Long Range Muzzle Loading

Long range target shooting with the muzzle loading rifle offers the discerning rifleman opportunity to participate in a challenging and ultimately very rewarding discipline. The sport is rich in heritage and the origins of many of todays national shooting associations stem from the muzzle loading era. 

• Long Range Muzzle Loading: Historical Background & Shooting Today - Introduction
  • The Muzzle Loading Match Rifle in Great Britain
  • Long Range Muzzle Loading in Great Britain
  • LRML Worldwide
  • LRML: Rifles & Equipment
  • Long Range Shooting with the Military Muzzle Loading Rifle

The following articles credited to Bill Roberts are reprinted (with permission) from “Long Range Black Powder Shooting” – William A. Roberts, Jr. Muzzle Blasts, USA, November 1999, December 1999, January 2000.

• A Beginner’s Perspective
• Bullets & Wads
• Loading Accessories
• Loading the Rifle
• Shooting Pointers
• Casting Bullets

Further reading:

• Pedersoli Gibbs: Instructions & Advice for Long Range Shooting - Special instructions packed with new Pedersoli Gibbs rifles after late 2006.
• Bedding the Parker-Hale - It is perfectly possible to clean a muzzle loading Enfield type of rifle thoroughly without ever taking the barrel out of the wood.
• Breech Plugs - The long range muzzle loading rifle is a specialty of its own and has components that are not found on any other type of muzzle loader. The most important of these is the breech plug.
• Enfield Optics - Problems with open sights for the shooter past the first flush of youth.
• Euroarms Volunteer: Disassembly Assembly - Removing the breech plug from the Volunteer is not a straight forwards process!
• Paper Patching: A Pictorial Guide - A quick tutorial on paper patching bullets.
• The Art of Shooting with the Rifle - Further contemporary articles, historical perspectives, and advice for the rifleman.