The Black Powder Cartridge News Magazine - Summer 2020

In this issue

This issue features Ideal Shotshell Reloading Tools; The Ideal Match; Deer on the Patio; Bompie's High Wall; Death of the Apache Kid; Extracts from The Frank E. Conrad Ledgers, Part I; Product Reviews; Center Shot; Match Results; Competitions and more.

Ideal Shotshell Reloading Tools

The Barlow Years

10+ mins

The Ideal Match

In February 1903, the National Board of the Promotion of Rifle Practice directed that the first National Trophy Match would be fired at Sea Girt, New Jersey, in September of that year. A paltry 15 teams were mustered to compete.

10+ mins

Deer on the Patio

Adaptable Whitetails

10 mins

Bompie's High Wall

Throughout my career, I have worried over all of the guns that I have built and restored, but this particular rifle caused exceptional stress. The work was for my maternal grandfather, a stoic man who grew up riding his horse off into the wilderness to hunt for days at a time. Some people hunt as a pastime, he is a hunter. He is the man who first taught me to stalk game out in the crisp fall woods with a single shot .22, learning how to still-hunt in the Pennsylvania forests.

3 mins

Death of the Apache Kid

As Told by Frank Collinson

7 mins

Product Review

I*XL Bowie Knife from Sheffield - Mike Nesbitt

6 mins

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The Black Powder Cartridge News Magazine Description:

The Black Powder Cartridge News is the only magazine in the world dedicated to the black powder cartridge rifle. The magazine targets the avid shooters and competitors in the black powder shooting world. We cover the rifles, powders, reloading and competitions for the black powder community. The Black Powder Cartridge News is written by shooters for shooters.