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 ...

From the caribou camps in the Great White North of Quebec to the hunting lodges of the Deep South, six decades of filling tags with muzzleloader rifles and shotguns earned Dave Ehrig the title of “Mr.

KEMPTON – Hard to believe how long in the tooth flintlock hunters have become since getting in on the ground floor when the flintlock deer season made its debut in the mid-1970s. Not hard to believe, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. overall, rifle: 52 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; ...

Ask anyone who has ever been involved with the reenacting of American frontier history, or competitive primitive shooting sports, or collecting of antiques, or the evolution of the Pennsylvania Long ...