Muzzleloading

Gift Guide for the Muzzleloading Enthusiast

The Christmas gift-giving season is just around the corner and muzzleloading enthusiasts commonly fall into that “hard to buy for“ category. Here at the NMLRA, we know your pain and hope to help you find the perfect gift for that special muzzleloader in your life.

[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.

Muzzleloader calibers and their matching drill bits | Use this to make a loading block

While not necessarily historically accurate, loading blocks are a great way to keep the fun going during a muzzleloading shoot, afternoon on the range, or woods walk.

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.

Falling Leaves Shooting Festival 2020

On September 18th, the Walter Cline Range’s Primitive range came to life once again this year with the “Falling Leaves Shooting Festival”. Organized by Tim Hamblen, this traditional muzzleloading shoot brought nearly a hundred shooters and campers into the valley for a weekend of fun and friendship.

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

FLAT TOP ELK HUNT | Muzzle Blasts Archives April 2020

FLAT TOP ELK HUNT | Muzzle Blasts Archives April 2020

Four a.m. comes early wherever you are. Early morning is just as dark in the Colorado Flat Top mountain range as it is in Coshocton, Ohio. The hunt prep routine is different. Instead of hopping into a pickup, then onto an ATV, my partner and I were saddling our horses and loading the equipment we prepared yesterday afternoon. It would be an hour ride to the jump-off point for our morning elk hunt.

The 2020 NMLRA Family Fun Shoot

The NMLRA Family Fun Shoot concluded Sunday, August 9, 2020 with great weather, old friends, and many happy competitors. With the cancellation of the NMLRA National matches due to COVID 19 related complications, NMLRA members have been itching to do some more shooting this summer.

What's your favorite inline for whitetail deer? What's your go to bullet and charge? | Ask the Experts

What's your favorite inline for whitetail deer?  What's your go to bullet and charge? | Ask the Experts

When using a inline Muzzleloader what’s everyone’s go to bullet and charge ?

For whitetail deer and what’s your favorite inline muzzleloader

NMLRA Falling Leaves Shooting Festival

In keeping with State mandates and due to the fact we could not get together for the Fall Shoot we are having a weekend event for our members up the Valley. Camps can be set up Thursday and we shoot Friday , Saturday, and Sunday until 1 pm.