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Its catalog includes the Muzzleloader, a national magazine devoted to the sport of muzzleloading, and The Book of Buckskinning. This family owned and operated private company was founded as Rebel Publishing Company in 1974 by Oran H. Scurlock, Jr. and B. R. Hughes. The first issue of the Muzzleloader was published in
Muzzleloading is the sport or pastime of firing muzzleloading guns. Muzzleloading guns, both antique and reproduction, are used for target shooting, hunting, historical re-enactment and historical research.
The gun was a traditional muzzleloader; it needed to be loaded from the front end of the barrel. [10] Before it could be loaded the bore of the barrel was cleaned with a sponge, after which a propellant charge (gunpowder in a cloth bag) was rammed down into the breech. [10] This was followed by a projectile, often encased in wadding. [11]
The Muzzle-Loading Cap Lock Rifle. Manchester, N.H., The Granite State Press, 1940. [Riling 2333] Big Game Hunting; white-tailed deer and black bear. Chicago, Paul, Richmond & Co., 1947. [Riling 2614] Major Ned H. Roberts and the Schuetzen Rifle. edited by Gerald O. Kelver, 1951 ISBN 1-877704-22-9
The Backwoodsman, an American independent, bi-monthly print and digital magazine, is dedicated to the preservation of Old Frontier Living, with articles, information and how-to projects that explore primitive hunting and fishing, tools and weapons lore, wilderness survival and many other topics associated with this unique period of North American history.
Muzzleloading is the shooting sport of firing muzzleloading guns. Muzzleloading guns, both antique and reproduction, are used for target shooting, hunting, historical re-enactment and historical research. The sport originated in the United States in the 1930s, just as the last original users and makers of muzzleloading arms were dying out. The ...
Muzzle-loading artillery came in smoothbore and rifled form, the rifled guns increasingly taking over from the smoothbores as time past and technology improved. Most were made of bronze because of a lack of metallurgic technology, but cast and wrought-iron guns were common as well, particularly later on.
Its objectives are to encourage an interest in muzzle loading firearms; to promote, regulate and safeguard their use; and to preserve their freedom of collection. It produces a quarterly magazine called Black Powder. [2] Until 2014, the Association occupied the Grade-II "Muzzleloader's Association Hut" at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley. [3]