This item evidences the simple technology of the early 19th Century and shows that military weapons of this period exhibit an aesthetic quality not evident in modern arms. Item passed down from ...

1607 - Settlers arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. 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.

With a click of a trigger and the release of a flint stone against steel, black power explodes to propel a round ball through a long barrel toward its target. Yes, the flintlock muzzleloader ...

Sure, you’ll see Sitka jackets and camo-dipped guns during the P.A. flintlock season, but it’s the old-school hunters in buckskins and fur hats, carrying traditional long rifles, who make this ...