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TMA Events and Activites

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

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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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Last post by RobD
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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 KDubs
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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 RedOneFive
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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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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 RobD
in MOVED: Revolvers for Sal...
on December 18, 2025, 07:11:33 AM

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 Winter Hawk
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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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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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on January 23, 2026, 07:28:25 AM

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 No Powder
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Spending time in the woods, shooting targets, and enjoying nature.

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Last post by KDubs
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on June 10, 2025, 06:25:04 AM

No New Posts Traditional Muzzleloaders for Reenactors

Weapons and accoutrements of the military 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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Last post by RobD
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on January 25, 2026, 12:20:20 PM

Craftsmanship

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

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Last post by RobD
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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 KDubs
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on January 25, 2026, 02:13:40 PM

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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 LongWalker
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on January 16, 2026, 11:13:49 PM

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Hand-made sharp and pointy things!

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The Center of Camp

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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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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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The Den - Members' Library

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Charts, plans and links

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