In the hands of men like Boone, Kenton, and Wetzel, the flintlock rifle helped shape North America as we know it today. Flintlock rifles won our War of Independence and went west with Lewis and Clark.

This photo of a modernized flintlock pistol showed up on Twitter recently and it made me smile -- old-school tacticool. Jack McCain tweeted the photo of a flintlock pistol equipped with an Aimpoint ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This .54 caliber smoothbore, ...

Why was the Kentucky rifle (originally the Pennsylvania rifle) so successful? Because the long rifle evolved in response to ...

The following contains spoilers for Predator: Killer of Killers, now streaming on HuluPredator: Killer of Killers brings back the flintlock pistol from previous entries in the series. Predator: Killer ...

A historic flintlock rifle that was used during the Battle of New Orleans has been returned to the museum it was stolen from over 35 years ago. FBI agents and Louisiana State Police recovered the ...

This antique weapon was found by a Clemson University student under a brick in the basement of a home on Tradd Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Clemson University photo College students exploring ...

College students exploring an 18th century tenement in Charleston, South Carolina, discovered what appears to be a flintlock-style pistol in the rarely-visited basement, according to Clemson ...