You can now read a short report from this years Norwegian black powder nationals and the Nordic black powder championships. We shoot according to the MLAIC muzzleloading regulations, with some Norwegian and Nordic black powder cartridge and percussion breech-loader competitions. Click the link below to read more in the forum!

The user databases of the English and the Norwegian forums are now merged. This means that you can log on to both forums with the same user name and password. The Norwegian forum is currently closed for the public, but now international users are allowed see what is going on there. There are some interesting gunbuilding threads there right now with a lot of pictures. Good luck!

During the last couple of months svartkrutt.net has been regularly updated. The most important changes are done in the English section. The Norwegian and English pages are now quite similar regarding content, and all articles are translated to English.

I'm in a productive mood these days, and I have added yet another article. It is in two parts and describes the history of the Norwegian 10.15 x 61 Jarmann rifle. This was perhaps the worlds first bolt action repeating rifle adopted by a regular army. Part covers the background history, while part two goes into detail about shooting and reloading.

You can now read a two-part article about the legendary Model 1874 Sharps rifle. This rifle was a popular big game rifle during the end of the 1800s. Today it is frequently used by black powder shooters. Part one deals about the background history, while part two is focusing on the practical use.

You can now subscribe to several different RSS channels from svartkrutt.net. The RSS feeds allows you to get instant messages in your RSS reader when new entries are posted on the board, when news are posted, and when new ads are posted on the market.

I have added a new article in the shotgun category. For the time being, the Shotmaker article is one of the most popular articles. This new article is entitled Making Bismuth Shot and describe my experiences with the Shotmaker and bismuth. I hope to add a couple of more articles before Christmas, so keep watching! Click the link below to get to the article.

I have received several requests about the Pritchett bullet. I planned to have another batch of moulds made at Lee Precision, but unfortunately they no longer make custom hollow point or hollow base bullets. That means that any new moulds have to be made by another mould maker.