The Concept of a BALANCED LOAD

This article is solely about the benefits of developing a load for shooting Long Range Black Powder Target Rifle Competition under National Rifle Association (NRA) rules at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards on a paper target with a 10-inch X-ring.

Confessions of a BUFFALO BUTCHER

In 1885, J.A. Allen wrote to the editor of Forest and Stream magazine asking for the readers to contribute any information they had available to help record the demise of the once-great buffalo herds. In this article we print his request, the request of the editor of Forest and Stream to the readers, and one reader’s reply, which I found most interesting.

Accuracy Test Part III

Sharps Model 1853 “Slant-Breech” Carbine

A GLIMPSE INTO THE HISTORY

Future of the Oldest Shooting Sport

A .58 REMINGTON REVISITED

By the end of The War Between the States (Civil War), the U. S. military, as well as European armies realized that muzzleloading rifle-muskets were obsolete.

Pedersoli's 1886 Sporting Classic

Pedersoli recently introduced another version of the old Winchester Model 1886, which they are calling the Model 1886 Sporting Classic.

Keeping Up With The .44-70

A great rifle from C. Sharps Arms became mine in a rather quick way, even though it sat on the “ready rack” for about eight months before I had them put my name on it.

The Wyoming Schuetzen Union's “Center Shot”

D .L .F .Chase – The Man Behind the Patch

How I Load The .45-90 For Long-Range Target Competition

This will be short and to the point. Loading the .45-90 and similar capacity black-powder cartridge rifle calibers has, for me, evolved into a process that is repeated each time I crack a new case of black powder or begin a relationship with a new rifle.

Thoughts On Set Triggers

Most of us in the single-shot world have rifles that utilize set triggers. However, I feel there are many misconceptions concerning set triggers even among those riflemen who have used them most of their life. Used in the correct fashion, set triggers can definitely help your shooting. Used incorrectly, they can promote bad habits and really create life-long mental shooting problems.

Match Results

Ray Hanson Wins Long Range Muzzleloading National Championship June 4-7, 2017

Good Ideas Are Immortal

Somewhere during the latter part of the twentieth century, my shooting moved to a new chapter, and I found myself fireforming cases for a new chamber in a Ruger No. 1.

Spence Wolf And The Old Warrior

What comes to mind when one hears the finale from the William Tell Overture?

The Eye Groweth Dim

In 2015 I noticed that my color perception had begun to fade; colors were not as brilliant as before.

Thoughts On The .43 Spanish And The Remington Rolling-Block Rifle

During the 1860s, many innovations in both guns and ammunition were developed and employed by the military powers of various countries.

Bullet Casting

Learning how to cast bullets can be a significant hurdle for a new shooter. To become a competitive black powder cartridge competitor, though, you must become an accomplished bullet caster. Even those with basic experience in casting No. 2 alloy pistol bullets will find that casting the “big” bullets we shoot to be more of a challenge.

A Sharps In Africa

The Highs and Lows

Handy Little Side-By-Side Hammer Gun

I had been shooting side-by-side muzzleloading hammer shotguns for a number of years when I first visited the Southern Side-by-Side Championships and Exhibition at Deep River Sporting Clays near Sanford, North Carolina. In addition to the shooting matches, there were three large tents and an 18-wheeler full of exhibitors from the United States and Europe. There was no admission fee to visit the exhibitors and do some shopping on the side.

A Colt SAA Flat-Top Clone From Dixie Gun Works

Back in 1961, when Colt allowed announcements to leak out about a new target-sighted single action it would soon release, I was hoping for a return of the early “Flat -Top” target model of their famous Single Action Army.

The Wyoming Schuetzen Union's Center Shot

An Old-Time Challenge Match

Match Results

A Newbie at the Black Powder Target Rifle National Championship Raton, New Mexico - August 2017