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May 1996/Jun 1996 Volume 1, Number 1

Editor's Welcome

Product Review: The Officer's Model Brown Bess

NMLRA Schuetzen Program

A Note from the USIMLT

Muzzleloading News

Events of Possible Interest

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July 1996 Volume 1, Number 2

Editor's Welcome

Clark's Other Journal

Primitive Aggregates for Young Shooters

Trailwalk Problems

NMLRA Blanket Shoot

Muzzleloading News

Events of Possible Interest

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September 1996 Volume 1, Number 3

Editor's Welcome

1997 Pacific National Primitive Rendezvous

Frontiersman Odyssey

A Plain Southern Longrifle

Showing Off the Slug Gun

Muzzleloading News

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November 1996 Volume 1, Number 4

Editor's Welcome

Buckskinning in Belgium

Hacker's Hunting Lodge

The Prairie State and the Civil War: Zeal, Heroism, and Dissent

Book Review: Tragedy at Taos: The Revolt of 1847

Book Review: Fields of Honor: The Battle of Fort Freeland

Book Review: Picture Beaded Earrings for Beginners

Muzzleloading News

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January 1997 Volume 2, Number 1

Editor's Welcome

Ramrod Rights and Wrongs

Elegant Venison

Book Review: The Complete Venison Cookbook

NMLRA Postal Matches

News from the Nationals

Muzzleloading News

Events of Possible Interest

Staff



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March/April 1997 Volume 2, Number 2

Editor's Welcome

Now, Where Did I Put Those Magic Beans?

Muzzleloading With The Boy Scouts

My Hunt For The Tom Toben Rifle

Build Your Own Portable Shooting Bench

NMLRA Primitive Encampment

Muzzleloading News

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May/June 1997 Volume 2, Number 3

Editor's Welcome

What's a "Trailwalk"?

(And What's not...)

Diversity the Rule, Not the Exception

Removable Open Sights

Custom-Made Rifle and Accoutrements

Offered by Gunmakers Hall of the NMLRA

Primitive Range Giveaway

Experiments in Self-sufficiency

1996 NMLRA Black Powder Hall of Fame Winners

A Heritage Preserved

Events of Possible Interest

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Aug 1997/Sep 1997 Volume 2, Number 4

Editor's Welcome

Pathfinder: Lee Teter and Eastern Frontier Art

Johnathan Browning, Mormon Gunsmith

Confessions of a Side Plate Junkie

Slug Gun Shooting Tips

News from the NMLRA

Muzzleloading News

Events of Possible Interest

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Oct 1997/Nov 1997 Volume 2, Number 5

Editor's Welcome

Old Scarface

Squirrels?.....In Arizona

Safe Gun Handling In The Field

Shooting Single Shot Pistols

1997 National Territorial Report

Events of Possible Interest

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Dec 1997/Jan 1998 Volume 2, Number 6

Editor's Welcome

Kits and Fits

Thoughts on Off-Hand

Closet Antler Crafts

NMLRA Gunsmithing Workshop

Muzzleloading News

Events of Possible Interest

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Feb 1998/Mar 1998 Volume 3, Number 1

Editor's Welcome

Spring Turkey with a Muzzle Loading Shotgun

The Hatfield Kentucky Rifle

The Shooting Pouch and Its Contents

Short Starts

Events of Possible Interest

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Apr 1998/May 1998 Volume 3, Number 2

Editor's Welcome

Chunk 101: An Introduction to Over-the-Log Match Shooting

Make an Old-time Shooting Box

Pilgrims

A Fresh Horn

Territorial Matches Help Junior Shooters Develop

Events of Possible Interest

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Jun 1998/Jul 1998 Volume 3, Number 3

Editor's Welcome

Avoiding Accuracy Problems

Eagles and Other Rare Birds

J.A. Maltby:Gunmaker-Galena, Illinois

In Pursuit of Experimental Archeology

High Plains Jaunt

Book Review:

Deerskins Into Buckskins

How To Tan With Natural Materials

Events of Possible Interest

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Aug 1998/Sep 1998 Volume 3, Number 4

Editor's Welcome

Shot Patterns and Smoothbores

Sheep Deprivation

Captain Molly

Those Old Black Pots

Short Starts

Events of Possible Interest

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Oct 1998/Nov 1998 Volume 3, Number 5

Editor's Welcome

Shooting With The Best

Book Review

Wet-Scrape Braintanned Buckskin

The Natches Trace: Part II

You Can Make A Difference

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Dec 1998/Jan 1999 Volume 3, Number 6

Editor's Welcome

Understanding Sight Adjustment

Hosting an Entry level Gunmakers Fair

Don't Trust a Clean Patch

The Natchez Trace Part III

Events of Possible Interest

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Feb 1999/Mar 1999 Volume 4, Number 1

Editor's Welcome

Thoughts on the Hunting Rifle

Touched By Fire

Flints, Frizzens and Touch Hole Liners

Short Starts

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Apr 1999/May 1999 Volume 4, Number 2

Editor's Welcome

Choosing a Taxidermist

The Importance of Rifle Length

Fine Tuning A Slug Gun

Short Starts

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Jun 1999/Jul 1999 Volume 4, Number 3

Editor's Welcome

Seeing Eye to Eye on Authentic Spectacles for Reenacting

Adventures with Jack Horner

Gun Iron and Mild Steel

Web Blasts

1999 Gunmakers Hall Giveaway

1999 Primitive Rifle Giveaway

Product Review: The KaDooty

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Aug 1999/Sep 1999 Volume 4, Number 4

Editor's Welcome

Hunting Big-horn Sheep with the Buzzard

Operating the Flintlock Rifle

The Flintlock Revisited

Arrows, Eagles, and Olive Branches

Web Blasts

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Oct 1999/Nov 1999 Volume 4, Number 5

Editor's Welcome

Hooked on Hunting

A Rifleman's Turkey Shoot

Making and Using a Bow Drill

A Note On Safety

The Last Buck

How To Sharpen A Straight Razor

Events of Possible Interest

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Dec 1999/Jan 2000 Volume 4, Number 6

Editor's Welcome

The Legacy of Simeon Cobb

How To Make Soap

Book Review:

Gun Powder Cans & Kegs

A Word On Traveling

Pin-Hole Diopter Shooting Glasses

Events of Possible Interest

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Feb 2000/Mar 2000 Volume 5, Number 1

Editor's Welcome

This Barbarous Weapon

Ridge Busting Bucks

Borrowing Fire

Lock Replacement

Muzzleloading News

Events of Possible Interest

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Apr 2000/May 2000 Volume 5, Number 2

Editor's Welcome

Traditional Varnishes

Elders

Jesse Hughes: The Legend, the Man

A High Wind Rising

A Grizzly Tale

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