1607 - Settlers arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. 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.

With a click of a trigger and the release of a flint stone against steel, black power explodes to propel a round ball through a long barrel toward its target. Yes, the flintlock muzzleloader ...

flintlock deer season soon gets underway ... all hope was lost and was ready to move on to another buck.” It was a long deer season. “I put more hours in a tree stand for this deer than ...