Developing your Historic Persona - Suzanne Thomson of the Outdoor Wilderness Ladies

Today we wanted to share a great resource from contemporary living historian Suzanne Thomson. Originally developed for her website “The Outdoor Wilderness Ladies”, this document walks you through the ins and the outs of developing a historic persona.

Opportunities and Experiences that Muzzle Loading has Given Me | Women in Muzzle Loading

I started off with a tiny little flintlock that was stocked from sassafras wood so that it was lighter and I could hold it. I then had another gun that was able to switch from a flintlock to percussion ignition. I shot flint for a long time and now my current gun is a .40 caliber percussion.

Over the Falls by John Curry | Muzzle Blasts Except April 2020

Many times (I should imagine), you’ve seen me mention the amazing, history rich, Falls of the Cumberland in some article or another. At nearly seventy feet high and more than two hundred feet in width – the second largest, single drop waterfalls east of the Mississippi

Turkey Hunting with "Muzzle Loading Afield" | Muzzle Blasts Archives May 2007

Wild turkeys have come a long way since the 1930s when only about 30,000 existed in scattered pockets in parts of the United States and hunting the birds was practically non-existent. Today, there are about seven million wild tur­keys with abundant popula­tions in every state and parts of Canada and Mexico.

Stump the Experts | Chunk Gun Sight Set Ups | Muzzle Blasts Archives 2007

Dear Bevel Brothers: ['ve noticed a myriad of different sight set-ups while attending the Alvin York and Pennsyl­vania State chunk shoots. l've also seen many different sighter targets. What, in your opinion, is the best sight configu­ration and sighter target combination and why?

NMLRA Camground closed due to Covid 19 Pandemic

In accordance with the Indiana State Department of Health, the NMLRA Campground at the Walter Cline Range in Friendship, Indiana will be officially closed at 11:59 p.m. on April 7, 2020.

ALL Public and Privately Operated Recreational Campgrounds must be closed.  The only exception is for camp sites within a private campground that are used as a primary residence.

NMLRA.org/covid19

Benjamin Quearry, Gunmaker's Hall Chairman, shares some advice on keeping busy during COVID 19

As I write this the governor of Indiana has closed down the state due to the COVID-19 virus. Many businesses are closed. Schools are closed. Right now, we are at home, doing our civic duty to prevent the spread of this terrible virus. This is scary stuff. Without my faith in God even I’d be nervous.