Students will build an Iron mounted colonial era flintlock longrifle from a blank.
Students will have a choice of wood, barrel profile, caliber, and lock. Included with the class will be a hand forged trigger guard and buttplate from Ian Pratt.
Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 5
Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 4
Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 3
It has been a pleasant day here at the NMLRA Education Center. Students working on their Kibler Colonial Rifle Kits are learning some of the finer techniques of longrifle decoration from Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes. While Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle students continue hardware clean up and stock sanding.
Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 2
Kibler Kit Assembly Class March 2021 - Day 1
After a night of thunderstorms in Friendship, Indiana, students arrived ready to learn at the second Kibler Kit assembly class with Mike Brooks and Wayne Estes. Workstations are spread apart in the NMLRA Education Center, giving students enough room to spread out their tools through the week. Many of the 7 students have come with their rifles still in the box, but a couple have already assembled their kits, looking to focus on learning to carve traditional motifs into their longrifle stocks.
2021 NMLRA Scholarship Applications now open!
Building a 4 Bore Flintlock with Bill Raby - Part 46 Shaping the Stock
Eastern Woodland Bow Making Course
Talking about the Evolution of Muzzle Loaders with the Backcountry Rookies Podcast
Everything you need for your first trip to the range with your Hawken
Now that our Traditions Hawken is built, and we have a shooting pouch to carry our tools and a powder horn to carry our powder, it's time to head to the range for some fun. This is the muzzle loading cross over event of the year as we bring all of our winter projects together for some fun at the range.
Basic Powder Horn Class with Henry Bowman
Virginia Shot Pouch Class with Jeff Luke
Date: April 17, 2021 9am-2pm
Location: NMLRA Education Center, Friendship, Indiana, 7436 S Co Rd 575 E, Versailles, IN, 47042
Students will learn to construct their own Virginia Shot Pouch, a typical pouch of early America, with the help and instruction of Artisan Jeff Luke. His work has been featured in and on the cover of Muzzle Blasts Magazine, and in 2019, Jeff was recognized as a new and upcoming artist at the annual Contemporary Longrifle Association Show.
Class fee is $85, materials and tools will be included.
Max of 10 Students
Please visit NMLRA.org/education to sign up
To watch Jeff’s previous class with the NMLRA, click here
To see more of Jeff’s work, please visit his Facebook page: Facebook.com/poboygear
