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One of the many great things about muzzleloading rifles is that a model exists for any level of hunting or shooting that you desire. If you want a traditional flintlock rifle that fires round balls ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. When the U.S. Army adopted the breech loading Springfield ...

Maryland’s second muzzleloader deer hunting season runs from Dec. 20, 2025, through Jan. 3, 2026, giving hunters a two-week ...

Muzzleloading rifles are quite primitive and not always reliable, but some monster deer have been shot with them in Mississippi.

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.

Great hunting rifles come in many configurations. There are lever guns, bolt guns, pump guns, semi-autos, and single shots, even muzzleloaders. Some are plain, some are fancy, and some are somewhere ...

The primitive weapons season for hunting deer opens in Georgia on Saturday. Hunters using those weapons also may start pursuing bears in North Georgia at that time. This gives hunters using ...

which subsequently traveled through a tiny hole in the barrel and lit a larger charge of gunpowder, the explosion of which shot the lead ball through the barrel and toward its target. Here was the ...

A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less upon impact and may leave far fewer lead fragments in game than a modern ...