The members of the U.S. Team are selected through a qualification process over a two-year cycle and invited to a final tryout program for the naming of each new team. World competition involves a World Championship every other year and a Zone Championship in the alternate year.

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Future World Matches


2012 World Championships: Pforzheim, Germany Schedule

Photos of the range in Pforzheim, Germany

2014 World Championships: South Africa

Recent Match Results
2011
14th MLAIC Pacific Zone Championships, Winchester, Virginia, USA, 2011 (Pistol) (Rifle) (Shotgun) (Team)

8th MLAIC Long Range World Muzzle Loading Championships, Bisley, England, 2011 Scores

8th MLAIC LR Photos

2010
24th MLAIC Short Range World Muzzle Loading Championships, Barcelos, Portugal, 2010

2009
13th MLAIC Pacific Zone Championships, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, 2009

13th MLAIC Pacific Zone Championships article

7th MLAIC Long Range World Muzzle Loading Championships, Butner, South Carolina, USA, 2009

7th MLAIC Long Range Results

Americans Win Gold at 7th MLAIC LR

Archived Match Results and World Records
All matches, 1996 to 2007

New World Records

Match Regulations
The general rules for international black powder competition are pretty simple. All firearms must be either original, or replicas of original arms in the spirit of the original. Changes that do not improve performance, such as a stainless steel barrel, are acceptable. Changes that do improve performance, such as glass bedding, are strictly prohibited.

For rifle and pistol events, the course of fire is 13 shots on the appropriate target (B-17 International Precision Pistol target, except for smoothbore) in 30 minutes. No sighter rounds are fired, but the lowest-scoring three shots are dropped from the scoring.

Download and view a list of the individual events in the MLAIC matches.
Download and view international rules for the competition