With centerfire rifles now being permitted to hunt deer in several parts of Pennsylvania during the flintlock season, an organization wants the Game Commission to create a new early flintlock ...

The Pennsylvania Federation of Black Powder Shooters has started a petition on change.org as well as a paper petition seeking a new hunting season for primitive flintlock rifles. That online ...

1630 - The first true flintlock. The flintlock solved a longstanding problem. Some time in the late 1500s, a lid was added to the flash pan design. To expose or protect the powder, the lid had to ...