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, ...

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.

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 ...

Tyler Sydebotham, the active gunsmith at the historic John P. Sites Jr. Gunsmith Shop, hopes to keep history alive.