Kauffman likes carrying a flintlock in the woods in all the hunting seasons. He made a smoothbore 20 gauge gun that allows him to shoot both a .62-caliber round ball for deer and shotgun shot for ...

In an amazing 10-part video series, [Wallace Gustler] of colonial Williamsburg takes us through the process of crafting a flintlock long rifle circa 1700. All the videos are embedded after the ...

While it’s rare to get any buck during Pennsylvania’s flintlock season ... in snowy conditions. His gun didn’t create enough spark to fire when he tried to shoot at two different does.

The flintlock firing mechanism dates back ... The loading process meant that the gun would be able to shoot about four or five times a minute. John Harriman says that there is very little chance ...