September/October 2018

ON THE COVER: Detail from A Cautious Encounter, an original oil painting by Martin Grelle.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Prime Possibles
11 Doin’ It Yourself Fit for a Genuine Hawken - T. C. Albert
21 Shooting the Bull More Smoothbore Lessons – Mike Nesbitt
29 Cache of the Hollow Tree The Looting of the Spanish Main, Part V - Tony Hunter
39 Dispatches from New England Priceless, The Search for the Silver Madonna - Vincent C. Spiotti
49 Portals in Time In and Out of Time, Part II: Limestone, Kentucky’s Northern Gateway - Mark Sage
57 18th Century Traveler “Their Dress Should Be Our Pattern In The Expedition” - Matt Wulff
67 On the Game Trail Challenges of the Autumn Sage - Michael A. Jorgenson
72 The Masterful Leather Work of Greg Hudson - Guy Montfort
87 Primitive Fire Starting Methods, Part III: Fire By Friction, The Fire Pump / Pump Drill - Paul T. Berry (“Tanglefoot”)
92 The Thomas Simpson Raffle Rifle Project - Jim Parker
103 C’est l’aviron qui nous mene en haut! - Dick Weaver
109 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 For the Bookshelf