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 ...

Fire in the hole,” someone yelled as the ear-piercing crack of a black-powder rifle split the silence last Saturday at Fort ...

as he makes an 18th-century muzzle-loading flintlock rifle from raw materials. It’s a long video, but it leaves nothing out and has a really informative commentary we’re told from the gunsmith ...

While both deer and bear are big game animals, the loads used for hunting one over the other are different. To provide some guidance, Dave Ehrig was willing to share ...

According to PGC Director of Communications Travis Lau, the first flintlock hunt was held Dec. 26-28, 1974, on 37 State Game Lands, with 65 deer taken during the three-day affair. “Eventually it ...

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

On Oct. 16, the Flintlock Range Association broke ground on a new shooting and archery range in Cook County, marking the ...