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This weekend, August 22 and 23, at the Brierfield Iron Works State Park, the N-SSA will be hosting another skirmish competition using black powder arms of the Civil War era. Saturday morning is individual competition using paper targets, and Saturday afternoon will see Smoothbore and Carbine...

Tonight I attempted hand-filing a dovetail slot for a new front sight for my Pietta Remington New Army revolver. It turned out fairly well. The sight climbed a bit in the front of the slot, raising some metal of the front of the undercut, and you can see a bit of daylight under the sight base...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaX6TlVl458 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qPIMjGcQw&feature=youtu.be https://vimeo.com/128217050 Videos of the N-SSA 2015 Spring Nationals. If you are interested in this kind of shooting check us out on the web at www.n-ssa.org.

If you like shooting firearms from the era of the American Civil War, and you like competition shooting, then the N-SSA is for you! We shoot revolvers, smoothbores, rifles, carbines, and even artillery. Note that you don't have to have all of these firearms to start competing - the only...

Hi all, I have received a set of Lee Dies and this mold for .44 Remington Mag for Christmas: TL430-240-SWC I currently have Bullseye powder on hand from loading .45 ACP. I am using Lee Alox Lube. Bullets are cast from Wheel Weight. The Alliant Powder web site gives this recipe for a 240...

Well I picked up a used 1842 this weekend from a fellow teammate. So I can now shoot in all 4 categories: revolver, musket, carbine, and smoothbore! Steve

Here is a video I made last night concerning 1855 and 1861 cartridges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLtpajjYBmA Steve

Today I took my Uberti Walker to the range, and I worked up loads of 35, 40, 45, 50, and 60 grains 3F Shuetzen, using a .457 ball cast from a Lee mold. Sprues were oriented sprue-forward. The filler was Cream of Wheat. When filler was used, enough was put over the powder so that when the ball...

Do you like competitive individual and team shooting? Interested in Civil War era black powder firearms and even artillery? Check out the North-South Skirmish Association! http://www.n-ssa.org Here is a video that shows what you can expect in N-SSA competition...

We had a N-SSA skirmish in Brierfield, Alabama this past weekend. I took 1st place in 100 yard carbine and 100 yard musket, and 1st place carbine aggregate. I got 2nd place in Grand Aggregate and our carbine team took 2nd place. Our Smoothbore team took first place but I don't have a smoothie...

Just got a Cabela's flier in the mail. they have $50 off their brass framed 1851 Navy in 44 cal sale price $199.99. They have their Pietta 1858 target model at $70 off for $249.99. Just passing along the info. Steve

So this isn't exactly black powder, but it gets to the heart of "primitive" shooting and with the discussions lately of making your own primers and your own powder I found this interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gYPdNAp9Q0&feature=share The guy makes 38 special bullets using safety...

So I was at an N-SSA shoot this weekend and after putting my 5 shots into my target I aimed at a metal silhouette target on the berm. 120 yard shot, one handed. PING! :D Steve

It seems to me, upon looking at cross sections of .45 ACP brass, that there would be nothing wrong with reaming out small primer .45 ACP brass to a bore that can accept the standard large pistol primers. What do you think? Steve

I'm wondering if there is any benefit in rolling balls in Lee Alox Lube? It's what I use for bullet lube on my .45 ACP rounds made with the Lee Tumble Lube bullets. I know that the side of the ball gets shaved as it is pressed into the chamber, but the nose of the ball would still have the Lee...

http://www.4thla.com/articles/walker_sight/walker_sight.htm Steve

Hi, My little nipple wrench that came with my 1851 Navy revolvers seems too small for the nipples in my Colt Walker repro. What do you use for a nipple wrench for them? Thanks, Steve

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=394883254 Just passing this along - the pictures are cool if nothing else. I have no connection to this. Steve

Well, after having snow and sub-freezing temperatures on Tuesday, it was in the 60's today. I made up another batch of .580 Wilkinsons, sized to .576 for my Richmond Carbine. It has a Hoyt barrel. With my usual target load, an RCBS Hodgdon bullet over 44 grains of powder, it is capable of...

I've been using cream of wheat as a filler but was advised to use wads. Midway USA has wads for $20/1000. Cabela's as them for $10/100. What's your best place to buy wads? Steve