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Unscientific but Effective | Reloading a Flintlock Smooth Bore in the field with Keith Syers

Unscientific but Effective | Reloading a Flintlock Smooth Bore in the field with Keith Syers

We spent the weekend out in the woods camping with some long hunters in Eastern Indiana. Watch as Keith Syers from Ramshackle Homestead and Survival makes use of the natural environment around him to keep his flintlock smooth bore going.

Bill Raby finishes his Lancaster Rifle Build Tutorial Series

Bill is building a 50 caliber Lancaster, Pennsylvania style flintlock rifle based on one made by Isaac Haines around 1770.

This is a good example of one used around the time of the Revolutionary War.

We’d like to thank Bill for sharing the NMLRA during his videos! builders like Bill are a major part of what we all love to do here at the NMLRA.

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500 Subscriber Giveaway | Muzzle Loading is alive and well

As a thank you to our first 500 youtube subscribers, we're giving away 5 one year subscriptions to the digital version of Muzzle Blasts Magazine.  To enter, you must be a subscriber to the NMLRA youtube channel

Subscribing to our channel helps us get out and share the world of muzzleloading, living history, and traditional craft with everyone around the world. We can't thank you enough for your support of the NMLRA during these strange times. We'd love to be out filming events, but we aren't going to let covid19 stop us from sharing our passion.

We’ll draw the winners Friday, April 17th

An original Jacob George | Kentucky Rifle Foundation

We’d like to thank the Kentucky Rifle Foundation for sharing this beautiful Jacob George rifle with us on facebook.

“Jacob George, 1793 to 1850, son of Henry George a gunsmith, both of Greenwich Township, Berks County, PA. This is a signed and dated rifle so look at the rifle and try to guess it's age before you read the date. This rifle a a great example of his work, probably one of the best. It's hard not to appreciate all the work that went into this example.”

Be sure to check out The Kentucky Rifle Foundation website for more of these great Kentucky Rifles.