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It's a big week for muzzleloading news, today we're jumping in with some updates.

First up we have a new proposed rule by the ATF that could require you to document how much powder you have and where it is stored. It's a proposed rule, but I think you should know about it. The comment period is open right now. Please leave a professional comment about why you oppose this rule. Then we've got Team USA taking gold at the MLAIC Long Range World Championships, congrats to everyone involved! Big news for GOEX Fans, the first shipment of Estes Energetics owned GOEX blackpowder (Newly manufactured) is expected to arrive at the NMLRA just in time for the Fall Championship shoot, September 9-17. It sounds like NMLRA members at the event will be the first to have the chance to purchase the first run of newly manufactured GOEX blackpowder. In muzzleloading industry news, the Traditions Shoehorn and CVA Crossfire have been released. We're seeing continued demand for muzzleloaders, but increased demand for traditional muzzleloaders. A good sign for the preservation of the sport if you ask me!

I'll be at the NMLRA Shoot this weekend, if you see me on the grounds, don't hesitate to say hi and tell me what you love about muzzleloading!

Links:

ATF Proposed Powder Storage Log: https://www.regulations.gov/document/ATF-2023-0001-0001

Team USA @ MLAIC Long Range World Championships- https://www.ilovemuzzleloading.com/blog/team-usa-takes-mid-range-long-range-overall-at-mlaic-world-championship

GOEX Update- https://www.ilovemuzzleloading.com/blog/1st-goex-shipment-expected-at-nmlra-fall-national-shoot

Eddie Davenport MLAIC Fundraiser - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-aim-high-at-the-world-championship?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer

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We have a short episode today folks as I recover from late summer travel and learning to be a dad to a toddler. This year I volunteered my time to the Gunmakers Fair at Kempton, filming and documenting the educational seminars at the event for those who could not attend and future generations. In this episode I discuss the seminars and some of the videos coming out of them.

I also share a quick update about the program and its future this fall. Thanks for sticking around everyone. Getting back on track soon.

Find the seminars online at https://www.youtube.com/@GunmakersFairatKempton

Keep up with the Gunmakers Fair and their 2024 event : https://www.gunmakersfair.com/

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Today we're talking with Jeff Jaeger. Jeff is a historian, collector, and all-around enjoyer of muzzleloading, but he didn't come into muzzleloading as anyone I've ever talked to on the show has before. You see, Jeff grew up in Wisconsin in the 60s and 70s. Like many of you, he grew up watching Fess Parker as Daniel Boone on television when he got home from school, but that was all the exposure to muzzleloading he had until his early 30s. Although he was an avid hunter and outdoorsman through his childhood, Jeff and his area missed much of the American Bicentennial fever that swept the nation. Even the uproar created around "Jerimiah Johnson" and the Thompson/Center Hawken didn't make it into Jeff's world.

It wasn't until Jeff was visiting an antique shop in North Carolina that he saw his first true American Longrifle. That antique shop and a little bit of chance would go on to change Jeff's life forever.

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Jeff Jaeger has been a collector and student of Indiana-made muzzle-loading rifles for over 25 years. He believes that while architecture, engraving, or craftsmanship should be appreciated, it’s the stories of the gunsmiths who crafted the rifles that make them most interesting. Jaeger is known for coauthoring John Small of Vincennes, Gunsmith on the Western Frontier with the late collector, Jim Dresslar in 2009.

Albert Lindert’s Book

Indiana Antiques Arms Collectors Association

Jim Dressler, John Small Collector: https://www.facebook.com/people/Indiana-Antique-Arms-Collectors-Association/100064626766504/

Richard Day, Mr. Vincinnes: “The Pictorial History of Vincennes”

NMLRA

KRA

Grouseland: https://grouseland.org/

Indiana State Rifle: https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/indiana/military-firearms/grouseland-rifle

Mel Hankla, “Strike for our Country’s Good”: https://youtu.be/gWIr10dhnm0

American Society of Arms Collectors

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"You can learn a lot from history, but you can also learn a lot from the people who are passionate about history."

Today, I'm joined by Jake Book, who shares his family's interest with muzzle loading and living history. We're going to talk about how his dad's interest in history and the popular media wave of the 1970s led him to being a part of a muzzle loading club, and starting his own business in the early 1980s.

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Jake attended events with his parents from a young age and had a defining experience in his early teens when he met Nathan Kobuck and others doing serious historic impressions. Jake continued to stay in the hobby and found his own thing within it, which led to heavy research on clothing and using period equipment.

Jake talks about his interest in living history and how he got into it. He explains that his dad's interest in history and muzzle loading influenced him from a young age. Jake attended events with his parents and was exposed to the hobby. However, it wasn't until he attended his first 'immersion event' where he becamed hooked on a whole new section of the hobby.

He also discusses the challenges and rewards of limiting oneself to a specific time and place in history, as well as the impact of the internet on research. Jake shares memorable experiences from living history events, including an immersive event based on historical captive narratives that he helped plan and host. The conversation highlights the unique challenges and experiences that come with participating in living history and muzzle loading.

Buckskinning by George Glenn (book): 00:01:27

The Possibles Pouch (business): 00:03:35

Smoking Fires (business): 00:05:04

Jim Townsend (business): 00:05:04

Bedford Village (event): 00:06:43

Nathan Kobuck (person): 00:07:34

Daniel Boone (historical figure): 00:06:43

Davy Crockett (historical figure): 00:06:43

The Light in the Forest (movie): 00:00:23

Johnny Tremain (movie): 00:00:23

(National Congress of Old West Shootists): 00:10:32

The 76ers: 00:11:52

The White Stripes: 00:12:19

Augusta County Militia: 00:16:10

Wilburn Farm: 00:16:43

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Hi I'm Ethan and I love muzzleloading and this is your muzzleloading news from the 2023 NRA show.

Episode Chapters

0:04 CCI Percussion Caps Update

4:00 Blackhorn 209 Woes

8:08 CVA advises you find powder and primers before getting a Paramount

10:27 Traditions Shedhorn hands on

12:36 Hornady ELD-X Muzzleloader going into production soon

14:49 Pedersoli, Lyman absent from show

15:50 Let me know your questions and I'll try to answer them

First up the availability of percussion caps. I was able to meet with a representative from CCI at the NRA show they did confirm that percussion caps are going back into production here sometime in June.

We were able to confirm something that many of us already knew really about Blackhorn 209, but it is produced in Canada and the manufacturing facility isn't really owned by Hodgdon based on what I was able to find out here. The powder line is manufactured and sold through Hodgdon but Hodgdon themselves don't have any control over the actual production facility, it's not like a Hodgdon facility with a Hodgdon sign out front.

It’s not confirmed by Hodgdon here but based on what I've kind of gathered, that production line is almost rented out or or accessible by Hodgdon for a run of powder but it's not under Hodgdon's control.

Second here is that Blackhorn 209 powder is a double based, double extruded powder according to Hodgdon. It's a complex powder to make it's also very chemically similar to a powder that's in high demand from the military and other military contracts. And while they weren't going into that information fully in depth here we were able to kind of confirm that the powder is in demand and powders near it chemically are in demand by Western militaries.

Connected to a little bit of the the percussion cap shortage and the Blackhorn 209 issues that we've seen we saw a statement released before the NRA show from CVA muzzleloaders recommending that if you are interested in picking up a CVA Paramount Muzzleloader, their premiere long range muzzleloaders they recommend that you find a supply and and purchase your supply of Blackhorn 209 and large rifle primers before you purchase your Paramount.

I was able to talk with Traditions at the NRA show this year about the availability of the shed horn and actually see one in person which was really exciting we've only kind of seen those side view photographs of the shed horn since its launch.

Last up I was able to talk with Hornady about the ELD-X muzzleloading bullet and its release time frame. Representatives from Hornady did say that they've got finally the final tip mold for these bullets to go into production. They say that the mold process has to be so perfect that it takes so long to get a quality mold made, but they've got the mold for the plastic tips that go into these bullets now and they're ready to go in production here in May and June and we should start seeing them on shelves pretty quickly after that.

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Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/h2IyP7LhbRQ

Muzzleloading enthusiasts may be able to breathe a sigh of relief this June. In a conversation I had with a CCI representative at the 2023 NRA Show, it was shared that CCI will be starting it’s next production run of percussion caps in June 2023, with expected retail release coming shortly after in July and August.

EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:36 When Are Percussion Caps coming back?

1:20 Why are there no percussion caps

4:25 This distributor got 2 Million Caps, but that's only 10% of his order

6:41 CCI/Federal Partnership?

6:55 What questions do you have about percussion caps?

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Today we’re talking with songwriter Andrew Scott Wills about his passion for history, his love of muzzleloading, and how that love spawned “Hawken Horse”

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After more than a decade writing songs in Nashville, hit-songwriter Andrew Scott Wills put down his Music Row lunchbox to chase something that’s been chasing him for years. He formed Hawken Horse with the vision of capturing the same fascination that’s consumed him since that day along the Little Miami: the American Frontier.

His songwriting puts the spotlight on the good and the ugly of frontier history with inspiring lyrics that spark an inner yearning for discovery, independence and survival.

With the help of a possible's bag of skilled musicians and collaborators, Wills has been able to forge a collection of stories that have been literally centuries in the making. "Hawken Horse makes music for those who yearn to go back and those who never left," Wills says.

https://hawkenhorse.com/

Hawken Horse Music - https://hawkenhorse.com/pages/music

Hawken Horse on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DpWFl0oy9bRr4aZVR9YTO?si=9ub3hp-yTIGVK3YdW9xFfA&referral=labelaffiliate&utm_source=1011lwIRmBzX&utm_medium=Indie_Distrokid&utm_campaign=labelaffiliate&nd=1

Hawken Horse on Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hawken-horse/1608415152

https://www.instagram.com/hawkenhorseband/

Music recommendations

Pete Kosky, Songs of the Alleghany Frontier

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Robert Hill is a 5th generation American craftsman working in his grandfather’s shop. At 10 years old, Robert started making knives in the family shop. His father and grandfather would soon carve out some space in the old log tobacco barn for the young man and his experiments.

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See Photos of the work we discuss in this episode

As of writing, Robert is continuing his studies of Anthropology, with an interesting cultural anthropology. You can find him in lecture halls drawing in the margins of his notebooks, or demonstrating historic crafts at the local historic sites. His work is viewable on Instagram and Robert often participates on the American Longrifles Forum. Robert hopes to launch a website in the near future to showcase more of his work.

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Today we're talking with Colton Fleetwood a young man dedicated to muzzleloading competitions about the 2023 Alvin C. York Memorial shoot. Colton gives us a report of how the York went this year and a little bit of information about chunk shooting for those of you wanting to try something new.

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Learn more about the Alvin C. York Memorial Shoot at their website here

The Alvin C. York Memorial shoot is held each spring in Pall Mall, Tennessee. The shoot has been held every year since 1993. The location is a pasture on the farm that was deeded to Sgt. York after his heroic acts during World War I. The farm is now a TN state park.

This shoot is a reenactment of the over the log shoots held and attended by Sgt. York, both before and after the WW1. For those who choose to participate in the shoot, dress of the early 1900s is the order of the day. Gentlemen wearing bib overalls sporting very wide loud flowery ties, some may be seen in suits of the day like pinstripe suits and wide-brimmed fedora hats. Ladies, wear dresses that would have been in stylish during that period or bib overalls. Period dress is not required to shoot in the match. Shooters, range from very young, to senior citizens, both male and female participants. Shooters range from those new to muzzle loading, to the weathered skilled veterans. Regardless of your level of skill, the important experience is fun will be had by all, and a great American hero will be honored

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As a part of my presentation at the 2023 Kalamazoo Living History Show, we had a great Question and Answer segment at the end of each talk. I wanted to bring these sessions to you in case you had similar questions or had an interest in the kinds of questions the presentation sparked.

Click here to view the Video Presentation

Click here to read/view the Presentation

My apologies for the audio quality in this one, it was hard to get the question-askers on the mic in the room.

The full presentation, outline, and video are listed below.

As always, this is my opinion and not meant to be a statement on right or wrong, good or bad. This is an ongoing conversation. Please let me know what you think, or how you feel about it anytime by writing or talking to me at an event.

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