Pratt and Jim Kibler of Hanoverton, Ohio, teamed up this winter and spring to teach a class of 10 men to make their own .50 caliber flintlock rifles, the most popular caliber for Ohio deer hunting.

One of the best deer-hunting memories I have is the morning Betty and I came downstairs to a homemade breakfast prepared by Mom wearing our possible bags and powder horns and toting flintlock rifles.

For many hunters, getting game isn't anywhere near as important as how they get it. Or what they get it with. The deer hunter who hits the woods toting a stick and string during gun season doesn't ...

KEMPTON – For master muzzleloader rifle builders, horners, knife makers and other craftsman who produce items associated with the Golden Age of Muzzle Loading the last weekend in July is a time to ...

I remember the first time that I shot a muzzleloader. The gun was my Dad's little 32 caliber flintlock muzzleloader. A flintlock actually uses flint to create a spark that ignites the black powder.