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.
Talking about the Evolution of Muzzle Loaders with the Backcountry Rookies Podcast
The Twentieth Century Story of Two Extraordinary Frontier Guns, Part 1 Wallance Gusler
The '·pursuit of happiness" presents an endless array of opportunities. Over sixty years ago the pursuit of the 18th century American frontier became the major direction of my life. The two flintlock firearms that are the focus of this series (figs. 1 & 2) are extremely important as landmark survivals of the mid-18th-century frontier. They represent the conflict between Colonialism, becoming Americans, and the collision with American natives.
Frontier Reckoning: The Battle of Fallen Timbers by Joshua Shepherd
Use of Beeswax in the American Colonies
This post comes from Bob Browder as he shares some of his personal research about beeswax in America in the Traditional American Craftsmen Facebook Group.
➽ ➽ Support the NMLRA - nmlra.org/store/membership ➽ ➽
Pipes and Tobacco of the Frontier | Muzzle Blasts Archives 1986
French and Indian War or American Revolutionary War Movies and Documentaries
A running list of nice period entertainment of all quality levels to keep you entertained during COVID 19
The Patriot
The Last of the Mohicans
Turn Washington Spies
Rob Roy
John Adams
Outlander
Black Sails
Nouvelle France (Quebecois Movie)
North West passage
The Broken Chain
Benedict Arnold
The War that Made America
Liberty (PBS)
Barry Lyndon
Rebels and Redcoats, 4 part special produced by the BBC.
Fur Trade Business Records from the early 1800s
Rate of Fire or Accuracy? The India Pattern Brown Bess and the 1800 Baker Rifle: Firepower Compared
In this episode of the "Firepower Series", we compare the Brown Bess and the Baker Rifle.
Follow us on FB for updates and projects! https://www.facebook.com/britishmuzzl... For your Martini and Snider needs email Martyn at xringservices@yahoo.com
For your P53 Enfield Rifle-Musket or Short Rifle ammunition needs, Contact Brett at - www.papercartridges.com And for further reading on all British Victorian (and earlier) arms stop by the British Militaria Forum and say hello. http://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com
The Liberty Cap in the Art of the U.S. Capitol
"It's Important that somebody remembers" | The Story of the Liberty Cap | Muzzle Blasts Archives
Of all of the interesting headgear associated with the American Revolution, one of the simplest forms, so simple in fact that no regular Continental units ever adopted it as an official hat, was the "Liberty Cap." During the Revolution this was generally a wool or cotton cap with the word Liberty or Liberty or Death embroidered across its front in an opposing color. A few battalion infantry and numerous light infantry units wore miters with this legend emblazoned across their fronts (Congress being another legend), light infantry miters sometimes saying Liberty or with a skull and cross bones replacing Death, the words requiring more room than the shorter light infantry miter could afford, the skull and crossbones being more easily squeezed into the space.
The Revolutionary War: Animated Map from the American Battlefield Trust
We’d like to thank the American Battlefield Trust for sharing this great resource with everyone on the internet.
Follow along as this production takes you through the American War for independence with animation, live action footage, and informational narration.
We at the American Battlefield Trust are re-releasing our Animated Battle Maps with newly branded openings. Enjoy learning about our nation's Revolutionary War against Great Britain, the conflict that gave birth to the United States of America. Our collection of animated maps bring battles of the American Civil War to life, complete with troop movement animations, narratives, reenactment footage and more.
A map of the British empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch settlements
Wheel Gun Wednesday | Black Powder Revolvers
Thank you Buck Buchanan for sharing this beauty for #wheelgunwednesday Pietta “Shooters Model” NMA .44 revolver shot at Friendship at the fall national 1993. Scored a 99-5X at 25 yards in the “As Issued” Aggregate.
Did better in the Caplock Aggregate. Took 1st Place in the Expert Class with my Yazel .36. Agg score 290-13X/300. Shot a 93-2X at 50 yards. Beat the national champ and 43 master competitors. On “cloud 9” that year.
“Been busy with a different shooting sport and hadn’t done much with my black powder pistols in a long time. Dug them out today to dry fire them and now I’m itching to get them back out to the range some day. Wanted to share this revolver. A fantastic shooter. Helped bring me three revolver championships in a row as well as a national record. Good times. Can’t wait to visit friendship again some day.” Thank you Jason Gregoire for sharing this with us.
Now Or Never: Yorktown Campaign of 1781
Don’t miss this video from George Washington’s Mount Vernon! This nearly 30 minute movie covers everything you need to know about the Yorktown Campaign of 1781.
George Washington's Continental Army has fought for five long years to drive the British from American soil. Now, with the aid of French land and naval forces, that time may be near. Washington and his allies have surrounded the British at Yorktown, Virginia. The dream of American independence hangs in the balance