My introduction to muzzleloaders began back in 1984 when I, tutored by my father, harvested my first black powder whitetail—a fine fat doe—in Ohio’s Harrison County. The rifle? A Thompson/Center ...

Blair Whipkey demonstrates what it is like to fire a .54 caliber flintlock muzzleloader. Pennsylvania's flintlock deer season begins Dec. 26, 2023.

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Probably the first great leap forward in muzzle­loader technology occurred in the 1700s, when Pennsylvania gunmaker Martin Meylin added rifling to his barrels, creating the first long rifles (known as ...

See the smoke fly when shooting a flintlock muzzleloader Blair Whipkey demonstrates what it is like to fire a .54 caliber flintlock muzzleloader. Pennsylvania's flintlock deer season begins Dec. 26, ...