The Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee (MLAIC) is the world governing body for competition with muzzle-loading firearms, both originals (made prior to 1900) and replicas thereof.

[2] According to early secretary general Paul Marchand, the organization was preceded by the Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain, founded in 1952, then the French equivalent, Arquebusiers de France [fr], in 1962.

Competition between the two, followed by similar organizations popping up in Italy and Germany, led to an initial international championship in Vaudoy-en-Brie, France, in 1971.

[3] The European Zone consists of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

[citation needed][4] The Pacific Zone consists of Argentina, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States.