Eagle Valley Muzzleloaders

Eagle Valley Muzzleloaders We are a Reenacting Club, of The Lewis and Clarke Exposition, 1800s - 1840s. The Fur Trapping Era. We have monthly club meetings, and monthly club shoots

We would like to introduce you to the EAGLE VALLEY MUZZLELOADERS. We are a small Carson City based club (about 30 members) founded in 1992. The Fur Trade Era (Mountain Man) 1800's thru 1850's began after Lewis and Clark came west from St Louis. They discovered beaver, which was used for making men's hats. We have monthly club meetings to discuss upcoming events and other business. We have monthly

club shoots, hold an annual Spring Rendezvous the last weekend in April, and have a Fall Rendezvous in Sept. The Rendezvous re-enacts life as it was in days gone by. The Rendezvous was a gathering place where Mountain Men met to trade their furs that they had trapped all summer long. They traded for goods that they would need for the next year, such as black powder and lead (bullets) for their guns, coffee and to***co. Now, we have competitions in shooting rifle and pistols, and throwing tomahawks and knives. We camp in period camps and period clothing. We start our fires to cook our food, with flint and steel. We use candle lanterns for light at night. EAGLE VALLEY MUZZLELOADERS was named for the valley we live in, and the fi****ms we use. Muzzleloaders are historic black powder rifles and pistols, loaded from the muzzle of the gun (not from the breach like modern guns). We have two types. Percussion uses a brass cap on a ni**le, and flintlock uses a hard rock scraping a hardened frizzen. The scraped hot metal falls into the pan and ignites the powder.

Here's a few more pictures from Smith Valley Fun Days, beautiful sunrise
10/06/2025

Here's a few more pictures from Smith Valley Fun Days, beautiful sunrise

Our camp at Smith Valley Fun Days Days in Wellington Smith Valley
10/04/2025

Our camp at Smith Valley Fun Days Days in Wellington Smith Valley

A trade blanket of our wares
10/04/2025

A trade blanket of our wares

10/03/2025

I've reached out to the person in charge of Smith Valley Fun Days, to see how much rain they got haven't heard back from them yet

10/01/2025

Smith Valley Fun Days is this weekend, Oct 3,4,5. Come out and camp or visit us

09/07/2025
There was a fire at our range last night. I would suspect it was started by fireworks. Looks like it started near our ca...
07/05/2025

There was a fire at our range last night. I would suspect it was started by fireworks. Looks like it started near our camping area

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