And the Winner Is…… Which Guy? Uh, that guy?

If you stroll down to the Memorial Circle at Fort Shenandoah during and after a National Skirmish you may have seen the production of the awards ceremony. Every year individuals and teams file into the circle as their names are called, shake the commanders hand, grab their medals and trophies, and then join the mob [...]

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This isn’t the Snowball Skirmish???

On Saturday, October 29th, 2011 mother nature decided to show us that she still gets to do what she wants and when she wants. Cold. White. Snow. What do you do if you’ve scheduled a skirmish in this stuff? Shoot, what else? It was the 7th Virginia Halloween Skirmish held at Fort Shenandoah, featuring our [...]

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H.P. Gregory of the 17th Virginia Answers My Questions

I was quite impressed with the performance of the 17th Virginia at this last National, so I emailed H.P. Gregory to ask him about the National and his thoughts about fellow competitor Ben Waits. Here is my interview: SN: Congratulations to you and your team! How would you rate this National Skirmish for the 17th [...]

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124th National All-Star Stake Event Photos & Results

On Friday, October 7th, 2011, at Fort Shenandoah, during the 124th National Skirmish, an All-Star Stake Event was held. Each team consisted of 16 of the finest men (and women!) from each of 13 Regions assigned to two adjacent positions, firing on the same frame. Well, okay, maybe they aren’t all the finest, there probably [...]

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The 8th Virginia Comes From Behind, Wins by 0.8 Seconds!

On October 9th, 2011, the 8th Regiment Virginia Volunteers won the A-1 Musket Team Match at the 124th National Skirmish, beating a very competitive 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the defending champions from the Spring Nationals, the Dismal Swamp Rangers. As you can see from the final statistics, it was a very close race: # [...]

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What the…. New N-SSA Web Site?!!?

Here is something, perhaps secret, and a bit exciting that I discovered today…. Where did this come from? I sort of stumbled upon it. Right here: http://www.n-ssa.org/index.php So what I want to know is this… Who created this? When was it created? Why isn’t it the current homepage? I really like the modern skin, and [...]

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124th National Skirmish, Into the Record Books

I had a wonderful and busy weekend at Fort Shenandoah. I didn’t shoot very well, to my own standards, but Skirmishing days are so much more satisfying than other days, don’t you think? Results Unlike me, there were men and women who had very good shooting days, here are some of those results: The 8th [...]

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