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Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain

The MLAGB was formed in 1952
and is the Governing Body for muzzle loading within the UK.
Its objectives are to encourage an interest in muzzle loading firearms;
to promote, regulate and safeguard their use;
and to preserve their freedom of collection.

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Black Powder

The Quarterly Magazine of the MLAGB

Summer 2010

Summer 2010
Chairman's Notes
President's Address to the 2010 AGM
Smoke Signals
Obituary
Calendar of Events
Rifle News
Pistol News
Shotgun News
British Shooting Sports Council
Back to the Future - Shooting on Jersey
All the Fun of the Fair
Silent History
Beyond Logan: The Underhammer Pistol
Gunmaker's Hollow Mills

Two Late and Well Travelled Flasks
Manhattan Percussion Revolvers
The Brown Bess
Book News
Readers' Letters
Collectors' Corner
Notes From the Sale Room
Branch News
Spring 2010 Spring 2010
Chairman's Notes
President's Notes
Calendar of Events
Smoke Signals
Annual General Meeting 2010
Obituary
Shotgun News
Rifle News
The International Scene
British Shooting Sports Council
Range Finder
The International Living History Fair
Readers' Letters
Joshua Jenour's Shot Cartridge
Eley's Patent Wire Cartridge
Even More on Casting
Don't Lose Your Temper (Making Spings)
A Fistful of Squirrels
A Breadalbane Prize Rifle
Manufacture of the Copper Percussion Cap
Book News
Collectors' Corner
Notes From the Sale Room
Branch News
Winter 2009 Winter 2009
Chairman's Notes
Calendar of Events
Smoke Signals
Shotgun News
Pistol News
Rifle News
Rifle & Musket Record Scores
Postal Notes
The International Scene
British Shooting Sports Council
5th MLAGB Scottish Pistol Championships
7th MLAIC World Long Range Championships
13th MLAIC European Championships
The Origins of International Muzzle Loading

English Revolver Bore Sizes
Book Reviews
Readers' Letters
Collectors' Corner
Brunel's Polygonal Rifle
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Autumn 2009 Autumn 2009
Chairman's Notes
Smoke Signals
Calendar of Events
Rifle News
Shotgun News
Pistol News
British Shooting Sports Council
Mapledurham Have A Go Stand
Game Fair "Have A Go" Stands
Royal Cornwall Show
42nd Entente Cordiale Rifle Match
Championnat de France 2009
Hammer Springs for Percussion Revolvers
Further Thoughts on Casting
Do Not Let Your Servants Near Your Gun Powder
Black Powder Magazine History
1851 Adams Chamber Dimensions
Readers' Letters
Collectors' Corner
British Pathe
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Summer 2009

Summer 2009
Chairman's Notes
Calendar of Events
Smoke Signals
Shotgun News
Pistol News
British Shooting Sports Council
British Shooting Show, February 2009
The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers
Last of the "Tower", Bagot Street, Birmingham
The M1863 Sharps
The Goodwin's Orthoptic Sight
US Navy Elgin Cutlass Pistol
An Accident Waiting to Happen?
Charles Reeves and His Revolvers

Miniature Firearms of Norman Johnson
Hawkes & John Blanch Junior
The Holtzapffel Company
Colt/Remington Trigger Springs
Collectors' Corner
Book Review
Notes from the Sale Room
Readers' Letters
A Muzzle Loading Misunderstanding
Branch News

Spring 2009 Spring 2009
Chairman's Notes
Smoke Signals
Calendar of Events
Annual General Meeting 2009
Annual General Meeting 2008
Rifle News
Shotgun News
The International Scene
Postal News
British Shooting Sports Council
Shooting English Revolvers
Powder Flask with Royal Connections
Making Springs For Old Guns
Screw Threads
What is an Authentic Matchlock?
Spring Quiz
Reader's Letters
A String of Shots
A Rifle by Royland Southgate
The Goodwin's Orthoptic Sight
Rifle Sights
The Illicit Jokers Club
MLAGB ... The Early Years
Gun Making Tools
Collector's Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Winter 2008 Winter 2008
Chairman's Notes
Smoke Signals
Calendar of Events
Pistol News
Shotgun News
Rifle News
Rifle & Musket Record Scores
The International Scene
British Shooting Sports Council
Readers' Letters
Christmas Quiz
MLAIC World Championships Report
Screw Threads
Lessons in Lubrication
2 Bore Rifle
Squirrel Shoot II
Reeves Revolvers
Notes & Queries
Collectors' Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Autumn 2008 Autumn 2008
Chairman's Notes
Calendar of Events
Smoke Signals
Club House News
Rifle News
Pistol News
Shotgun News
Postal Competition News
British Shooting Sports Council
A Singular Attempt At Suicide
1st Yorkshire Game & Country Fair
Monmouth Country Show/Pandy Show
A Muzzle Loading Squirrel Shoot
The Cannon Igniter
Casting for the Muzzle Loader
A Windsor Enfield
Saltpetre in Medieval Gunpowder
Broken Frizzen Spring
Notes & Queries
Collectors' Corner
European Arms Collectors
English Flintlock Pistols
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Summer 2008 Summer 2008
Chairman's Notes
Calendar of Events
Smoke Signals
Obituaries
British Shooting Sports Council
Club House News
Shotgun News
Pistol News
Rifle News
Entente Cordiale Rifle Match 2008
Warwick Branch Make a Stand
Readers' Letters
Notes & Queries
Casting for the Muzzle Loader
New to Competition?
My Matchlock Pistol
J.R.'s Pistol
A Japanese Musket in the Sakai Style
Ezekiel Baker
Isaac Riviere and the Lockless Gun
Observation on a Curious Belgian
Chadburn's Distance Gauge
Collectors' Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Spring 2008 Spring 2008
Chairman's Notes
Your Council of Management
Smoke Signals
Calendar of Events
Annual General Meeting 2008
Annual General Meeting 2007
Club House News
The International Scene
Pistol News
Rifle News
Shotgun News
British Shooting Sports Council
Range Finder
Sir Joseph Whitworth
Flintlock Pocket Pistols
The Headless River Expedition
Muzzle Loading Hunting in the USA Today
The School of Musketry, Hythe
Readers' Letters
Collectors' Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Sergeant Bates
Branch News
Obituary
Winter 2007

Winter 2007
Chairman's Notes
Smoke Signals
Range Finder
Club House News
Postal Notes
Shotgun News
Rifle News
Rifle & Musket Record Scores
Pistol News
The International Scene
British Shooting Sports Council
European Championships, Italy
World Long Range Championships, South Africa
Grand Prix de Versailles


Pistol Marksmanship
Readers' Letters
Resources of Modern Warfare - Small Fire-Arms
Hythe School of Musketry
The Enfield Registration Society
Ammunition Boxes at Isandlwana
Casting for the Muzzle Loader
Collectors' Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Autumn National Clay Shoot
Vintage Rally/Pandy Show
Autumn 2007 Autumn 2007
Chairman's Notes
The Wind of Change?
Smoke Signals
British Shooting Sports Council
Liability Cover For Members
Obituaries
Range Finder
Club House News
Pistol News
Rifle News
North of England Championships
BASC and ACPO Seminar
Laser Sights
Chalons - The Camp


A Surrey Yeomanry Rifle?
Casting for the Muzzle Loader
Charcoal and Gunpowder Manufacture
More Verniers, Ventometers and Wind Gauges
Readers' Letters
Not a Trap Gun
Black Bear Hunting
Fire
Collectors' Corner
A Poacher's Gun - Revisited
Notes & Queries
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News

Summer 2007 Summer 2007
Chairman's Notes
Smoke Signals
Obituaries
Club House News
Rifle News
Pistol News
Shotgun News
British Shooting Sports Council
Readers' Letters
Pembrokeshire ML Pistol Championships
Trafalgar ML 21st Anniversary
19th Souppes Sur Loing
Tom Readhead : Pistol Coaching
Enfield Rifle Shooting

Christmas Challenge - Answers
Book Review
A Poacher's Gun?
Notes & Queries
Revolver Origins
Two-Grooved, Brunswick Rifle
A Surrey Rifle Volunteer's Rifle
Murcott's Vernier
A Trap Gun
Hale's Patent Shotgun
Akrills of Beverly
Collectors' Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News
Spring 2007 Spring 2007
Chairman's Notes
Smoke Signals
2006 AGM Minutes
Range Finder
2007 AGM Agenda
Obituary - Margot Bell
Pistol News
The International Scene
Rifle News
Shotgun News
Postal Notes
British Shooting Sports Council
Long Range Muzzle Loading
The Pin Fire Shotgun

Isuthu
Readers' Letters
Goal Setting
Deane-Harding Percussion Revolvers
Notes & Queries
Collectors' Corner
Notes from the Sale Room
Branch News