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The Traditional Muzzleloading Association

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TMA Events and Activites

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Postal Match Information, Rules, Signup, Scoreboard, Questions & Answers

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Last post by Winter Hawk
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Child Boards: Past TMA Postal Shoots and Data

Traditional Firearms

No New Posts Flintlock Long Guns

If you it uses a rock striking metal to make a spark and set off the charge, you can put it here!

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No New Posts Caplock Long Guns

Be it a smoothbore or rifled, if its shoulder-mounted and requires a percussion cap for ignition, here is the place for them.

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Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter
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The place for wheel locks, match locks and the like!

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Last post by Winter Hawk
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No New Posts Flintlock Pistols

The same as above, only in pistol form.

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Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter
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No New Posts Caplock Pistols

Here are single shot pistols which require a percussion cap for ignition.

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Last post by Rob DiStefano
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No New Posts Cap and Ball Revolvers

Wheel guns that require a percussion cap for ignition. No cartridge pistols allowed.

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Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter
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No New Posts Cannons

A cannon is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant. ... The word cannon is derived from several languages, in which the original definition can usually be translated as tube, cane, or reed.

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Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter
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on February 11, 2026, 12:36:20 PM

Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons

No New Posts General Interest

All of your lubes recipes and load requests, and everything else you can think of that relates to the care and feeding of a black powder firearm.

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Last post by Bigsmoke
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on February 17, 2026, 06:42:22 PM

No New Posts Folk Firearm Collective

An awesome set of traditional muzzleloading videos brought to you by Denny Ducet.

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Last post by KDubs
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No New Posts Long Range Muzzleloading

Shooting a black powder firearms over 100 yards can be talked about here.

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Last post by Salty
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No New Posts Trail Walks and Trekking

Spending time in the woods, shooting targets, and enjoying nature.

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Last post by BlackPowderManiacShooter
in Hilarious Wood Walk Shoo...
on February 11, 2026, 12:22:04 PM

No New Posts Reenactors and Traditional Muzzleloaders

The living history side of traditional muzzleloaders. Reenactments and weapons and accoutrements used from the American War for Independence to the Civil War, including US Westward pioneering expansion movement and the mountain man rendezvous experiences.

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5 Topics

Last post by No Powder
in Re: 3rd New Jersey Regim...
on February 09, 2026, 08:44:17 AM

Craftsmanship

No New Posts Gun Building and Repair

Show off your current builds, or your past builds, or ask questions about your next build.

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Last post by Rob DiStefano
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on February 13, 2026, 06:25:54 PM

No New Posts Making the Holy Black Powder

Be aware of your local regulations regarding the personal making black powder as ONLY YOU are responsible for YOUR ACTIONS and not any person or part of the TMA will be held liable.

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Last post by Rob DiStefano
in Re: Making 18th and 19th...
on February 12, 2026, 04:31:51 PM

No New Posts Accoutrements

All of the stuff you made, or had made for you, used in the care and feeding of your black powder firearms.

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Last post by Winter Hawk
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on February 17, 2026, 08:55:35 PM

No New Posts Hawks and Knives

Hand-made sharp and pointy things!

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183 Topics

Last post by Rob DiStefano
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on February 01, 2026, 05:00:17 PM

The Center of Camp

No New Posts The Campfire

Come in and set a spell. Coffee is on and there's a place to rest right here. You can talk about almost anything here. Just keep it clean and polite, please.

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1408 Topics

Last post by Winter Hawk
in A George Washington Essa...
on February 17, 2026, 09:07:54 PM

No New Posts New to Traditional Muzzleloaders?

Please post on this board your questions and concerns and we're here to help!

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Last post by Salty
in Re: For Those new to Muz...
on February 06, 2026, 11:25:37 AM

No New Posts People of the Times

Those bygone eras of the front stuffing firearm and the people that both colonized and pioneered the vast unknowns of the North American continent.

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1516 Topics

Last post by Craig Tx
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on February 16, 2026, 04:29:06 PM

The Den - Members' Library

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Charts, plans and links

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Last post by Ohio Joe
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