Michael Sutton, Di and John Humberstone and Scott Chapman were four of 200 shooters from around the world who converged on the Monarto Rifle Range.

Di Humberstone competed in the original shotgun and 2 X 100 metre prone free rifle events using a replica 38 calibre rifle.

It was in the latter event that Di won bronze.

"The experience of competing for Australia in this championship is one that I will remember always.

"There were representatives from 18 countries and they were the best shooters in the world.

"The scores I was getting at practice gave me optimism for the championships.

"I shot at 9am and it was overcast, raining and the light was poor and it was not the conditions I had practiced in so I was ecstatic to achieve the result I did.

"I won a bronze medal in an event called the 'Amazons'," Di said.

Muzzleloading is where a measure of black powder is poured down the barrel then a lead projectile is seated on the powder using a ram rod and then a percussion cap is put on the nipple to ignite the powder.

Shooters competed in pistol, rifle and shot gun events and there were two categories for all firearms.

Originals over 100 years old and exact copies known as replicas.

In each rifle and pistol event competitors have 30 minutes to fire 13 shots with the best 10 shots to score, pistol events were a distance of 25 metres, off-hand rifle events at 50 metres and all rifle events 100 metres.

The types of firearms used were percussion, flintlock and matchlock.

Scott Chapman travels from Mannum to shoot at the Goolwa Pistol Club and won an individual bronze medal in the Lamarmora (50 metre military percussion) off-hand rifle event.