Muzzleloader No Longer On Newstands

I see it at tractor supply. It has been running late recently.

Tumbledown said:

The delayed deliveries were due to the publisher having real life get in the way. It would have been just as late at the newsstands.

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I know the newsstands would also be late. If it goes digital I won't subscribe. I enjoy the printed version, it's relaxing to read and I don't get the same feeling looking at a computer screen. Not only that but when I buy a magazine it's my property to keep.

Me too ^^^

Answer to my question:

On Feb 8, 2024, at 11:28 AM, WGanz <[email protected]> wrote:

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Do you have an electronic subscription like the NMLRA?

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We do not offer a digital subscription at this time but I am working on offering one. We will likely launch a Kickstarter campaign to see if there is enough interest to support a digital version.
Jason W. Gatliff
MUZZLELOADER magazine

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Antelope Pete wrote:
Not only that but when I buy a magazine it's my property to keep.

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FYI. When you get a pdf, you can open it whenever you want. It isn't a streaming service.

As long as you have power or a battery I'll keep my magazines I like the paper copy but still no Jan.Feb. muzzloader mag. Yet for me either.

I really like "Muzzleloader " magazine and like some on here don't fret about when it gets delivered as long as it keeps coming. I am also a hot rodder and aviation enthusiast. Two of my favorite magazines have gone away. Unfortunately, I had a 3 year subscriptions and got none of the remaining subscription money back. The hot rod magazine did not alert its subscribers. It just quit answering the phone and emails.
I joined the MLRA to get Muzzle Blasts but let it run out. I really enjoyed the Bevel Brothers but the rest not so much. I really hope Muzzleloader hangs around I have a 3 year subscription.
I am 73, and my kids ask why I like the old stuff. I tell them that it is the simplicity. I can work on carburetors and my old Piper Cub was easy to work on. Everything today is disposable and high tech. I can't work on my 2020 F-150 except for oil changes.

Someone in a past post said this is happening to all magazines but I respectfully disagree with that assessment. I see this happening to magazines that have limited audiences and small staffs. Both create problems for the publisher, who may also be the editor, proof reader, layout organizer, etc. When the audience is limited, if the magazine doesn't get enough subscribers, money flow can become an issue. And, once that snowball begins to roll downhill, all sorts of other issues enter the equation; making it difficult to keep to a calendar or schedule.

Just to be clear, even with all the above, one of the reasons I stopped subscribing to the magazine was because of the constant delays. While I can be sympathetic to the woes of the publisher, I don't have to accept receiving something I already paid for months after it's due. I can understand the occasional mishap, but with Mr. Gatliff the excuses became endemic. I knew I wasn't going to change him so the only thing I could do was stop subscribing. Of course, your mileage may differ.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

I will definitely subscribe. I probably have 50-60 issues stacked up with certain articles flagged with "post it" notes because they are such a good reference. Isn't there a publication called "Tomahawk and Longrifle"?. I think I remember seeing it mentioned, but I have never seen one in person.

Spikebuck said:

No January issue yet. Deja vu all over again.

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Just got my JAN/FEB 2/2/24. Wonder if he can get caught up OK, but I'll keep subscribing!

Just got mine yesterday. Everything has been slow at the USPS for the last month also.

Enfield1 said:

I will definitely subscribe. I probably have 50-60 issues stacked up with certain articles flagged with "post it" notes because they are such a good reference. Isn't there a publication called "Tomahawk and Longrifle"?. I think I remember seeing it mentioned, but I have never seen one in person.

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I don't ever plan to not subscribe to Muzzleloader. I think its a great magazine! I also subscribed to Tomahawk and Longrifle. Its the magazine for the American Mountain Men. It's a nice magazine, but not as big as Muzzleloader. I get Muzzle Blasts also and like it too.

wganz said:

Answer to my question:






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FYI. When you get a pdf, you can open it whenever you want. It isn't a streaming service.

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Thanks wganz. I just prefer the paper version. Maybe it's an age thing but I just have a warm fuzzy feeling with paper.

Century to late said:

Just got mine yesterday. Everything has been slow at the USPS for the last month also.

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Yep, my Brown Bess carbine is off into the ether waiting on that bunch to finally drag up with it.

Don't think I have ever seen Muzzleloader at our news stands, but I have had subscription so it just appears like magic in my mailbox.

I do miss Frontiersman however. My father in Idaho is not a muzzleloader but loves reading various outdoor stuff that 'takes him back to his childhood growing up in Kansas', so I had a double subscription one went to him and one to me....he misses the recipes

My brother in law is the general manager of a large magazine distributor and he tells me they lose more and more business every year and he is just hoping to make it to retirement before all magazines stop being delivered and sold in stores, it’s just too expensive for the magazine to pay to ship and return copies that they hoped would sell.