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How to make a "Hawken Era" Hunting Pouch | Craftsman's Corner

How to make a "Hawken Era" Hunting Pouch | Craftsman's Corner

In this Craftsman’s Corner feature, we’re going to go through the process of making this “Hawken Era” Leather pouch from Madison Grant’s “The Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch”

An All Around Gun | Building a Swivel Breech | Muzzle Blasts Archives

The idea for this gun came to me on a deer hunting trip in November 1985, while canoeing down the flooded Muscata­tuck River in southern Indiana in pursuit of whitetail. I had seen several does, but no bucks. It seemed, however, that in every other tree there was a squirrel. Normally, our gray and fox squirrels are very shy, but a week of being trapped by floodwaters had made them careless.

Installing a Breechplug | The Apprentice’s Notebook Part 1

A good measure of your rifle's safety, reliability and durability de­ pends in how the breech plug is installed. Fitting that plug is not a job to be taken lightly but it is how I usually begin a rifle.

A look inside February 2020's Muzzle Blasts Magazine

Muzzle Blasts Editor Dave Ehrig gave you a little taste of what February’s magazine had to offer last week with the Editor’s Message, now it’s time for a look inside at just some of the articles in February’s Muzzle Blasts.

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In this month’s issue

  • A Moment Frozen in Time Part 2

  • A Noble Idea Worth Copying

  • Deer Horns and Rut Nuts - Making Unique and Useful Hunting Trophies

  • Journey to Flint Part 2

  • Making a Shotgun Wad Cutter

  • John Brown’s Hawken Rifle

  • Focus on Family

  • Rendezvous Monthly

  • And MORE