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 ... the challenges of using a gun that requires a piece of flint for an ignition system as well as perseverance to ...

With a click of a trigger and the release of a flint ... with a flintlock. It’s a primitive feeling. It’s a neat feeling when the fire goes off.” He soon realized he needed a rifle that ...

The flintlock mechanism was designed to push back the lid and spark a flint at the same time ... 1873 - Winchester rifle introduced. Winchester rifles were affordable, and produced in such ...