Pistol Shooting

2021 NMLRA Pistol Match Dates

Join the NMLRA Pistol Shooters for several weekends of muzzleloading fun at the Walter Cline Range in Friendship, Indiana. These weekend matches are focused on friendly competition, friendship, and introducing new shooters to the sport.
Whether you shoot a traditional or modern muzzleloading pistol, these matches are a great way to brush up on your pistol shooting skills and have a great time all at once!

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 ?

Wheel Gun Wednesday | Black Powder Revolvers

Thank you Buck Buchanan for sharing this beauty for #wheelgunwednesday Pietta “Shooters Model” NMA .44 revolver shot at Friendship at the fall national 1993. Scored a 99-5X at 25 yards in the “As Issued” Aggregate.

Did better in the Caplock Aggregate. Took 1st Place in the Expert Class with my Yazel .36. Agg score 290-13X/300. Shot a 93-2X at 50 yards. Beat the national champ and 43 master competitors. On “cloud 9” that year.

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“Been busy with a different shooting sport and hadn’t done much with my black powder pistols in a long time. Dug them out today to dry fire them and now I’m itching to get them back out to the range some day. Wanted to share this revolver. A fantastic shooter. Helped bring me three revolver championships in a row as well as a national record. Good times. Can’t wait to visit friendship again some day.” Thank you Jason Gregoire for sharing this with us.

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Pistol Marksmanship | Part 2 | Muzzle Blasts Archives

It is exceedingly difficult to explain what there is about pistol shooting, the sport of handgunning, that is so com­pelling as to cause it to occupy so much a part of my time, effort and thought. Can it be the diversity and challenge the sport offers? What is it that prompts one to persist­ ently try to better that last score, to shoot that "possible" or to look forward to that legendary perfect score, the 100-l0x?

Pistol Marksmanship | Muzzle Blasts Archives

There is nothing so disturbing, when shooting a hand­ gun, as missing the object one is aiming at. In contrast it is quite gratifying to hit the intended mark. This isn't just luck. It signifies an application of at least a few of the ba­ sic fundamentals of pistol marksmanship