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MUZZLELOADER REGULATION CONSIDERATIONS PRESENTED BY DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT Muzzleloader History Flintlock Percussion In-line Flintlock Percussion Muzzleloaders In-Line Muzzleloaders Black Powder Muzzleloader Evolution


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MUZZLELOADER REGULATION CONSIDERATIONS

PRESENTED BY DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Muzzleloader History

  • Flintlock
  • Percussion
  • In-line
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Flintlock

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Percussion Muzzleloaders

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In-Line Muzzleloaders

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Black Powder

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Muzzleloader Evolution Summary

  • Better ammo
  • Enhanced barrel grooving
  • Increased weather resistance (caps)
  • More even/consistent burning powders
  • No scope is the limiting factor
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Evolution of Ammunition

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Powder Overview

  • Black powder larger volume (grain) than

modern smokeless powders

  • Black powder residue clogs barrel and is

corrosive – must clean barrel after a shot or two and to prevent barrel from corroding

  • Smokeless powder burns cleaner and puts out

more force/pressure per gram than black powder

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Powder Overview

  • Black-powder and black-powder substitutes

are carbon based propellants

  • Smokeless powders are nitrocellulose based

propellants

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Powder Overview

  • Smokeless powder more stable than black

powder

  • The smaller the grain size the faster the

powder will burn, you can blow up your gun and get injured also.

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Types of Black Powder

  • (F) used for small cannon and very large bore

guns

  • (FF) used for 45caliber to shotguns and small

cannon

  • (FFF) used for 44 caliber and smaller bore

rifles and pistols

  • (FFFF) used mainly for priming flash pans on

flint lock guns

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Types of Black Powder

  • You can use larger grain powder sizes in

smaller sized calibers with less accuracy, but you should never use small grain powder in the larger bore guns. The smaller the grain size the faster the powder will burn.

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Black Powder Substitutes (over 100 types/brands)

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NAC 503.142

NAC 503.142 Hunting big game mammal with firearm.

(NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.150) The Commission hereby establishes the following exceptions to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 503.150:

  • 1. During a type of hunt that is restricted to muzzle-

loading firearms, a person may hunt a big game mammal only with a muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle- loading musket, and may use only a lead ball, a lead bullet, a semi-jacketed bullet or a metal alloy bullet that expands. The use of smokeless powder is

  • prohibited. Only black powder or a black powder

substitute such as Pyrodex or Triple 7 may be used as a propellant.

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Other State Regulations

  • Idaho - Is loaded ONLY with loose black

powder OR other loose synthetic black powder.

  • Oregon - Granular (loose) black powder and

black powder substitutes are the only legal propellants during muzzleloader-only seasons

  • Arizona - Muzzleloading rifles; All other rifles

using black powder or synthetic black powder;

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Other State Regulations

  • California - Black powder or equivalent black

powder substitute including pellets

  • Utah - It must be loaded with black powder or

a black powder substitute. The black powder

  • r black powder substitute cannot contain

smokeless powder but contain some nitrocellulose

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Regulations Must Be Enforceable

  • C6H9(NO2)O5

C6H8(NO2)2O5 C6H7(NO2)3O5

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OPTION 1

No change

  • The use of smokeless powder is prohibited.

Only black powder or a black powder substitute such as Pyrodex or Triple 7 may be used as a propellant.

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OPTION 2

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OPTION 3

  • The use of smokeless powder is prohibited.

Only black powder or a black powder substitute with a volumetric equivalent may be used as a propellant.

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Option 4

  • Only allow primitive muzzleloaders

– A wheel lock, matchlock or flintlock ignition system