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Author Topic: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?  (Read 2371 times)

Offline Smokey

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Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« on: January 20, 2021, 04:39:57 PM »
I am considering buying a subscription for Muzzleloader.

Who among us has a subscription?
How do you like the magazine?  Why, why not?

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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2021, 06:08:19 PM »
Yes, far and away better than any other black powder magazine in print imo.great diversity in topics and good writers.
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2021, 06:36:16 PM »
Yes, far and away better than any other black powder magazine in print imo.great diversity in topics and good writers.

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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2021, 07:17:52 PM »
"Muzzleloader" is the only magazine I still subscribe to.  :hairy
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2021, 07:47:33 PM »
Yes sir, it's a Top Notch magazine for sure.  :hairy
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2021, 08:02:55 PM »
Yes sir, it's a Top Notch magazine for sure.  :hairy

What do you like about it? 

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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2021, 08:31:30 PM »
Yes sir, it's a Top Notch magazine for sure.  :hairy

What do you like about it?

Every Thing!

It's more in step with what traditional muzzle loading is all about at all levels and interests.
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2021, 09:23:45 AM »
I don't have a subscription, but I am seriously considering getting one. I get the magazine when I see one in the bookstore and always enjoy it. It is definitely worth a subscription.
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2021, 10:44:15 AM »
I've  never seen "Muzzleloader " magazine in any local magazine racks but just subscribed on the basis of your recommendations. You, my friends ,  have never steered me wrong.
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2021, 10:49:56 AM »
I've  never seen "Muzzleloader " magazine in any local magazine racks but just subscribed on the basis of your recommendations. You, my friends ,  have never steered me wrong.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.  :hairy
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2021, 01:16:38 PM »
I've  never seen "Muzzleloader " magazine in any local magazine racks but just subscribed on the basis of your recommendations. You, my friends ,  have never steered me wrong.

You could go on their website and take a sneak peek.  :*:
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2021, 03:05:19 PM »
I have enjoyed ML mag for years now...still get a smile on my face when it shows up in the mailbox  :D
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2021, 03:17:11 PM »
and occasionally there are how to articles from some top notch craftsmen and good history reads, now I must warn you to take ANYTHING you read in an article from Mike Nesbitt with a grain of salt, trust me Mike is all about Mike, he lives here in WA state and I have to go to shoots were he attends them, enough said!
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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2021, 07:00:28 PM »
I was a subscriber to Muzzleloader Mag for many years, but in the last year or so plus, my subscription has expired.
Like others, when I see it in Newstands, and something catches my eye, I grab up a copy.

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Re: Muzzleloader magazine: Worth it?
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2021, 08:50:44 PM »
Buch of darn enablers!
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