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24th Annual Honourable Company of Horners Horn Fair!
It’s once again time to mark your calendars for the Honourable Company of Horners Annual Horn Fair! Always planned for the first full weekend in March, the Horn Fair starts off the new year right. March 6-7, 2020 will be no exception as the 24th Annual Horn Fair plans are well under way. Once again there will be no conference registration fee so that all Guild members, along with the general public, can come and join in on the fun.
We especially welcome our friends in the NMLRA and hope many of them will be able to join us! The Guild’s Meetings Committee and Executive Committee have been pulling plans together and this looks to be another great event!
Currently, major activities include:
Interactive work stations manned by Journeyman and Master horners focusing on the “Back to Basics” theme.
Freeman Jerry Polizzi will have the Guild’s spring pole lathe set up for demonstration and first time users are encouraged to try out this amazing piece of equipment.The Awards Committee will again be overseeing a horn competition for HCH members who would like to enter their horn item in one of the following categories: Engraved Horn- Traditional, Engraved Horn- Contemporary, Unengraved Horn, Horn Item and Bag and Horn Set.
This year’s Educational Theme is the Powder Flask.
Two seminars will be given: Friday (1:30 PM) Making the Scottish Horn Mull by Clint Byers, Journeyman and Saturday (10:00 AM) The European Powder Flask by Carl Dumke, Master Horner.
Guildmaster Carl Dumke will be offering another Guildmaster’s Challenge. The rules remain the same as last year.
Representatives from the NMLRA will again be given a display table so they can answer questions, sign up members or you can stop and see what’s new with their group.
There will be two fundraising events throughout the weekend, including a raffle and an auction.
2020’s 1 of 1000 Powder Horn is being made by Walter Mabry, Master Horner. The horn will be on display for the weekend and presented to the NMLRA representative Saturday evening during the banquet.
All Guild members are encouraged to purchase a table in the display room to sell horn related items or simply to have an educational exhibit. Price is minimal at only $20 for an 8 foot table!
Don’t forget we have an awesome Raffle and Auction happening at the annual meeting!
Read more about what will be happening during the HCH Annual Horn Fair on their website
New video from the Black Powder Maniac Shooter!
Mark Humphries is back with another great video! This week he’s shooting his Traditions Woodsman Hawken percussion muzzleloader at some animal silhouettes long range!
Trying my luck at some longer range percussion shooting with very little success. Would you to see more percussion shooting? Here's a playlist full of the fun: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVMfc1ggQhJIgT67uX7Tyn5igTPd5R1kr Interested in trying some Swiss or Schuetzen black powder used in this video?
Mark is shooting 60 grains of 3F Swiss Black Powder . Thanks Mark and Swiss Black Powder for their support of the NMLRA!
NMLRA Women's Weekend Promo video out now!
We’re so excited about this year’s NMLRA Women’s Weekend Shoot! We’ve got lots of great matches lined up. We’ll also be running our .22 long range shoot the same weekend, so bring your husbands and boyfriends down too for a weekend of fun for everyone!
Join us for three days filled with fun, fellowship and shooting sports! Events include but are not limited to Woodswalk Modern .22 Matches Rifle and Pistol matches Trap Shooting Instructors and loaner guns will be available for registered participants to enjoy each event!
Can you keep up? | The Seneca Run at the NMLRA National Championships
The NMLRA begins the Pittman Robertson Application for Range Improvements
NMLRA representatives have taken another step forward on a series of range improvements for NMLRA Headquarters! This week we have contracted an engineering firm to begin drafting site plans that will be taken to the INDNR to begin the NMLRA's application into the Pittman Robertson Grant Program.
NMLRA Board Members are hard at work completing other sections of the application process with hopes of approval and a swift start to the range improvements.
Follow the NMLRA on Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram for live updates as we continue this exciting process.
A look inside February 2020's Muzzle Blasts Magazine
Muzzle Blasts Editor Dave Ehrig gave you a little taste of what February’s magazine had to offer last week with the Editor’s Message, now it’s time for a look inside at just some of the articles in February’s Muzzle Blasts.
Interested in reading these articles, but not ready for a 12 month commitment? Order single issues today from the NMLRA Store
In this month’s issue
A Moment Frozen in Time Part 2
A Noble Idea Worth Copying
Deer Horns and Rut Nuts - Making Unique and Useful Hunting Trophies
Journey to Flint Part 2
Making a Shotgun Wad Cutter
John Brown’s Hawken Rifle
Focus on Family
Rendezvous Monthly
And MORE
The truth about women followers of the British Military in the 18th century
Gunmakers of Buffallo Valley and Greasy Cove by Dave Byrd
February 1, 2020 Match Results | Versailles American Legion Junior Shooting Sports Team
Inventory of Goods available at the 1825 Rendezvous on Henry's Fork of the Green River
The GOEX Dealer Initiative
Goex wants to Help New GOEX Black Powder Dealers!
The GOEX Dealer Initiative is designed to help get new GOEX Black Powder Dealers up and running
Eastern Woodland Bow Making Course Schedule - 2020
Announcing the NMLRA Monthly Downloadable Target Program!
Hunting season may be over for most of us, but that's no reason to put your #muzzleloader away for the year! We’re excited to be launching our new downloadable target program. In the first week of each month, we’ll share a new themed target that’s free to download just to give you an excuse to get your smokepole out.
