It was a repeating flintlock musket that could fire up to 20 rounds per minute, and it was a musket that Ian McCollum ...

Today, rifles are made with exacting precision and ... of colonial Williamsburg takes us through the process of crafting a flintlock long rifle circa 1700. All the videos are embedded after ...

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 ...

which caused the French to wonder at first if some “magic” was entailed during a time of flintlock muskets as the primary arm. Lewis and Clark took a Girardoni air rifle on their famed ...

Many presidents have owned firearms: from the nation's early leaders like President George Washington, to former Presidents ...

The flintlock firing mechanism dates back to the 16th century, although it was another hundred years before it was generally used in infantry muskets ... the muzzle of the gun pointed well ...