Pairing a pistol and a carbine of the same caliber have been a frontier tradition since the .44-40 cartridge slid into the cylinder of a Peacemaker and the sidegate of a Winchester back in the 1870s. Henry Rifles is introducing a brand-new 9mm autoloading carbine it’s calling the Homesteader. Not only is ammo interchangeable with the ubiquitous 9mm … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — An Outlander, A Homesteader & A Mauser Moose

The fourth episode of the King Philip’s War series on the Frontier Partisans Podcast is up. You can listen to it here or on most podcasting platforms, including Spotify. This episode recounts the Great Swamp Fight, in which the forces of the United Colonies attacked a fortified camp deep in a frozen swamp in Rhode Island, in a preemptive … [Read more...] about The Great Swamp Fight Is On

Well, there’s ALWAYS trouble at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. Yesterday, the interwebs were all a-buzz with word from Deadline that scheduling issues with Kevin Costner might spell the end of My Cowboy Soap Opera Yellowstone. Cowboys & Indians Magazine has a good article on the rise of storm clouds over Yellowstone, based on Deadline’s … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — The Ranging Way Of War & Trouble On The Yellowstone

February is bringing the mayhem. Sunday night marks the return of Season 1 of 1923, and we can expect the conflict at the Yellowstone to reach a crescendo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7qhwVzpAzc * “‘You are hereby ordered to fall upon the Rebells, the McDonalds of Glenco, and putt all to the sword under Seventy.’” The YouTube Channel … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Montana Mayhem; Scottish Slaughter

My friend Deuce Richardson shanghaied me into this here blogging trade many years ago, with an invitation to write for the award-winning Robert E. Howard site The Cimmerian. These days, he’s working with DMR Books, which publishes fantasy, horror, and adventure fiction in the traditions of Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, and … [Read more...] about Rangers & Wardens

Sharpen up your tomahawks, Frontier Partisans. Jack Carr’s The Terminal List is getting a second season. From Deadline: The Terminal List is continuing — and becoming a franchise for Amazon Studios. I have learned that Prime Video has finalized a Season 2 renewal for the hit series starring and executive produced by Chris Pratt, and also has … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Baptized & Buried On The Terminal List

You can run on for a long time... Nathan Chasing Horse got run off the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana back in 2015 after the tribal council alleged that the purported Lakota spiritual leader engaged in human trafficking, drug dealing, spiritual abuse and intimidation of tribal members. Chasing Horse, best known for his role as Smiles A Lot … [Read more...] about Chasing Horse Bust

My amigos at the Sisters Folk Festival have launched a brand new event, set for June: This is a stacked lineup. As you can imagine, I am beyond stoked that Corb Lund is coming to town. Hot damn! Hoping maybe we can get a campfire like this one going — in warmer conditions. Any Frontier Partisans out there up for a … [Read more...] about Working the Trapline — Bayou, Bullet Garden & Big Ponderoo

Here’s a bit of synchronicity. Just in time for the release of Part III of The Frontier Partisans Podcast on King Philip’s War — The War Spreads. Atun-Shei Films produced what turns out to be an excellent companion piece for the episode, as the Nipmuc jump into the fray and lash the Massachusetts Bay Colony furiously. Ambush tactics play hell with … [Read more...] about Warriors Of The Dawn

Hat tip to Floyd Leithauser for scouting up this piece of news: Winchester has released a commemorative edition to mark the 150th anniversary of the iconic .40-40 lever action Model 1873 “The Gun that Won the West.” 150 years ago, the revered Winchester Model 1873 began its historic run. Similar to the earlier Model 1866 "Yellow Boy," the '73 … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — An Iconic Winchester; Life & Death Struggles