#AmericanRifleman

Hodgdon Powder is celebrating 70 years in business serving the reloading community. To cap off this milestone in longevity they are releasing a book documenting their historic march from one man’s vision into the dominant reloading powder company in the world. This book is aptly named “The Gunpowder People.”

I remember as a wee kid playing “war” with friends.  We’d spend our summers running around the open space area near the river and stage mock battles.  A few of the kids even had some old “army surplus” gear which of course made them the “experts”.  I eventually got an old ratty web belt with canteen (and cover) and an ammo pouch.  None of us at the time really knew (or understood) what that gear represented.