The flintlock rifle was originally designed as a tool to protect and harvest food for the early pioneers ... and powder horns. West Virginia University Mountaineer rifle maker Marvin Wotring ...

1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock ... 1607 - Settlers arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. 1630 - The first true flintlock. The flintlock solved a longstanding problem.

West Virginia now has ... the Hall Model 1819 flintlock rifle. John Hall developed the rifle and had it manufactured at Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County. The early 1800s weapon was one of the ...