with Henry Bowman & Jeff Luke
8:00 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2023
LIMIT: 8 STUDENTS DRAWN FROM LOTTERY.
PIZZA LUNCH INCLUDED!
NMLRA Education Building on Maxine Moss Dr. (Dewberry Rd.), Friendship, IN
Contact: Amber May
LAST ENTRY ACCEPTED: MAY 31, 2024
DRAWING: JUNE 03, 2024
To apply for the drawing fill in the information below or call the NMLRA office at 812-432-2670.
Have you ever been to the shoot and they didn’t have your size anymore.
Here is your chance to make sure you don’t miss out.
The link will direct you to the printing company that is taking care of our shirt printing. With this you are able to choose from Brown Savana or Military Green. Only one of these choices will be available at the shoot.
To order yours today click here or scan the QR code.
We hope this notice finds you well. We would like to extend our sincerest appreciation for your continued support and readership of Muzzle Blasts. It is our commitment to provide you with punctual and quality content; we also understand the importance of receiving your magazine in a timely manner.
Unfortunately, we must inform you of unexpected delays in the shipping of our magazine, which are beyond our control. There was a mercury spill in the St. Louis distribution location that has caused a delay in our October issue of Muzzle Blasts. Despite our best efforts to ensure timely deliveries, these beyond-our-control circumstances have led to unavoidable disruptions in the distribution process.
We want to assure you that we are actively working to mitigate these delays and explore alternative shipping options. Your satisfaction is of utmost importance to us and we are committed to resolving this issue as swiftly as possible. In the meantime, we kindly request your patience and understanding as we navigate through this situation.
We are grateful for your loyalty and understanding during these challenging times. Rest assured that we are doing everything in our power to get your magazine to you as soon as possible and are closely monitoring the situation.
Thank you for being a part of the Muzzle Blasts community. We look forward to better days ahead and continued enjoyable reading experiences. Your support means the world to us.
Dave Ehrig, Editor
Due to the negligence of individual members of the Board of Directors, the meeting resulted in no quorum for June 14th, 2023, causing the board to be unable to conduct the necessary business of the NMLRA.
Members Present:
Mike Yazel-President
Rich Crabtree-1st Vice president
Michele Meanley, 2nd Vice president
Mike Eder-Treasurer
Karen Latta-Secretary
Robin Bonaventura
Dave DeLong
Buddy Townsend
Marty Murphy
Neil Eddington
Mark Donaldson
Mike Luma
Tippy Curtis
Excused:
Alan Hoeweler
Art Fleener
Rick Repovsch
Bill Foy
Unexcused:
Joe Hill
Jeff Cunningham
Lora Parks
Rick Weber
Also present:
Neil Fairweather - Attorney
Colton Fleetwood-Parliamentarian
Cal Merritt - Non-seated board member
Robert Marshall - Non-seated board member
Sincerely,
Karen Latta - NMLRA Secretary
Join us July 8-9 for the NMLRA National Youth Shoot!
Matches will include muzzleloading pistol, shotgun, archery, tomahawk, woods walk, paintball, and MORE.
Again, this year we’ll have a special prize for the overall top shooter! Register today for the best weekend in youth shooting sports! Registration is available on the NMLRA website https://www.nmlra.org/store/2023-nmlra-national-youth-shoot-registration. To volunteer please contact Lindsey lbrown@nmlra.org or call the office at 812-667-5131.
The NMLRA will be hosting the Eastern Regional YHEC which is NRA’s Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) provides a fun environment for kids 18 and under to improve their hunting, marksmanship and safety skills. Through its simulated hunting situations, live fire exercises, educational and responsibility events, YHEC helps build upon skills learned in basic hunter education courses and encourages safer, lifelong hunting habits. https://easternregionalyhec.com/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/711773303754769.
They will be using most of our range to hold their events. This will take many volunteers to make this a successful event. Below is the map of where their events are going to be on the Walter Cline Range.
To volunteer you must register through their website at https://easternregionalyhec.com/volunteers/
The votes in the election of the Board of Directors for the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, Inc. for 2023 were collected, counted and certified by Turpin & Deckard LLC. Certified Public Accountants. Below are the results.
The New Board Members for 2023
Marty Murphy - 1,890 votes
Michele Meanley - 1,842 votes
Karen Latta - 1,830 votes
Robin Bonaventura - 1,812 votes
Andy Larson - 1,811 votes
Cal Merritt - 1,745 votes
Bob Marshall - 1,634 votes
The candidate that was not elected to the Board was Becky Henderson with 1,363 votes.
Thank you to all of the candidates, Your support and dedication to the NMLRA is truly appreciated.
To the newly elected board members, we understand that running for a board position can be a significant commitment of time and effort. Your willingness to take on this responsibility demonstrates your passion for our organization and your desire to make a positive impact.
As you know, the board of directors plays a critical role in shaping the direction of the association and ensuring that we remain focused on our mission. Your experience and expertise will be invaluable as we navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead.
with Henry Bowman & Jeff Luke
8:00 a.m. Saturday, June 17, 2023
LIMIT: 8 STUDENTS DRAWN FROM LOTTERY.
PIZZA LUNCH INCLUDED!
NMLRA Education Building on Maxine Moss Dr. (Dewberry Rd.), Friendship, IN
Contact the NMLRA Office for more information 812-667-5131 or amay@nmlra.org.
LAST ENTRY ACCEPTED: JUNE 11, 2023
DRAWING: JUNE 14, 2023
For more information or to sign up for the drawing click here.
The NMLRA is now accepting applications for clubs to host an NMLRA Territorial. The Territorials are the NMLRA’s outreach program to bring competitive shooting to its members locally.
Let’s face it: not everyone can make it to Friendship. This doesn’t mean you have to be shooting the center out of all your targets to participate. Even the best shooter has been known to pull a shot out into the white on a target.
Territorial match directors and competitors alike welcome new shooters to participate in the territorial program.
Nowhere else does the statement the more the merrier ring true. Don’t be intimidated by the word competitive or competition; really, we’re all a bunch of blackpowder enthusiasts looking to have a good time and shoot a respectable score – a score that can withstand the good-natured ribbing that is bound to happen around the campfire at the end of the day.
Greetings from your NMLRA Territorial Committee!
We are so thankful for all of you and the jobs you do as territorial match directors. We also want your clubs to be successful while providing this vital outreach program. We have been working to streamline the current program and looking to make this more profitable to your clubs. In doing so we have made several changes to the 2023 territorial program.
The first change we have instituted is building a committee to help each of you with hosting each territorial event. The committee is Lonnie Vermillion, Bob Shepherd and Branch Meanley. Lonnie will be chairing this committee and will be your direct contact person for any questions you may have.
The second change will be in the pricing structure. The current prices were established over 20 years ago. We all know that the association and each of your individual clubs are losing money by hosting these events. We have taken into careful consideration the total number of shooters and the average number of aggregates shot by each individual. The prices will increase to $20 per registration and $20 for each aggregate purchased. Juniors will remain at the same $1 for registration.
Thirdly, we are also streamlining the territorial program. In past matches the rifle program offered 25 different aggregates. This number will be reduced to 20. In addition to reducing this number there will be 10 aggregates that are uniform to all territorial events. In addition to those 10, each of you will choose UP TO six more aggregates allowing you to customize your event for your shooters. Moving from 25 to 16 aggregates will save costs on the number of medals and prizes to be awarded. Clubs will have larger numbers of shooters within each aggregate, rather than in some cases, only one or two shooters. Shotgun aggregates will remain the same.
Fourth, due to popular demand from several competitors from around the country, the following aggregates will be allowed to use ANY Metallic Sights (AMS) for any of the matches within those aggregates.
Aggregate C (Heavy Bench,) Aggregate F (Cross Sticks,) and Aggregate W (Light Bench.) These changes are ONLY for the Territorial Program and do not affect the matches that are available at the spring and Fall National shoots at Friendship.
We would also encourage each of you to sponsor your own “club” match! This could build a unique fun match into each of your clubs! You decide what target to shoot, what price to charge for entry into the match and what rules for the match. i.e. re-entry offhand, re-entry bench, split monies 50/50 with winner etc. The monies earned for these matches will remain 100% within your club and to use to your discretion. Have fun with this one!
In addition to medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each aggregate we will be awarding other prizes for the individual matches. We want to see a little friendly competition between host clubs! So we will be offering bonuses for the club with the most paid aggregates, club with the most women shooters, club with the most junior & sub – juniors and the club that shoots the most shotgun aggregates. See attached flyer for details!
Something New! The NMLRA will also be hosting the “National Open Territorial” in Friendship during the spring Nationals! Details to follow!
Please have your applications into the NMLRA at your earliest convenience. Deadline is December 31, 2022. We are aware that this application process is later than normal, but we as a committee feel that these changes were necessary and will ultimately make your jobs less complicated and profitable. We Sincerely Appreciate All Of You and what you do for this outreach program, and we want to thank each of you for hosting a Territorial in your area!
The Territorial Committee can be contacted at:
Lonnie Dale Vermillion
150 Co Rd 2477, Barnsdall, Oklahoma 74002
Phone: 918.408.0465
Email: possumridge@yahoo.com
Today is the Ripley County Community Foundation “Day of Giving”. All gifts made to a endowed fund on this day will be eligible to receive a 50% match. You can honor the memory of a family member or a friend, leave a legacy or pay-it-forward.
The NMLRA (National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association) is lucky to have a fund through which we can get a distribution each year from if needed. The most recent use of this was the new scoring room on the Walter Cline Range.
To donate you can go to https://rccfonline.org/giving-opportunities/rccf-family-of-funds/. Our fund is National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Fund #292 – To provide support to the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association.
When on the page click on Donate. Choose second option Give a Gift to an Established Fund. Click Donate Now. Put in your amount and then fill in the options it asks. Where can we designate your gift? In this box scroll all the way to the bottom and it is the NMLRA fund. Continue. And fill in the information asked - here is where you can Dedicate this Donation and you can put in honor of someone.
The NMLRA is very appreciative of all donations and this is a way to add even more to what you can give.
Congratulations to the winners of the Gunmakers Hall Giveway. These were drawn Saturday, September 17th on the porch of Gunmaker’s Hall . Live video of drawing can be seen here https://fb.watch/fY9ulSwJyP/.
Incentive Rifle - Mark Wolfe
Quilt - Rasmus K. Saile
Place Mats - Claudia Bahorik
4 Wood Bowls - Walter Fett
Pouch - Wayne Braxton
Horn - Cal Merritt
Knife in Sheth - Dale Reeley
Antler Handle Knife - Jim Jerkins
5 piece Horn Set - Joe Solomon
French Fowler - Mayo Jones
And thank you to all the donors who help to make this drawing possible.
And the winners are:
Samuel Keys
David Sargent
Brantley Bond
Barrett Crumbaugh
Savannah Dowers
Jonah Cain
Brody Snyder
Jeremiah Jury
Lucas Fulmer
Makayla Baxter
Alternates are:
Isabelle Manns
Kenleigh Kuzo
All winners will be notified by email. If you are unable to attend for some reason please let the NMLRA office know as soon as possible so an alternate may be contacted.
Thanks for your interest in this event and we hope to host more of them in the future.
Thanks to the NMLRA, Gunmaker’s Hall, and Crazy Crow for donations.
Also thanks to Henry Bowman and Jeff Luke for instructing the class.
Free to 10 students (ages 12-15) selected from a lottery of applicants. Pizza lunch will be provided. Each student will make a powderhorn and hunting pouch like the set below.
To apply for the drawing fill in the information at the following page link https://www.nmlra.org/classes-1 or call the NMLRA office at 812-667-5131. For more information or questions contact Amber at the NMLRA office at 812-667-5131 or amay@nmlra.org.
Drawing will be held on June 1, 2022 and 10 lucky students will be notified.
