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Gunmaker's Hall Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Gunmakers Hall Giveway. These were drawn Saturday, September 17th on the porch of Gunmaker’s Hall . Live video of drawing can be seen here https://fb.watch/fY9ulSwJyP/.

Incentive Rifle - Mark Wolfe

Quilt - Rasmus K. Saile

Place Mats - Claudia Bahorik

4 Wood Bowls - Walter Fett

Pouch - Wayne Braxton

Horn - Cal Merritt

Knife in Sheth - Dale Reeley

Antler Handle Knife - Jim Jerkins

5 piece Horn Set - Joe Solomon

French Fowler - Mayo Jones

And thank you to all the donors who help to make this drawing possible.

Traditions Hawken Vs. Woodswalk | Muzzle Loaders in the field

Traditions Hawken Vs. Woodswalk | Muzzle Loaders in the field

We're on one of the NMLRA "Woods walks" at the Walter Cline Range in Friendship, Indiana this week testing out our Traditions St. Louis Hawken just like the Mountain Men of the 1840s would have.

Everything you need for your first trip to the range with your Hawken

Everything you need for your first trip to the range with your Hawken

Now that our Traditions Hawken is built, and we have a shooting pouch to carry our tools and a powder horn to carry our powder, it's time to head to the range for some fun. This is the muzzle loading cross over event of the year as we bring all of our winter projects together for some fun at the range.

How to make a "Hawken Era" Hunting Pouch | Craftsman's Corner

How to make a "Hawken Era" Hunting Pouch | Craftsman's Corner

In this Craftsman’s Corner feature, we’re going to go through the process of making this “Hawken Era” Leather pouch from Madison Grant’s “The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch”

Bill Raby's 4 Bore Rifle Build - Part 36

Bill continues his 4 bore rifle build this week as finishes installation of the butt plate, and continues work on his ramrod. Bill is making the ramrod out of an ebony board, should look great!!

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This project is a flintlock 4 bore English rifle. It’s an elephant gun. These were the largest hunting rifles to ever be in general use. This one will represent one that would have been made around 1840. At that time the percussion rifles were much more common, but 4 bores were made in flintlock in small numbers right up until the time cartridges became available. I will be trying to keep it as historically accurate as I can.

I am not an expert at this. I am not going to show you the right way or the best way to do this. I am just showing you how I am doing it. There are a number of books and videos out there about how to build guns. Every one of them is going to show you a different way to do things. Study all of them and decide what way is going to work best for you.

[VIDEO] A Tour of the Historic Rand House

We’re invited on a tour of the Historic “Rand House” and NMLRA Museum by NMLRA Volunteer, Bob Schlegel. Bob has volunteered his time over the past several years to continue efforts to restore the historic Rand House as well as organize displays and tours for visitors during the NMLRA National Events.

[Video] Shooting the Traditions Mountain Rifle .50cal Percussion with Buckskins and Blackpowder

Buckskins & Blackpowder shares some of his tips and tricks for working with and shooting the Traditions Mountain Rifle in .50 cal. He shares the roundball/patch size combination that works for him and more.

Building a 4 Bore Flintlock with Bill Raby - Part 26

Bill Raby continues his 4 Bore Flintlock Rifle build with part 26 in his video series. In this video, he’s beginning to inlet the lock, which he claims isn’t as hard as people think! So, if you are eager to learn about muzzleloader building, you’ve got to check out this video!

Duelist1954 shoots his Pedersoli Brown Bess Musket with Paper Cartridges

Mike Beliveau is back with another muzzleloading video! In this video, Mike continues his efforts to study traditional military paper cartridges with a Pedersoli Brown Bess musket. Watch today and learn something new!

[VIDEO] 2020 Kibler Kit Assembly Class with Mike Brooks Day 3

In case you missed it, we’re continuing with our video coverage of the Kibler Kit assembly class with Mike Brooks. During day 3, students begin staining their stocks, aging brass and we follow Mike as he helps a student repair a crack in their stock.

The 2020 Wes Hartley Memorial Over the Log Shoot

The 2020 “Wes Hartley Memorial Match” is in the books for over the log, or “chunk”, shooting enthusiasts of Vallonia, Indiana. Started 52 years ago by a group the line calls the “old-timers”, the match was kept alive in a year where many annual shoots were canceled.