In the hands of men like Boone, Kenton, and Wetzel, the flintlock rifle helped shape North America as we know it today. Flintlock rifles won our War of Independence and went west with Lewis and Clark.

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The blackpowder rifles that come out of Hershel House’s workshop hidden in the Kentucky backwoods aren’t just exacting, made-from-scratch re-creations of true frontier guns. The home-forged springs ...

The company plans to reintroduce the Hawken flintlock rifle, popular among Pennsylvania hunters, by 2028. The popular T/C Encore ProHunter muzzleloader, known for its interchangeable barrels, is back ...

KEMPTON – When George Jones sang the heartbreaking lyrics asking “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” he well could have been singing about the gunmakers who were building rifles when the popularity of ...

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I admit having to check the facts in my hunting journals I’ve kept over the years if having the facts correct are of absolute importance, but overall the memories that were made the opening day of ...

We turn off the main road and onto the ice-crusted one-lane drive that meanders to the hill Dad calls the “Sheshequin Property”. It’s named after the Township it’s in, all the way on the northern ...