Blackpowder Record Books
11-28-2005, 06:10 PM
#12
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 501
RE: Blackpowder Record Books
ORIGINAL: vangunsmith
Here you go! This is throught the National Muzzleloader Rifle Ass. Longhunter Muzzleloading Big Game Record Book,NMLRA> P.O. Box 67,Friendship,Ind.47021. They can give you all the info you might need and want. vangunsmith
Here you go! This is throught the National Muzzleloader Rifle Ass. Longhunter Muzzleloading Big Game Record Book,NMLRA> P.O. Box 67,Friendship,Ind.47021. They can give you all the info you might need and want. vangunsmith
The "Longhunter's Record Book" was established to record accomplishments by traditional minded "longhunters"...muzzleloading enthusiasts usingtraditional equipment commonly used back during the early American traditionalmuzzleloading era.
Unfortunately,the NMLRAhas begunallowing entries into the"Longhunters Record Book" of game taken withmodern, long range, high powerscoped rifles, using modern shotgun primers in sealedignition systems,usingmodern powder (indeed smokeless powder) as well asmodern bullets, etc.......allbecause these rifles happento load from the front...and all coincidently in synchwithlarge financial donations to the NMLRA from various modern inline manufacturers.
This significantlydilutes / taintsthe intent and purpose of the "Longhunters Record Book"...sort of like allowing F15 Strike Eagles to competein a WWII fighter plane air show.
11-28-2005, 11:10 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: Blackpowder Record Books
ORIGINAL: roundball
Just to ensure clarification on this point, the NMLRA was originally founded by and for Traditional Muzzleloading enthusiasts in 1933.
The "Longhunter's Record Book" was established to record accomplishments by traditional minded "longhunters"...muzzleloading enthusiasts usingtraditional equipment commonly used back during the early American traditionalmuzzleloading era.
Unfortunately,the NMLRAhas begunallowing entries into the"Longhunters Record Book" of game taken withmodern, long range, high powerscoped rifles, using modern shotgun primers in sealedignition systems,usingmodern powder (indeed smokeless powder) as well asmodern bullets, etc.......allbecause these rifles happento load from the front...and all coincidently in synchwithlarge financial donations to the NMLRA from various modern inline manufacturers.
This significantlydilutes / taintsthe intent and purpose of the "Longhunters Record Book"...sort of like allowing F15 Strike Eagles to competein a WWII fighter plane air show.
ORIGINAL: vangunsmith
Here you go! This is throught the National Muzzleloader Rifle Ass. Longhunter Muzzleloading Big Game Record Book,NMLRA> P.O. Box 67,Friendship,Ind.47021. They can give you all the info you might need and want. vangunsmith
Here you go! This is throught the National Muzzleloader Rifle Ass. Longhunter Muzzleloading Big Game Record Book,NMLRA> P.O. Box 67,Friendship,Ind.47021. They can give you all the info you might need and want. vangunsmith
The "Longhunter's Record Book" was established to record accomplishments by traditional minded "longhunters"...muzzleloading enthusiasts usingtraditional equipment commonly used back during the early American traditionalmuzzleloading era.
Unfortunately,the NMLRAhas begunallowing entries into the"Longhunters Record Book" of game taken withmodern, long range, high powerscoped rifles, using modern shotgun primers in sealedignition systems,usingmodern powder (indeed smokeless powder) as well asmodern bullets, etc.......allbecause these rifles happento load from the front...and all coincidently in synchwithlarge financial donations to the NMLRA from various modern inline manufacturers.
This significantlydilutes / taintsthe intent and purpose of the "Longhunters Record Book"...sort of like allowing F15 Strike Eagles to competein a WWII fighter plane air show.
The "Longhunter's Record Book" of course was established by traditional minded "longhunters" enthusiasts using traditional equipment because again, when the record book was established modern inline muzzleloaders were not part of the muzzleloading world..
I do agree with Roundball on one point. I do not feel that modern inline rifles should be included in the same record as a traditional rifle. I see no problem with having a seperate catagory for the modern inline rifle. Also the addition of a scope should put that into again a different catagory. I do not mean to take anything away from the accomplishments of anyone, only that there is a true difference in the manner in which the a record animal is taken when you talk traditional rifle, scoped in line, or unscoped inline.
Other then that I do not think anything as far as the record is tainted if a seperation was made.
