You couldn’t have rolled a pickup truck full of beer cans off the mountain and created more commotion than the bull elk was making. I’d heard him bugle, checked the wind, snuck closer, and ultimately ...

Lee Bidwell is proud of his guns, no matter how “ugly” they look. Others might have nicer-looking black powder firearms, he said, but they didn’t build them nearly from scratch like Bidwell has done ...

KEMPTON – Just how important the Pennsylvania longrifle was in the day-to-day life of our ancestors is evident by some phrases that are used to this day. Just about all of us have heard someone ...

Muzzleloader deer hunting has come a long way. And if that bothers some blackpowder fans, it delights a still-growing crowd of muzzleloading fans clutching more dependable, more powerful firearms.

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Gary DeAustin got hooked on muzzleloaders the first time he fired one of the old-time rifles more than three decades ago. So did Jim Townsend. "I haven't fired a modern one since," said Townsend, ...

In this week's edition, Austin learns to build a muzzleloader I toured the White House to see Melania Trump's Christmas decorations. The East Wing is no more, but the display was still dazzling. I ...

Pennsylvania’s Mr. Black Powder lives in Longswamp Township. He’s outdoor writer and muzzleloading expert Dave Ehrig, whose influence on traditional long rifle shooting reaches far beyond his hillside ...