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Events featured include muzzle and breech loading black powder rifle target shooting at distances of 200 yards and beyond.
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Research Press Journal – Issue 2, Spring 2018. New free download pdf magazine (40 pages)
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- USIMLT Nationals - 2018
- 1000 yard World Championship Match - 2018
- Oak Ridge LRML Match - 2018
- Firearms Research Support
- Rigby, Quicksilver & Bullet Alloys
- Early Firearms History
- The Muzzle Loading Match Rifle in Great Britain
- Arming Georgia - "The Windsor Enfields Affair and Other Incidents"
- The Pattern 1841 Carbine
- Enfield Rifle Research
- The British Volunteer System
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New addition to the Research Press library reference documents for free download. "The small flintlock pocket pistol that features in this article was once part of the collection of the late John Cooper, an authority on 17th century English pistols. The pistol is a magnificent example of the quintessentially English pistols that were produced during the middle decades of the 17th century and of which very few have survived. It was made by John Townson of London during the 1660s, a period when London was embroiled in a succession of the most dramatic and life changing events." Brian Godwin
See: John Townson and His Pistol
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The 2018 National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) Hepsworth Long Range Black Powder Target Rifle Match will be held at Camp Atterbury, IN., on 6-7 October 2018.
Shooting is at 1000, 1100 and 1200 yards. Permitted rifles: Any safe original or reproduction traditional muzzle loading style of firearms fired from the shoulder in the mid - late 1800’s era of International Rifle Matches or breech loading single shot rifle chambered in an original black powder cartridge.
Pre-Registration is Required!
Download: Match Details
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The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) will be holding the following ‘Black Powder Target Rifle Matches’ at Camp Atterbury, IN.
- 6-7 June 2018 - 800, 900, 1000 yards
- 5 September 2018 - 300, 600 yards (practice match, no records or medals awarded)
- 6-7 September - 800, 900, 1000 yards
Permitted rifles: Any safe original or reproduction traditional muzzle loading style of firearms fired from the shoulder in the mid - late 1800’s era of International Rifle Matches or breech loading single shot rifle chambered in an original black powder cartridge.
Pre-Registration is Required!
Download: Match Details
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The 2018 Dick Hoff Memorial Target Rifle Mid-Range Match will be held on 28-29 July 2018, at Miami Rifle and Pistol Club, Cincinnati, OH.
Shooting is at 300, 500 and 600 yards. Permitted rifles: Any safe original or reproduction traditional muzzle loading style of firearms fired from the shoulder in the mid - late 1800’s era of International Rifle Matches or breech loading single shot rifle chambered in an original black powder cartridge.
Download: Match Details and Entry Form
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New addition to the Research Press library reference documents for free download. The English snaphance is not only one of the most innovative "flint-locks" but is probably one of the rarest gun mechanisms to have survived. Recent research has found that only about 80 English snaphance muskets, pistols and detached locks have survived worldwide, although this does not include excavated, converted or incomplete locks. Modern tests by the author have proved it to be a fast and reliable mechanism and it must have been a serious challenger to the matchlock and wheellock in the 16th century. This article looks at the history of the lock and examines two examples.
See: The English Snaphance Lock and Two In Particular
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Research Press Journal – Issue 1, Winter 2018. New free download pdf magazine (32 pages)
- The Enfield Rifle
- Long Range Shooting with the Military Muzzle Loading Rifle
- The Whitworth Rifle: A Brief Introduction
- Hints for Long Range Riflemen
- First Hints on Rifle Shooting: Wind
- Private McVittie
- Breech-Loading Small Arms
- Thomas Wilson: his Patents, Arms and Ammunition
- Frederick Prince’s Breech-Loading Rifle
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Fellow Shooters,
Attached you will find an invitation letter to the World Super Shoot to be held in March at Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Also attached is a registration form and match schedule. This is an excellent opportunity to do lots of long range shooting! I have already received commitments from shooters from New Zealand, Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Ed Decker, Match Director
Flyer | USIMLT Invitation letter |
USIMLT Registration form | USIMLT Match schedule
For further information see:
United States International Muzzle Loading Team
www.usimlt.org
Arizona Vintage Rifle
www.arizonavintagerifle.com
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Details of the Spring 2018 long range muzzle loading match at Oak Ridge, TN, USA, have been published. It will take place on 29-30 March (Thursday & Friday), with shooting at 200, 300, 600 & 1000 yards. Download: Cover sheet, registration and match rules.
Owners of original Whitworth rifles are encouraged to attend this shoot. Tom Rowe will be photographing and documenting rifles for a forthcoming book, that builds upon the many years of research undertaken by Bill Curtis in the UK.
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Throughout the year the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain (MLAGB) and the Long Range Rifles (LRR) Branch of the MLAGB run a series of long range muzzle loading events at Bisley, UK. Shoots are generally held over 2-3 days. LRR have published a combined calendar of the mid and long range events for 2018.
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