Black Powder & the Old West - Ammunition, Reloading, & Cleaning

Articles on Cowboy Action Shooting, the Old West, & Guns of the 1800s

BLACK POWDER and the Old West
Ammunition, Reloading, & Cleaning

Loading Black Powder Cartridges for Revolvers
By: Kenny Durham, aka KID Durham

Loading Black Powder Shotgun Shells
By: Kenny Durham, aka KID Durham

Maintenance for Black Powder Firearms: Sulfur, Suds, & Black Powder Slurry By: Michael W. Cuber, aka KID Quick

Black Powder and Black Powder Substitutes
By: John Taffin, aka Sixgunner

Black Powder Factory Loads By: John Taffin, aka Sixgunner

Loading Black Powder Cartridges for Single-Shot Rifles
By: Kenny Durham, aka KID Durham

Using Clean Shot in the Black Powder Cartridge Category
By: Captain George Baylor

Old West Cartridges for Sixguns and Leverguns
By: John Taffin, aka Sixgunner

Black Powder and the 1875 S&W Schofield
By: Ray Walters, aka Smith n' Jones

Up in Smoke! By: Daniel Alley, aka Big Pete

Shotgun Maintenance By: Michael W. Cuber, aka KID Quick

Loading Black Powder Cartridges for Repeating Rifles
By: Kenny Durham, aka KID Durham

Introduction | Firearms | History, Hunting, etc. | Shoots & Tips

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BLACK POWDER and the Old West Ammunition, Reloading, & Cleaning

BLACK POWDER and the Old West
Ammunition, Reloading, & Cleaning