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By the Numbers 40 Rounds of black-powder cartridges each of the 200 participants were asked to bring to this weekend's 175th anniversay re-enactments of the fighting at the Alamo.
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Well, Vic, the NRA has a fair number of black-powder shooters on its muster rolls.
Discourse.net: We Predicted This Would Happen: Man Jailed in UK for Failing to Disclose Passphrase 2009
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The GHS is given a radical advertising campaign (“Fair chase is so 20th century.”) and is a raging success; a black-powder version for special seasons soon follows.
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This big lever-action was chambered for black-powder cartridges and is, as a piece of machinery, the best thing the United States ever sent out a factory door.
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Now, CVA has come up with some very similar to Etronix system in a black-powder rifle.
Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System 2007
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HistoryThe .22 Hornet's ancestry is generally attributed to experiments done in the 1920s using the black-powder .22 WCF at Springfield Armory.
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August 19, 2008 at 5:04 am caff, caff-caff-caff-caff, hawkdropes benind rock *spit* ptoooi *leaps back on to rock somewhat smokey from black-powder residue* yick that is nasty arr, ye har-harrrr.
Send me to da laydee - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Jan's interests in electricity and radio were supported by parental interest, but his research on black-powder rockets was gradually replaced by social activities such as scouts and a church youth group.
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The perfect gift for rendezvous black-powder re-enactment enthusiasts.
Boing Boing: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005 Archives 2005
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Wisps of black-powder smoke floated in the air, mingling oddly with the scent of roasting fish, and I thought for an instant that I might throw up, but managed despite my nausea to set down the fowling piece for a moment and bar the door, my hands shaking so that it took several tries.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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