Time is getting near

[dave951]

Time is getting near for the Basic Muzzleloading Class to be held at Camp Raven Knob in NC by the Yadkin Valley Rangers.

To become a NRA certified Muzzleloading Instructor, you must complete 3 classes- Basic Muzzleloading, Basic Instructor, Muzzleloading Instructor. There is no shortcut to this certification, hence it's not a commonly found one. If you want to ever work with most youth organizations in black powder, you must have this certification. I can't stress enough how important it is for adults to get involved with kids. Many on this and other black powder boards whine about the status of our sport, but the real question is what do you plan to do about it?

Even if you are already a long time muzzleloading/black powder person, you still have to go through the courses to be certified. The course is interesting, shooting is fun, and you'll meet other black powder enthusiasts and have opportunities to network you would otherwise not have.

Please reply by email as time is getting short and we have logistics to get settled soon.

Course Date/Time- 10/9 at 8a
Email- [email protected]

Place- Camp Raven Knob, NC Camp Raven Knob

Duration- 1 day

Cost- $60 NMLRA members $85 non NMLRA members
included in the cost- free lodging at Camp Raven Knob on Friday night for those having to travel. Lunch and refreshments on Saturday. Ammo and course materials. For non-NMLRA members also will receive a 1 year digital membership to the NMLRA.

 

[dave951]

I am kicking this one back up to the top.

You like muzzleloading? You like black powder? Want to see more people in muzzleloading so stuff like Goex doesn't happen?

GET INVOLVED WITH KIDS!!! Otherwise, quitcher whining, you got what you asked for.

 

[dave951]

So the first training session conducted by the Yadkin Valley Rangers is in the books. We had 6 at this first class and hope to get more later. One of our students was completely new to muzzleloading and his view on things was invaluable to us old timers.

We shot both the standard part of Basic Muzzleloading and the qualification component for the Instructor classes. Even though the weather was sketchy all day, we had use of the training facilities at Camp Raven Knob and a range with covered firing points for range work.

Some pix from Saturday-

The "new" guy shooting a 69cal smoothbore loaded as a 14ga shotgun. He did very well at skeet with it.

Pathfinder looking around his smoke to see if he blasted a skeet, yup, orange debris was raining down.