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Seth Isaacson on Muzzleloaders and the Rock Island Auction Company
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Today we are talking with Seth Isaacson, the lead historian at the Rock Island Auction Company. While Seth has an interest in a variety of historic firearms, his personal passion and specialty is with muzzleloaders. This episode is a packed one, we talk about Seth, t…
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Jamie Hancharick talks muzzleloader accessory manufacturing, hunting, and helping those new to muzzleloading
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. This week we’re talking to Knight Rifles Pro Staffer Jamie Hancharick about his muzzleloading accessory designs, muzzleloader hunting, and what it takes to get new people interested in muzzleloading. Jamie is based in the eastern United States, right on the Chesapeak…
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Eddie Davenport, editor of "The Skirmish Line" on the N-SSA, Muzzleloading, and Mental Health
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. This week we're talking with Eddie Davenport, the newest editor of the N-SSA's magazine, the Skirmish Line. Eddie grew up in the N-SSA and has won many of their national championships and still holds some records. It's not all competition shooting for Eddie though, h…
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Jeff Clemens from THOR Bullets on the State of Muzzleloading in 2021
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Jeff is the owner of THOR Bullets, but he's also an avid outdoorsman from Oregon who grew up hunting elk and mule deer with his family. He's used everything from traditional bows to modern centerfire rifles to take his chosen game, but muzzleloaders remain one of his…
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Feed Drop: The Evolution of Muzzle Loading with the Backcountry Rookies Podcast
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Listen to the full episode today Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. In 2020 we were asked to be a part of the Backcountry Rookies “Muzzleloader March” series as they share insights and history on how muzzle loaders can be used in Western Big Game Hunting to increase odds and lead to memorable hunts. I…
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Bringing a Muzzleloader Only Hunting Season to Montana - Caleb Hinkle
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Did you know Montana is the ONLY state in the union that doesn't have a dedicated muzzleloader season? We just got off the phone with Caleb Hinkle, a state representative from Montana who is sponsoring a bill to bring a muzzleloader exclusive season to hunters in Mon…
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Tyler Mazer from Stonefield Accoutrements on his blackpowder journey and artistic growth
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Tyler Mazer is the artist behind "Stonefield Accoutrements, but he's also a father, husband, and muzzleloader at heart. Tyler's first experiences with muzzleloaders came from his uncle, who would take Tyler to the range to assist with loading his muzzleloader. As a b…
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The State of Muzzleloading in 2021 with Darren Binder of Muzzle-Loaders.com
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Today we're talking with Darren Binder, the marketing coordinator at Muzzle-Loaders.com about what muzzleloading trends they are seeing in 2021, and how they are adapting to the challenges from 2020. This is part of an ongoing series from the NMLRA as we take a look …
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Talking with Tambi Dudley from Schuetzen Black Powder about the state of muzzleloading in 2021
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Today we're talking with Tambi Dudley of Schuetzen Blackpowder about how the challenges of 2020 have affected the black powder industry, and how they are rising to the occasion to support muzzleloaders and black powder enthusiasts in 2021. This is the first in an ong…
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CVA Paramount HTR- Everything you need to know | New Precision Muzzleloader 2021
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. CVA released the latest in their Paramount Muzzleloader line, the Paramount HTR. It’s available in a .40 and .45 caliber. Much like the Paramount Pro that we talked about last year, the barrel in the Paramount HTR is free floating, promising greater accuracy down ran…
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Talking Shop, Shooting, and Barrels with Jason Schneider of Rice Barrel Company
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. This week we’re talking with Jason Schneider, owner of Rice Barrel Company. Rice barrels has been known in the muzzleloading world for fine barrels for many years now, and with interest in muzzleloading growing, we wanted to sit down with Jason and learn more about h…
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. With concerns over shooting sports and social media growing, we wanted to address things, answer some questions, and hear from you to get some feedback on where you'd like us to be. Mailing list Normal episodes return next week, we've got a lot of nice things coming.…
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Bob McBride talks Black Powder TV, history, and falling in love with muzzleloaders
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. Bob McBride grew up like many young boys dream of growing up, as far north as you can go in the United States, deep in the Alaskan wilderness. With a father who loved the outdoors, Bob’s life revolved around hunting, winter trap lines, fishing, and exploring the Alas…
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Suzanne Thomson on Portraying Historic Figures, Outdoor Wilderness Ladies, and Historic Trekking
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. This week we’re joined by Suzanne Thomson. Suzanne is known for her portrayal of “Mad Anne Bailey” at living history events all over the United States, but during a year without events, she’s been able to focus more on her organization, “Outdoor Wilderness Ladies”. W…
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Moose with a Muzzleloader | Muzzle Blasts Archives
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. From the Muzzle Blasts Archives, 1990, this story from Jean A Taylor-Starr recounts the tale of the first annual muzzleloading moose hunt in Lake of the Woods, Ontario Canada. The first annual muzzleloading moose hunt and Rendezvous in Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Can…
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Pushing Blackpowder to the limit | Shooting at 1200 yards with Ian Egbert
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. This week we’re talking with Ian Egbert, an active muzzleloading and blackpowder cartridge shooting competitor. Ian was drawn to the history of muzzleloaders after attending a civil war battle reenactment at 8 or 9 years old, but soon fell in love with shooting and c…
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Returning to the Wabash | Reliving History by Surviving in a Dugout Canoe with Eli Froedge and Jason Jacobs
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. ** The audio is a bit rough in this one, sorry folks. It was a damp, windy morning during the interview. We're working on upgrading our equipment to better deal with conditions like these** One year to the day later, we’re back at the frontier home of Eli Froedge and…
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Muzzleloading News: Hodgdon Powder Company Acquires Blackhorn209
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Visit thorbullets.com/nmlra for your chance to win a pack of premium THOR Bullets. The Press Release Hodgdon Powder Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Ramshot and Accurate smokeless powder brands and the Blackhorn 209 muzzleloader brand from Western Powders. This acquisition is effective October 1, 2020, with the company set to i…
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Ian Pratt on iron mounted rifles, working collaboratively, and passing along the craft
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In this episode, talk with contemporary craftsman Ian Pratt. Ian has spent the better part of the last 20 years building iron mounted long rifles. Learn more about how Lucas Oil is working to promote shooting sports As a younger man, Ian saved up enough money and took some time off work to attend the NMLRA / WKU Seminar to learn Lock Building from …
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Jordan Walsh | Hunting on this season of "The Rifleman" exclusively with Muzzle Loaders
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This week we're joined by Jordan Walsh of "Best of the West, The Rifleman". At just 26 years old, host Jordan Walsh enters his fifth season of outdoor television production. Airing for the first time in the United States, Walsh aims to bring viewers on adventure-packed hunts all around the world while still remaining true to his Western Canadian ro…
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Luke Horak | From sparrow hunting as a kid to building modern muzzleloaders with Arrowhead Rifles
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Luke's work has been making the round at NMLRA competitions, it was great to sit down and chat with him about his life, hunting, and Arrowhead Rifles. We'd like to thank Luke for sponsoring our "Long Range Muzzle Loading Hunter" Match for July 2020. Keep a lookout for the video coverage of that event next week. Luke has been a hunting and shooting …
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Frontier Reckoning: The Battle of Fallen Timbers
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This week we dive into the Muzzle Blasts Archives and bring you this article on the Battle of Fallen Timbers by Joshua Shepherd. For the new administration of President George Washington, the first few years of national governance had proved disagreeable. Mounting tensions abroad threatened to entangle the young republic in foreign disputes for whi…
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He loaned me a shirt and I was hooked | Jason Gatliff from Muzzleloader Magazine
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This week we are talking to Jason Gatliff, owner of Muzzleloader Magazine and American Pioneer Video. A native of Georgia, Jason got involved in living history at a young age thanks to a family friend. By the time he was 16, he began driving himself to rendezvous in the American south. As he grew, so did his interest and involvement in the muzzlelo…
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By God they made it | The 50th Anniversary of a canoe expedition of the Ohio River from Pittsburg, PA to Friendship, Indiana
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The following is an actual account of the three men, Ed Keney, Tom Grant, and Gordon Byrd who set out from Pittsburg, Pa., in an eighteen-foot canoe and paddled 525 miles in 15 days, to the Walter Cline Range at Friendship, Ind. A feat of endurance, determination, hardship, and not excluding the heartbreak loss of equipment. As you follow along…
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Jim Kibler on using 21st century technology to make 18th century crafts more accessible
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In this episode, we sit down with Jim Kibler of Kibler Longrifles and how the Kibler Kit got started. Jim has always been interested in making things, but after being laid off from his job as an engineer, he began building custom long rifles. Wanting to push the envelope a bit, and with the help of his girlfriend Katherine, Jim started developing t…
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Greg Murry on recreating the Crockett Longrifles, the creative process, and more
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In this episode we sit down with Greg Murry, the craftsman behind the Crockett Longrifle Project. After having built his first longrifle for his 9-year -old son in the 1990s, Greg was bitten by the bug of muzzleloader building. Having never thought himself an artist, he built 4 muzzleloaders before diving in headfirst into making original works. Gr…
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"It's Important that somebody remembers" | The Story of the Liberty Cap, a symbol of freedom for 3000 years
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Of all of the interesting headgear associated with the American Revolution, one of the simplest forms was the "Liberty Cap." Today we dive into the Muzzle Blasts Archives to bring you this article from the NMLRA Bicentennial series. With the 250th Anniversary of the United States in full swing around the country, we thought it appropriate to share …
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The Davies Children - The First NMLRA Sponsored Youth Competitive Shooters
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We're under lockdown in Indiana due to COVID19, please see NMLRA.org/covid19 for updates on how this affects the NMLRA. (5/2020) We're joined by Andrew and Hanna Davies to talk about being NMLRA youth competitive shooters, what it's like growing up in a shooting household and more. Follow Hanna on Instagram and Facebook Follow Andrew on Instagram a…
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Hunting with Historic Arms | Rick Weber talks about Blackpowder Hunting
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We're under lockdown in Indiana due to COVID19, please see NMLRA.org/covid19 for updates on how this affects the NMLRA. (4/2020) After attending an NMLRA National Match in the early 1990s, Rick Weber sold all of his modern firearms and began collecting original black powder arms. Listen today as Rick talks about how he began fixing up original muzz…
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Close Encounters of the Feathered Kind | Turkey Hunting with Veteran Hunter and Writer Dave Ehrig
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We're under lockdown in Indiana due to COVID19, please see NMLRA.org/covid19 for updates on how this affects the NMLRA. (4/2020) This week we’re talking with Dave Ehrig. Dave is the editor of Muzzle Blasts Archives, but he's also got decades of experience as a hunter, outdoorsman, and writer. In this episode, Dave lays out some helpful tips for any…
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Hunting Pennsylvania Turkey with a muzzleloading shotgun | Turkey Tales with James Fulmer
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We're under lockdown in Indiana due to COVID19, please see NMLRA.org/covid19 for updates on how this affects the NMLRA. (4/2020) This week we’re talking with James Fulmer. James is a staff writer for Muzzle Blasts, a past president of the NMLRA, and an avid muzzleloading hunter. We sit down with him to talk about turkey hunting and muzzle loading s…
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"They were good soldiers" A conversation with author John U. Rees
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We're under lockdown in Indiana due to COVID19, please see NMLRA.org/covid19 for updates on how this affects the NMLRA. (3/2020) This week we are talking to author and historian John U Rees about his new book on African Americans serving in the Continental Army, but that's not all, we head down several interesting rabbit holes on period footwear, r…
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A natural evolution | Why Nate Bailey is adding a muzzleloader to his traditional hunting gear
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We're under lockdown in Indiana due to COVID19, please see NMLRA.org/covid19 for updates on how this affects the NMLRA. (3/2020) Today we're talking with Nate Bailey of BarebowHunters.com. Nate is a traditional archer and lover of all things traditional. His family was among some of the first pioneers to make the trip west, setting up a shop to ser…
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The European Powder Flask by Carl Dumke | Historically and Economically | Hornguild.org
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This week's episode comes straight from our time at the 2020 Horn Fair with the Honourable Company of Horners. Listen as Carl Dumke, Master Horner, gives a wonderful presentation on the European Powder Flask. This hour long presentation is packed with information and history on an often overlooked subject. Carl Dumke is a self-taught artist, woodwo…
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Daniel Howell on the revival of folk crafts and traditional skills
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Get 10% at the NMLRA store using the code "Podcast10" This week's episode is brought to you by Muzzle Loader Magazine. Since 1974, MUZZLELOADER has been the leading magazine devoted to traditional black powder hunting and shooting. Each issue is jam-packed with articles on hunting, shooting, gunsmithing, do-it-yourself projects, living history, Ame…
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Bringing historically accurate accoutrements and knowledge to living historians with Samson Historical
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Get 10% at the NMLRA store using the code "Podcast10" This week's episode is brought to you by Dixie Gun Works. Dixie Gun Works and their annual catalog have been a staple for black powder enthusiasts for generations. Find out more at Dixiegunworks.com We stopped by the Samson Historical booth at the Conner Longrifle Trade Fair and Antique Arms Sho…
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Blending Fine Art, History, and the Outdoors with Traditional Craftsman Eric Ewing| NMLRA
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Get 10% at the NMLRA store using the code "Podcast10" This week's episode is brought to you by Dixie Gun Works. Dixie Gun Works and their annual catalog have been a staple for black powder enthusiasts for generations. Find out more at Dixiegunworks.com Today we’re talking with Eric Ewing about his traditional leatherwork and how he got into the tra…
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Mike Beliveau on Writing, Youtube, and the Duelist’s Den
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Get 10% at the NMLRA store using the code "Podcast10" This week's episode is brought to you by Dixie Gun Works. Dixie Gun Works and their annual catalog have been a staple for black powder enthusiasts for generations. Find out more at Dixiegunworks.com We're joined by Mike Beliveau to chat a bit about muzzleloading history, media and his own work i…
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Mark Humphries of the "Black Powder Maniac" Youtube Channel on how he got started in Muzzleloading and Black Powder | The Muzzle Blasts Podcast
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You asked and we made it happen, this week we're talking to Mark Humphries of the Black Powder Maniac Shooter Youtube Channel! Mark started his youtube channel in 2016 after helping his daughter make a video for a class project and he's not looked back. In this episode, Mark tells us about his personal history with muzzleloading, his New Year's Day…
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A child of the Great Depression | A conversation with Author and Historian Tom Schiffer
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This week's podcast is a little different, we are sitting down with Author and Historian Thomas Schiffer about "The History of the NMLRA" and early 1900s Muzzleloading. Tom has always been a family friend at the range, but I never knew about how much he cared about history. History of the United States, World War 2, and the NMLRA. In 2017 he began …
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Master Bowmaker and Archer Navio Occhialini on why he loves teaching, traditional archery, and muzzleloaders
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We're very excited to bring you an interview with Navio Occhialini in this week's episode. Navio has been a staple of the NMLRA traditional archery range for decades now, he's one of the founding members of the archery range itself and has watched over it at each NMLRA event since it's founding. We caught up with him Monday morning at the NMLRA Nat…
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The Romance of the Smoke - Longhunter Society Record Breaking Pronghorn with Eric Stanosheck
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We’re excited to announce a new episode of the Muzzle Blasts Podcast this week. For this episode, we’re talking to big-game hunter and Longhunter Society Record holder Eric Stanoshek about his record-breaking pronghorn trophy. In this episode, Eric recounts this record-breaking pronghorn hunt, but also his history with modern high power rifles and …
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Reliving History by Surviving in a Dugout Canoe
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We sit down with living historians Eli Froedge and Jason Jacobs at the 2019 Feast of the Hunter's Moon to talk about their dugout canoe expedition of the Wabash River. Eli and Jason are dedicated to living the history of our forefathers, crafting their clothing, tools, and accouterments for their historical treks into the wilds of Indiana. Some may…
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The Future of Muzzleloading and Living History with Goex Powder, Deer Creek Products, and the NMLRA
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With aging members, many in the muzzleloading and living history communities are worried about the future of the sport. We sit down with Anita Vincenti from Goex Powder and Jim Christie of Deer Creek Products to discuss the future of muzzleloading and why it's not dying, it's evolving. The Muzzleblasts Podcast is brought to you by the members of th…
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