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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Gary Lewis / The Bulletin
August 17, 2006
I built my first muzzleloader in 1989. With that Kentucky rifle, I learned how to measure the powder, start the round ball with a patch and smell the sulfur bloom of blackpowder smoke. Since that time, I've owned and shot several Kentucky and Hawken rifles similar to those carried by the....