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2021 National Event Dates at the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association - OFFICIAL DATES

The 2021 NMLRA National Matches will be held June 12-20, and September 11-19, 2021

Hickok45 shares his thoughts on the Thompson Center Hawken Rifle

Watch this video from 2019 to fan favorite Hickok45 burn some powder with a T/C Hawken muzzleloading rifle. While modern firearms make up most of Hickok’s channel, it’s great to see him share muzzleloaders with his fans.

2020 Rich Hicks Memorial Match

How do you measure the success of a rifle match? Is it by the number of registered shooters? If so, our overall entering numbers are improving. However, the cartridge shooters have dropped off. If we use fine shooting, good sportsmanship, generosity, and beautiful weather as the gauge, then our match was outstanding. The food was tremendous! However, the wind was very strong and unpredictable.

Hodgdon Powder Company Acquires Blackhorn209 | Muzzleloading News

The Outdoor Wire reported this morning that the Hodgdon Powder Company had completed it’s acquisition of the Ramshot, Accurate, and Blackhorn 209 brands from Western Powders.

Click here to read the full press release

NRA/NMLRA ML Instructor Course to be held in Mansfield, MA

There will be an NRA/NMLRA Muzzleloading Instructor course held this November, 7 & 8 at the Mansfield Fish and Game Club in Mansfield Massachusetts.

Please note that this course is a BIT course.

Class Times:

Saturday, November 7, 2020 9:00 AM Sunday, November 8, 2020 5:00 PM

Class Cost: $350

The class will be taught by Rickard Sitte 5082234265 scouter-rick@comcast.net

Register at the link below-

https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=602565&SearchState=MA&State=y&bsa=&id=52&seats=20&women=&youth=

Click HERE for directions

 

A weekend of black powder cartridge rifles, fellowship, and competition

Friday August 14th marked the next NRA/NMLRA Blackpowder Cartridge Rifle Regional match held at the Walter Cline Range in Friendship, Indiana. Match director Lora Parks welcomed 71 competitors for the Friday .22 match and then the Big Bore matches on Saturday and Sunday.

The July 2020 Long Range Muzzle Loading Hunter Match

The July 2020 Long Range Muzzle Loading Hunter Match

July 25-26 marked the second “Long Range Muzzle Loading Hunter Match” here at NMLRA headquarters in Friendship, Indiana.

Marksmen began arriving Friday night to get their gear sighted in on the NMLRA range. Some shooters remarked that our range behaves unlike any other range as they dialed in their scopes for expected crosswinds.

The Creedmor Era | Research Press

The Creedmor Era | Research Press

Want to learn more about the Creedmoor Era? Research Press has an entire webpage dedicated to it including information on the military rifle matches, the rifles, and ammunition used, chronology, and history of the home range available here

What size patches do I need for a 44 caliber revolver and .454 round balls ? | Ask the Experts

What size patches do I need for a 44 caliber revolver and .454 round balls ? | Ask the Experts

What size patches do I need for a 44 caliber revolver and .454 round balls ?

NMLRA Member Peter Wygant shares his 14 Gauge David Lloyd Muzzle Loading Shotgun

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NMLRA Member and craftsman Peter Wygant is a top contributor to the NMLRA facebook group. Peter often shares photos of his builds like this shooting box (Right) that he donates for NMLRA fundraising efforts.
We’re happy to see posts like this one though, where Peter gets some muzzleloaders out to have some fun shooting blackpowder.

Going to try to shoot this little beauty tomorrow.....14 gauge David Lloyd of Broad Street, London....Has London proofs and LL marked on the bottom of the barrels...Was hoping for CL, don’t know who LL is. Very light weight, can only handle 3/4 oz of shot and 2 drams of powder in her.....13/16 is the best round of skeet so far with it.....
— Peter Wygant
Well I hit 12 out of 16, not a stellar performance but I’ll have to take it. All cleaned and put away....
— Peter Wygant