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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!

Talking Shop, Shooting, and Barrels with Jason Schneider of Rice Barrel Company

This week we’re talking with Jason Schnieder, owner of Rice Barrel Company. Rice barrels has been known in the muzzleloading world for fine barrels for many years now, and with interest in muzzleloading growing, we wanted to sit down with Jason and learn more about how the record setting Rice Barrels are made.

Pushing Blackpowder to the limit | Shooting at 1200 yards with Ian Egbert

This week we’re talking with Ian Egbert, an active muzzleloading and blackpowder cartridge shooting competitor. Ian was drawn to the history of muzzleloaders after attending a civil war battle reenactment at 8 or 9 years old, but soon fell in love with shooting and competing with blackpowder.

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.

2020 NMLRA Youth Shoot Awards Ceremony

2020 NMLRA Youth Shoot Awards Ceremony

Don’t miss the awards ceremony for the 2020 NMLRA Youth Shoot. With 85 registered youth shooters, we had an amazing turnout.

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

Announcing the NMLRA Long Range Muzzleloading Hunter Match, July 25-26, 2020

Now with $2,400 in Prizes!

July 25 and 26, Shoot Saturday or Sunday or Both. Same course of fire both days
(Not an Aggregate)

$30.00 for one day, $50.00 for both days. Medals for 3 places. Apex Hunter side match after main match $20.00 pay in, winner take all.

Practice period 0800-0900, Shooter Meeting at 0930

Drawings for gift certificates and merchandise:
2- Vortex Optics gift certificates valued up to $800.00 each.
1-Arrowhead Rifles gift certificate value $100.00
2- Fury Bullets gift certificates valued at $50.00 each
$500.00 in EGW gift certificates

Rules:
15 lb. weight limit as shot. Rifles will be weighed at registration.
Any sight- open-peep-scope.
Black Powder or black powder substitute, Maximum Allowed by Powder or Rifle Manufacturer. No Smokeless Powder
Front and rear rest allowed, must be separate. (No lead sled type rests)

Course of fire main match:
15 shots for score.
Spotters Allowed.

5 full size Silhouette animals at 300 Meters, 385 Meters, and 500 yards.
3 sighter shots at each yard line.
18 minutes per scoring relay.

APEX HUNTER Match Course of fire
No spotter allowed.
Yardage and Target announced at shoot
Limited to first 20 shooters
Special Prize drawing for APEX Hunter Shooters

Match Director reserves the right to make any changes to rules, course of fire, or safety concerns as deemed necessary.

Sponsors:
Arrowhead Rifles - 319-558-8621 sales@arrowheadrifles.com
Fury Bullets - 810-404-2973 furycustombullets@gmail.com
Vortex Optics - 800-4Vortex info@vortexoptics.com
EGW - (215) 538-1012 egwguns.com/contact
The Beauty Shoppe- 812-621-0085 Friendship, IN
Friendship Tavern & Restaurant- 812-667-2337 Friendship, IN

How Patches affect your Roundball Shooting | Muzzle Loading Tips

Many black powder rifles, regardless of cost or craftsmanship, are quite inaccurate. Not because they are made wrong, but because the owner doesn't know what makes it accurate and therefore experiments in ignorance.

The Race Guns of Muzzleloader Hunting | NMLRA Inline Hunter Match | May 2020

The Race Guns of Muzzleloader Hunting | NMLRA Inline Hunter Match | May 2020

Precision Muzzleloaders and their marksmen gathered in late May (6ft apart) at the NMLRA Range to compete in the Inline Hunters Match.

On Creating a Muzzle Loading Target Pistol | W.A Carver | Muzzle Blasts Archives

We have considered a variety of pistols whereby one might engage in serious pistoling with black powder and 1·ound ball. You have now, perhaps, a good black powder revolver and a single shot pistol such as a Thompson-Center Patriot Pis­tol or a Kentucky style pistol made from a kit.