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| The Battery Shooting Team |
The 5th
Mass Battery is a unique unit as we are one of a handful of Civil war artillery
reenacting units that participates in reenacting and living history events AND
field a winning competitive cannon shooting team. In the 1970’s and 1980’s the
5th Mass Battery was primarily a competitive shooting organization.
The current shooting team profits greatly from the trial and error lessons
learned of our first shooters 30 years ago. The accuracy of our rounds from our
three-inch rifles is comparable to a modern rifle.
The Battery casts our projectiles from pure lead and machines them to precise dimensions on
a lathe. Our powder charges are trickle weighed to the nearest gram. The
quality of our projectiles combined with great gunners have brought the Battery
first place awards at the 2005 and 2006 American
Artillery Association National Matches in Westerlo, New York. In
addition Battery typically conducts one or two practice shooting sessions per
year at local gun clubs.
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| 5th Mass Practice Shoot – June 2006 |
2005 Winning Target – AAA Nationals |
If you enjoy black powder shooting, the 5th Mass offers opportunities to take it
to the next step.
Contact the
Shooting Team Coordinator
if you have any questions about the
Battery’s competitive shooting activities.
Please note we will not disclose
specifications for our projectiles or powder charges unless YOU JOIN!!!
Competitive Shooting Links:
The American Artillery Association (http://www.americanartillery.org/)
The North-South Skirmish
Association (http://www.n-ssa.org/)
The Paulson Brothers Ordnance Co. (http://www.pbocorp.biz/action.htm)
Makers of reproduction ordnance
and carriages, Live fire video clips 3-inch rifles to 13-inch mortars
South Bend Replicas, Inc. (http://www.southbendreplicas.com/)
Makers of reproduction ordnance and carriages