Tal/IL,

I must respectfully disagree with you about the NMLRA being " The national sanctioning body for muzzleloading competition" . The NMLRA only governs NMLRA sanctioned events. They have no say so what so ever in any of the NRA, 4-H or NSSA sanctioned events. Unfortunately, each of these associations, including the NMLRA, have their own set of rules for the matches they sponsor. For example if you live in Texas you have to shoot a Texas State Rifle Assoc. sponsored match to advance to the NRA regional and national matches. These matches do not count towards NMLRA, 4-H, IBHA or NSSA competitions. Just as shooting a NMLRA match will not gain you entrance to the NRA Blackpowder Cartridge Rifle or Muzzleloading Rifle matches at the Whittington Center in Raton. The lack of cooperation between the different organizations is truly unfortunate because there can never really be a “National Champion” because most shooters do not shoot competitively in all of the different groups. Therefore, each group will continue to have their champions as according to their sets of rules.