Before Your First Black Powder Hunt
[su_heading size=”27″ margin=”0″]Step 1: Read The Instructions[/su_heading] Story and photographs by Mike Nesbitt [su_dropcap style=”light”]H[/su_dropcap]unting with muzzleloaders is popular enough that most states have special or separate seasons for hunters using them. The rules for those seasons vary, so if you are setting up a hunt, even near home, do a little homework to see which […]
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 […]
Taylor’s New Model #3 Frontier
Taylor’s New Model #3 Frontier Story and photographs by Mike Nesbitt There are some, perhaps several shooters, who say the old Smith & Wesson New Model #3 was the finest single-action revolver ever made, and I’m certainly one of them. I have had two of the originals, both in .44 Russian, and that’s why this […]
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 […]
She Ain’t Shootin’ No Girlie Guns!
Story and photographs by Mike Nesbitt During my initial try at black-powder, cartridge-rifle silhouettes, the first person I met was Beth Morris. She was the match manager who greeted us, accepted our entry fees and also presented the awards after the shoot. Those tasks would keep any person well occupied; however, during the match was […]
Getting ready for the Quigley Shoot in Montana
Story by Mike Nesbitt The annual Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match is really some doin’s! Hosted each June by the Forsyth Rifle & Pistol Club of Forsyth, Mont., it isn’t the longest distance match or the most “critically scored,” but nonetheless, there’s nothing else quite like it, and for a match like Quigley, […]