** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The advent of black powder changed ...
It was once called a "primitive arms" deer hunting season, but no one pretends that's the case any more. And it's not a "blackpowder" season anymore, either. It remains - just barely - a muzzleloader ...
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 ...