TC you're absolutely right. I've been a long, long time reader of this magazine. For so long that it seems like most of the writers almost feel like family :wink: I love the history and how to make stuff along with everything else about the mag.
My only major complaint, I do not see it in the newsstands or magazine racks, i.e. Barnes & Nobles, etc. Why not? My first introduction to black powder (a love rekindled) was from attending to a major gun show in Albany, NY back in the 70's. One table had back issues of Muzzleloader and Muzzle Blasts. I bought everyone of them. While I had already subscribed to NMLRA I didn't recall at the time seeing any advertisements in Muzzle Blasts for Muzzleloader Mag. To say the least, Muzzleloader Mag has been and still is my favorite.
Perhaps (hint Ms Scurlock) more people would be more inclined to get involved into 'traditional' black powder shooting if they were exposed to the real side of the sport. Not those other 'wannabe' blackpowder mags that you see all the time that really all they want from you is your hard earned bucks.
I've read thru this thread and I'm shocked that a number of you don't seem to be aware this publication has been around a good long time. Don't feel bad about it, ask "why didn't I know about this earlier"? Could it be you didn't see an issue next to Field & Stream, etc when you were browsing a magazine rack why the missus was shopping for something else? Hmmmm. How do we fix that? Or perhaps your shooting buddy assumed you already were a subscriber or wasn't going to let his issue disappear :grin: .
http://www.muzzleloadermag.com/home pages/muzzleloader.htm
Perhaps if enough of us closed our postings or emails with the website maybe we would get more 'converts' to the 'traditional' side vs. the dark side. :v . Sorry, couldn't resist.
Gary