Don’t smoke around the black powder or your rifle. 2. Mark your ramrod to show where it will sit at the muzzle when the gun is loaded. This way you can be sure your load is seated correctly; you can ...

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These are our expert's picks for the top black powder ... Fewer moving parts ... then CVA’s Wolf gets the nod. No, it doesn’t feature the high-end niceties of a $1,000 black powder rifle, ...

Tim Claypool admired the handiwork of the craftsmen who made black powder muzzleloader rifles dating to the late 1700s and 1800s and replicas on display at a collectors show Saturday, but he was ...

The Eugene Pioneer Cemetery was established in 1872 and currently has more than 767 lots across 16 acres with about 4,000 burials, according to the cemetery’s website.The resting sites of early ...

Less fragmentation in muzzleloading and black powder cartridge rifles Date: December 8, 2016 Source: Oregon State University Summary: A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading ...

Like the old guys, Gibbs loads by pouring black powder down the barrel, followed by patch and ball, and tamping it tight with a ramrod. He shoots 60 grains of powder and a .490 round ball.

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.

and shot off a black powder rifle directly next to the plaintiff’s ear,” injuring him with an “excessively explosive sound,” according to the lawsuit filed in Connecticut Superior Court.

ACME, W.Va. — Two Kanawha County residents are recovering after mishandling a black powder rifle. According to Kanawha County Deputies the victims, a 24-year old male and 31-year old female were ...

"I couldn't even find parts for it," Wotring said. Wotring decided to use his well-honed skills and made a brand new, authentic, American-made black powder rifle for the beloved Mountaineer.