In an amazing 10-part video series, [Wallace Gustler] of colonial Williamsburg takes us through the process of crafting a flintlock long rifle circa 1700. All the videos are embedded after the ...

While it’s rare to get any buck during Pennsylvania’s flintlock season, two hunters harvested deer with massive antlers this winter.

Sure, you’ll see Sitka jackets and camo-dipped guns during the P.A. flintlock season, but it’s the old-school hunters in buckskins and fur hats, carrying traditional long rifles, who make this ...

The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution. 1637 - First use of firearms ...

By the time Congress got around to awarding the promised rifles to “Aiken’s Volunteers” on May 20, 1826, the U.S. Army had updated its hardware.

He wanted to try flintlock season because, “It’s probably the only gun I didn’t have in my gun cabinet. I knew the late season was here and I had time off,” he said. “So instead of ...