I just got mine TODAY!! for some unknown reason. Methinks that maybe it got scrunched behind something as it was pretty wrinkled/bent up and in a USPS plastic bag. As far as muzzleloading magazines go, like Many Klatch says, there are really only 2 out there. I am a long time life member of NMLRA and like the magazine, but there are a lot of issues that have articles about in-@#$#@ rifles. However, there are also a lot of good how-to and shooting articles. Regardless of how we feel about those plastic thumbhole stocked stainless steel barreled things, they are still muzzleloaders and there are some that don't just use them as an extra deer season rifle. Me, I only hunt with my flinters.