Black powder revolver used in Rochester Park Towers' shooting A 51-year-old woman was shot by a Rochester man after being told he would have to pay for a damaged lock at his apartment building.

And in some places, black powder guns are also one of the few ways a person with a felony conviction can purchase a firearm. A 1968 federal law that otherwise bars people who’ve committed ...

Q: In the past I owned a stainless Ruger Old Army black-powder pistol. Completely disassembling the pistol (removing the stocks, taking apart the action, etc.) was the only way I could prohibit ...

1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder inside.

A loophole in the state’s gun laws allowed William G. Adamson Sr. to carry the gun that police say he used to kill a Salem businessman last week. Adamson was armed with a “black-powder&… ...

Black powder residues will eat through fine blued steel in no time if the shooter isn’t careful about keeping their cap and ball revolvers clean. The new .44 caliber Black Rock Series 1858 New ...