NMLRA Artillery Safety, Gun Drill and Instructor’s Course.

[Cpt Ed]

The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, has just announced its schedule for a Cannon Course, at their Walter Cline Range, Friendship, IN on November 5 & 6, 2005.

Artillery Safety and Drill Course
November 5, 2005  from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm.

Instructors course
November 6, 2005 from 9:00 am.

This year’s course will contain New information on naval artillery and Lyle guns, construction, firing, loading procedures, and safety.

Fees: (payable to NMLRA) include lunch and dinner on Saturday, workbook, handouts, and artillery instructor's certification.

NMLRA Members: $85.00
Non-Members: $120.00
(includes one year membership)

Text: The More Complete Cannoneer by Matt Switlik: $15.00

Contact: Buddy & Terri Townsend, (765) 289-6706
Sixgaugebp@cs.com  or  ttownsend@chsmail.org

[Cat Whisperer]

Ahhhh the smell of blackpowder in the morning!

Thanks Cpt Ed for posting this!

[Cpt Ed]

Update & Reminder:

The Deadline for registration is October 10, 2005.

Click on the link below, for a copy of the NMLRA's Registration Form. For the Artillery Safety, Drill and Instructors Course.

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This course will be held every two years. The total class size is 95 students and at the last course they were full to capacity.

This is also only the second time the Instructor’s Certification Course has been offered. They ran it as a trial at the last Cannon Course and found that most of the students were in favor of it.

The scheduled instructor's  as of today are Matt Switlik, the Paulson Brothers, and Paul Barnett of South Bend Replicas, Inc. This is a real opportunity to meet the experienced and established old timers in this exciting and fun sport of safely shooting black powder muzzle loading Artillery.

Included for the first time in this course November 5th & 6th, is this new information on naval artillery and Lyle guns, construction, firing, loading procedures, and safety.