The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution.

The blackpowder rifles that come out of Hershel House’s workshop hidden in the Kentucky backwoods aren’t just exacting, made-from-scratch re-creations of true frontier guns. The home-forged ...

Although often called ‘Kentucky rifles,’ flintlock long rifles were made by German settlers in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Shenandoah Valley.

The flintlock Baker rifle got top billing in the "Sharpe's Rifles" series with actor Sean Bean, which is based upon the novels of Bernard Cornwell.

Hunting with a flintlock rifle is much more than Dave Ehrig’s hobby. Ehrig, 57, of Longswamp Township, Berks County, is a self-proclaimed flintlock fanatic. The retired Whitehall-Coplay schoo… ...

A black powder organization is looking to preserve flintlock rifle hunting in Pa. through a new expanded deer season. Here's why.

Many consider the Model 1803 flintlock rifle to be the most beautiful long gun ever produced for the U.S. military.

The Hessian dragoon pistol gets its name from the fact the long, large-caliber guns were once standard issue for mounted troops from German states. The weapons saw action in the Revolutionary War ...

The first makers of American flintlock rifles were German gunsmiths in southeastern Pennsylvania during the early 1700s, he points out.

A flintlock rifle Christian Hawken made is being preserved and donated to the historical society — soon you'll have a chance to see it for yourself.