Part 1 of the gear that you would see in the Possibles Bag of a mountain man or eastern long hunter to keep his flintlock rifle running in the field.

What goes in a haversack for the 21st century mountain man ? the possibilites are endless.

The Kephart style knife is a simple must have item for bushcrafting in the backwoods.

Test firing the Evans Late Model >44 Long

A simple solution for misaligned cylinder cranes on Colt DA revolvers.

A quick way to recrown a barrel after trimming it to a carbine length, and still get satisfactory results.

It’s been 4 days since I had surgery on my right hoof. Apparently when you get an infection in your bones, it’s difficult to get...

I start off the grind with whole wheat berries from my storage area. This bag indicates that this is Organic Summer (OS) wheat packaged in 2015. While flour itself only has a one year shelf life, whole wheat berries can last 30 plus years in proper storage. I ordered my bluestone granite mill from Amazon for a reasonable price. Check it out here…. Stored wheat berries Why grind your own flour, when you can buy it fairly cheap in a grocery store ? Well, for one thing store bo

My old girl started getting some mileage on her. She’s a 1998 Electra Glide and she’s never had any serious work done to her. Bone stock...

Oak leaves and acorns is one of my favorite patterns to carve into leather. It’s a pattern that has Germanic influences and is used on a...

Modern sport shooters of black powder revolvers don’t realize that paper cartridges were the thing back in the day when these guns were...

Some folks will forge these out of a block of steel . I prefer a quicker and cheaper method. To make my hatchet or tomahawk, I draw out a...

I decided I needed some new cooking tools for my fire pit. I ended up getting talked out of my older ones by someone. I looked around the...

One of my favorite rifles is the M1A (M-14) platform. I wasn’t issued one in the Marine Corps — we only had the M-16A2, not even the...

Pattern welded Damascus for knife making is made from two types of material forge welded together. Using high heat and fluxed with borax...

I won’t go into detail about this rifle, except to say that there’s quite a few of them on the surplus market today. Most of them are in pretty decent shape considering they were made in the 1870’s and on, but there’s a reason they are not worn out. The ammunition is impossible to find since these guns utilize a rimfire blackpowder cartridge. So if you want to play around with the guns, you have to convert them to centerfire and make your own ammunition. I’d like to remind yo

There’s all sorts of newer gee whiz gun oils on the market these days. To me, one is about as good as another, based on my usage...

Modern guns are pretty awesome. What’s not to like ? With modern smokeless powders and non corrosive primers, you can shoot your favorite...

I like to turkey hunt with my old Colt 10 gauge double. It ’s the perfect thing for Fall gobblers in Maine. But it’s truly difficult to...

In today’s world of “plastic fantastic” cookie cutter guns, it’s no secret that I like older antique firearms. There’s nothing wrong with...