rifle, probably the first firearm that could be aimed at a distant target and hit it. The jaeger was the creation of Central European gunsmiths: a flintlock with a heavy, octagonal, rifled barrel of ...

Many consider the Model 1803 flintlock rifle to be the most beautiful long gun ever produced for the U.S. military. It’s easy to see why. Sporting a 33" (later 36") half-round, half-octagon ...

The first makers of American flintlock rifles were German gunsmiths in southeastern Pennsylvania during the early 1700s, he points out. They took the German Jaeger—which had a rifled barrel of ...

Unlike most other states, however, the Knight Rifle and other in-lines are not legal during Pennsylvania’s muzzleloader season. The flintlock — which employs an external ignition system — is ...

He wanted to try flintlock season because, “It’s probably the only gun I didn’t have in my gun cabinet. I knew the late season was here and I had time off,” he said. “So instead of ...