We love history at the NMLRA, and as part of our renewed online efforts we want to give you a chance to share you favorite NMLRA memories with all our members and fans!
The NMLRA Media team will be following the hashtag #NMLRATBT to keep an eye out for your photos, but you can always email us directly at eyazel@nmlra.org. Please include your favorite photos, the dates they were taken and a short story about the photo or a memory from an NMLRA event.
St. Louis (2021-2025)
Sponsored by the NMLRA
Location: Historic Daniel Boone Home
St. Charles Co., MO
Hawken History recreated:
Education
Demonstrations
Displays
Living History
Seminars
Bring your Hawken to shoot.
Shoot an original Hawken!
Craftsmen Credit - Bag, strap sheath and powder horn are by Jeff Luke. Woven wool strap by Teresa Rawle, patch knife by Spencer Luke and forged buckle by John Rader. Western Bowie by John Cummimgs, Rifle by William Selb.
The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle built by the Hawken brothers that was used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. It has become synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and the fur trapper's gun. Developed in the 1820s, it was eventually displaced by breechloaders (such as the Sharps rifle) and lever-action rifles which flourished after the Civil War.
The Hawken "plains rifle" was made by Jacob and Samuel Hawken, in their St. Louis, Missouri shop, which they ran from 1815 to 1858. Their shop continued to operate and sell rifles bearing the "Hawken" name under later owners William S. Hawken, William L. Watt, and J. P. Gemmer, until Gemmer closed down the business and retired in 1915.[1]
Samuel and Jacob were trained by their father as rifle smiths on the east coast. They moved west and opened a business in St. Louis at the beginning of the Rocky Mountain fur trade.[2] The brothers' claim to fame is the "plains rifles" produced by their shop. They produced what their customers needed in the west: a quality gun, light enough to carry all the time, capable of knocking down big targets at long range.[3] They called their guns "Rocky Mountain Rifles," reflecting their customers: fur trappers, traders and explorers
Last weekend we hosted our last 22 Fun Shoot of the season at our Walter Cline Range.
With perfect weather and 37 participants, we all had a great time plinking away at the various banks of reactive targets. Special thanks to Mike Weissmann for hosting this event as well as bringing targets and prizes for the shooters.
Below you can find a gallery of many of the photos taken by the NMLRA media team at this event. Video coming soon!
We had a great crowd for the August BPCR Match, 33 shooters on Saturday and 34 on Sunday.
It was an aggregate match and Marc O’Malley was the overall Aggregate Match Winner, congrats Marc on some great shooting!
We had competitors all the way from Georgia, TN, WV, MI Weather was hot and the conditions were challenging but as you know there is usually a nice breeze on the firing line.
There’s one more Family Fun Shoot in the books for us! We had absolutely perfect weather this past weekend at the Family Fun shoot. With over 100 registered participants, the firing lines were bustling all weekend.
If you haven’t seen it, check out this peek into the weekend from the NMLRA Media team-
A Silver Wire Inlay course from Sept. 16 -20 and A European Walnut Relief Carving course from Sept. 23 – 27 These 5-day courses will take you from beginner to advanced and will be from 8am -5pm with an hour lunch
The instructor for both classes is renowned artisan
Hugh Toenjes- KRA, ACGG, NRA, NMLRA
Registration for each class will $600 Minimum of 8 students and Maximum of 12 per class
