Hodgdon® Announces Closure of GOEX Facility

Effective immediately, Hodgdon Powder Company, Inc. has made the decision to cease manufacturing operations at the company’s Camp Minden, Louisiana site while evaluating strategic options for the black powder business. The business will wind down operations while an evaluation process on the future of the black powder business takes place. Strategic options for the GOEX […]

Fifty-plus Caliber Freedom

[su_heading size=”35″ margin=”0″]Fifty-plus Caliber Freedom[/su_heading] The Advantages Of Hunting With Muzzleloaders Story and photographs by Mike Nesbitt [su_dropcap style=”light”]B[/su_dropcap]elieve it or not, there are some real advantages to hunting with muzzleloading rifles and smoothbores. Those advantages are not found in the ballistics or the rapidity of follow-up shots; the real advantages are found in making […]

PRODUCT REVIEW: Jamison’s New .40-70 Sharps Straight Brass

[su_heading size=”35″]Jamison’s New .40-70 Sharps Straight Brass[/su_heading] Story and photographs by Mike Nesbitt   After what black-powder-cartridge-rifle shooters felt was a long wait, the new brass for the .40-70 Sharps Straight is now available from Jamison, a division of Captech International.  One reason it seemed to take so long was because the .40-70 SS case is […]