The Lyman Great Plains Rifle

The Lyman Great Plains Rifle  (Muzzleloader) Recommendation by Mike Nesbitt If there are any readers out there who want to try muzzleloading, let me recommend a good rifle: the Lyman Great Plains. There are less expensive rifles, but my suggestion is to start with a good one. I know a lot of black-powder shooters who […]

Ignite Your Powder Dreams

Good Muzzleloading Starts Here Story and photographs by Mike Nesbitt Getting started in muzzle-loading can be a little tricky because we can only be as good as our instructors. Finding proper help sometimes can leave a new shooter on the short end of the stick. The big problem is that new shooters probably won’t know […]

BOOK REVIEW: Weapons In Early American History

Weapons In Early American History Review and photographs by Mike Nesbitt James D. Gordon recently teamed up with James B. Taylor to bring out another fact- and photo-filled volume on guns, knives and at least one cannon from the early history of our great nation. Their 370-page book has 11 sections which address particular time […]