Building a Kibler Kit with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes | August 2020 Day 5

Follow along with the Kibler Kit assembly class from Mike Brooks

Building a 4 bore flintlock rifle with Bill Raby Part 17

Bill Raby is continuing his 4 bore rifle build series! On part 17 now, he’s finishing up the ramrod pipe as he moves towards completion. be on the lookout for Bill and this cannon this fall!

2020 NMLRA Membership Meeting

 

The NMLRA will be holding its annual Membership Meeting Sunday, September 13, at 6pm in the NMLRA Education Center in Friendship, Indiana.

Due to expected limited attendance, the proposed bylaw changes have been officially withdrawn and will not be voted on at this time.

Questions or concerns may be directed to the NMLRA Board of Directors. Their contact information can be found here

Building a Kibler Kit with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes | August 2020 Day 4

Follow along with the Kibler Kit assembly class from Mike Brooks

Building a Kibler Kit with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes | August 2020 Day 3

Follow along with the Kibler Kit assembly class from Mike Brooks

Building a Kibler Kit with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes | August 2020 Day 2

Follow along with the Kibler Kit assembly class from Mike Brooks

Building a Kibler Kit with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes | August 2020 Day 1

Building a Kibler Kit with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes | August 2020 Day 1

Follow along with the Kibler Kit assembly class from Mike Brooks

Jim Kibler announces a new kit

Watch now as Jim shares some answeres to frequently asked questions, talks about a shop tour, and shares the news on the new kit heading into development! Very exciting times for the muzzleloading kit world!

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.

All About Files | Gun Making Tools of the 18th Century and Today | Muzzle Blasts

All About Files | Gun Making Tools of the 18th Century and Today | Muzzle Blasts

When I was a young man, I apprenticed under a master tool and die maker. In the first two years I worked with him I seldom saw him use a milling machine, he did it all with a file. Being young and headstrong I would often complain, but his reply was always the same: before you can use the mill, you must master the file.

Hands on with an original Heinrich Leue Double Rifle from the 1880s | Black Powder Cartridge

We get a gun maker's history lesson while at the NMLRA Safari Range in Friendship Indiana. Jerry V. was kind enough to show us his original Heinrich Leue 50 cal. Double rifle from the late 1880s.

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.

Primitive Range Family Reunion Video Out Now!

Catch the highlights from this primitive shoot weekend now on the official NMLRA Youtube Channel!

If you are interested in shooting on our primitive range, mark your calendars for September 18-20, we’ll be hosting the “Falling Leaves Shooting Festival” as the next entry in our COVID 19 compliant event series.