A black powder organization is looking to preserve flintlock rifle hunting in Pa. through a new expanded deer season. Here's ...

Early matchlock guns are extremely rare ... 1630 - The first true flintlock. The flintlock solved a longstanding problem. Some time in the late 1500s, a lid was added to the flash pan design.

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 ...