May/June 2026

ON THE COVER:
Waiting for the Hunt, an original oil painting by David Wright.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 People to Watch Robert V. Scrivener III — Andrew Scott Wills
9 Doin’ It Yourself Restoring A Pot-Bellied Pouch, Questions and Answers — T.C. Albert
19 Shooting the Bull Picking a Revolver, Colt or Remington — Mike Nesbitt
27 Dispatches from New England Quiet Boredom on Snowshoes, Part I — Vincent C. Spiotti
33 18th Century Traveler The Squirrel Hunters, Ohio’s Citizen Army — Matt Wulff
41 The Builder’s Bench Building the Three-Box Bean Rifle, Part II — Jim Parker
47 Buffalo Trace 1765 “One Observation More...,” Commonly Carried Shooting Equipment — Nathan Kobuck
55 On the Game Trail One Last Deer — Scott Williams
60 Ungovernably Artistic, Matthew Fennewald — Eric Ewing
73 J. Joseph Henry of Boulton and the Tariff Question of 1832 — Vic Nathan Barkin
82 Old Fort Niagara’s French Castle Turns 300 — Robert Emerson
93 Classified Ads
95 Index of Display Advertisers
96 For the Bookshelf