Winchester, Va. The N-SSA is made up of more than 200 teams, each of which replicates a unit that served in the Civil war. Members shoot...
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