November/December 2025

ON THE COVER:
Sunburst Upon a Tranquil Silence, an original oil painting by John Buxton.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 People to Watch Emma Zacherl — Andrew Scott Wills
9 Doin’ It Yourself Seeing Red — T.C. Albert
17 Shooting the Bull Remington’s New Model Army Revolver — Mike Nesbitt
24 18th Century Traveler First Shot, The Battle of Bunker Hill — Matt Wulff
35 The Builder’s Bench Brass Casting, Part I — Jim Parker
41 On the Game Trail Squirrel Skills Simulate Scout Skills — Armando Basulto
50 “I B” • John Bivins, 1940-2001 — Mark Silver
63 The Dade Fight: The Opening Salvo of the Second Seminole War — Tim J. Todish
71 John Colter’s Run — Dick Weaver
79 Hiss… A Most Excellent Sar-pent, Part II: Snaky Run-Ins in the First Far West & Southward — Ted Franklin Belue
93 Classified Ads
95 Index of Display Advertisers
96 For the Bookshelf