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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To some it’s a lost art and talent that requires more skill than any other shooting sport today. To others, it represents a welcome, simpler time. Either way there are many options for people who ...

It was once called a "primitive arms" deer hunting season, but no one pretends that's the case any more. And it's not a "blackpowder" season anymore, either. It remains - just barely - a muzzleloader ...

Puffs of white smoke drifting over a clearing on the edge of Berryville didn't come from distant wildfires, but from the barrels of black-powder rifles, pistols and shotguns at a shooting match that ...

Ask anyone who has ever been involved with the reenacting of American frontier history, or competitive primitive shooting sports, or collecting of antiques, or the evolution of the Pennsylvania Long ...

Strand is part of the much larger group of hunters who use a more modern form of “in-line” muzzleloader. (The reference is to the modern gun’s ignition system, which creates a direct line from the ...

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