Upcoming Events
NMLRA National Family Fun Shoot
Aug 14
NMLRA National Family Fun Shoot
NMLRA/NRA Regional Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Aug 19
NMLRA/NRA Regional Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
NMLRA Pistol Match
Aug 20
NMLRA Pistol Match
2021 Michigan NMLRA Territorial Muzzleloading Competition
Aug 20
2021 Michigan NMLRA Territorial Muzzleloading Competition
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Aug 21
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Centerfire Silhouette Match
Aug 28
Centerfire Silhouette Match
Mike Weissmann Memorial .22 Shoot
Aug 29
Mike Weissmann Memorial .22 Shoot
2021 National Championship Shoot at the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association - OFFICIAL DATES
Sep 11
2021 National Championship Shoot at the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association - OFFICIAL DATES
Sep 11
2021 September National Championship Shoot at the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association
Eastern Woodland Bow Making Course
Sep 14
Eastern Woodland Bow Making Course
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Sep 25
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
2021 New York NMLRA Territorial Muzzleloading Competition
Oct 1
2021 New York NMLRA Territorial Muzzleloading Competition
2021 Illinois Shotgun Territorial Muzzleloading Competition NMLRA
Oct 1
2021 Illinois Shotgun Territorial Muzzleloading Competition NMLRA
Oct 1
2021 Boy Scout Camporee
Oct 2
CANCELLED NMLRA Long Range Muzzleloading Hunter Match 2 Day Championship
2021 California NMLRA Territorial Muzzleloading Competition
Oct 6
2021 California NMLRA Territorial Muzzleloading Competition
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Oct 16
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Centerfire Silhouette Match
Oct 23
Centerfire Silhouette Match
2021 NMLRA Meat Shoot
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
Nov 6
Miami Long-Range Black Powder Cartridge Knockdown Silhouette Match
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Membership Meeting
Membership Meeting

Membership Meeting

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1st Annual American Longrifle Show

The Education Center on the grounds of the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association will be bustling on the weekend of July 24-25. The staff is pulling together a great show of artisans with their different items to browse and purchase. Below is a list of the vendors and items that will be here to look at and some for purchase.

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Keeping Healthy at Rendezvous 

Even though rendezvous time is still months away as I write this article, having just been through a pandemic here are some thoughts on how to keep yourself safe & healthy at rendezvous.

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Tools of the Trade: The work of Chris Crosby

Seems like people just have a natural talent for doing stuff...making things. Things that aren’t merely functional, sturdy, more or less historically accurate and get the job done – things that look like somebody just ripped them out of 250/260 years ago and stuck ‘em right up in front of your face. Weapons, clothing, accouterments that grab you by your heart-strings and whisper; “Hey, you need to buy me – now”! My friend Chris Crosby is one of those supremely talented, tremendously motivated sort of craftsmen

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18th Century English- Style Pistols | Muzzle Blasts Archives March 2020

This post appeared first at NMLRA.org

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2021 NMLRA Scholarship Applications are open!
2021 NMLRA Scholarship Applications are open!

Each year, the NMLRA presents 2 $1,000 and the NMLRA Gunmaker’s Hall presents 1 $1,000 scholarships to young NMLRA members seeking higher education. With three opportunities to be awarded $1000 towards your higher education, there is no reason to not apply!

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NMLRA Archery Range seeking Volunteers for Spring National Shoot

The NMLRA is looking for full time and part time volunteers to help run the Primitive Bow Matches and Range.

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Virginia Shot Pouch Class with Jeff Luke [VIDEO]
Virginia Shot Pouch Class with Jeff Luke [VIDEO]

In April, 2021 the NMLRA was excited to be hosting another leather pouch construction class with Jeff Luke. Jeff has been a great supporter of the NMLRA Education Program and having him back was a lot of fun.

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Adding German Silver Star Inlay to your Kibler Colonial Kit | Basics with Mike Brooks

Step into the classroom as Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes teach students how to assemble their own Kibler Longrifle Kits.

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The Longrifle Makers of the Salem School By C. Michael Briggs and Blake Stevenson : Book Review
The Longrifle Makers of the Salem School By C. Michael Briggs and Blake Stevenson : Book Review

In this book, Briggs and Stevenson demonstrate how the relationship of the Moravians to longrifles did not end with Andreas Hoger. Wachovia became a center of the early gunsmithing trade with talented craftsmen like Andreas Betz, Valentine Beck, and Jacob Loesch. The Salem rifle became a “gold standard” for early southern rifles that influenced the style of the non-Moravian craftsmen.

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