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Muzzle Loading Pistol Shooting - an Introductory Guide.

me, shooting muzzle loading pistol at the Phoenix meeting, Bisley 2001

Hi, and welcome to Charcoal Burner. This site aims to provide some basic guidance for the UK based newcomer to black powder on Muzzle Loading pistol shooting in the UK.

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 I created this site around around about 2000 when I was truly enthused about Muzzle Loading and was just starting to work on the web. Unfortunately my life's awfully busy nowadays so I don't have the time to devote to it that I did back then. But everything changes, and hopefully one day soon I'll be able to spend more time on the range.

This site doesn't  get updated terribly often, but it does contain an awful lot of useful information, so have a look round, and you never know you just might learn something, even if it's only how I feel about the supine "head in the sand" brigade who've landed UK shooters in the mess we're in now.

I've covered most of the basics, though I never did get round to writing the section on flintlocks, and I've long wanted to write a section on the law, but I can't bear to think about what a mess that all is, so I won't write it.

And finally an apology. At the time of writing, this domain name is being used to send "spoof" email messages by some spamming twat who'd be none the worse for a good gralloching. There's nothing I can do to stop it because email is inherently insecure, so if you're here because you've been spammed, we apologise.

regards Mick

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