Mike Beliveau is an internationally recognized expert in muzzleloading and black powder shooting. He has had a writing career spanning over 30 years. During that time, he has been the Contributing Editor for Black Powder for “Guns of the Old West” magazine, and the Contributing Editor for Reloading for Combat Handguns magazine. He has also been the Muzzleloading Field Editor for the Annual “Gun Digest” book.

He continues to write feature articles for a variety of print and on-line publications.

In 2011 he started a YouTube channel making videos about weapons from the middle ages to the present, with a strong emphasis on the firearms of the 18th and 19th century American frontier.