Hunting was always Wm. Hovey Smith''s passion, and if there was anything he wasmore passionate about was hunting with a variety of muzzleloading guns. This passiontook him to Africa where he took big game with a muzzleloading pistol,double-barreled slug-shotgun, and a bolt-action muzzleloading rifle. His interestsgrew to include hunting both big and small game with muzzleloading revolvers andeven a blunderbuss. Many of these hunts were published in national magazines, andalso featured in some of the author''s more than 800 videos which are linked to thetext in this expanded, interactive Second Edition. This review of muzzleloading gunsdiscusses rifles, pistols, and smoothbore guns and includes specific recommendationalong with references to the other seven books in this series. It also discusses thepossibilities of restoring old guns to shooting condition and building your ownmuzzleloader from a kit and lists the equipment and supplies that are needed. Someof the guns that he used were considerably gunsmithed to make them much moreeffective hunting tools along with the use of modern powders and bullets. This bookis ideal for a person who is thinking about buying a muzzleloader or hunting withone.