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You have to see this Flintlock Machine Gun from the 1700s
Some might wonder what would have happened if Porter had a couple of machine guns. Others might say that’s ridiculous, ...
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Smoke Show: Scenes from America’s Last Flintlock-Only Deer Season
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 ...
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1700’s Flintlock Pistol Discovered While Metal Detecting!
WOW a 1700s flintlock pistol found metal detecting patriot sites for colonial coins and relics? During a recent trip to Charleston, SC we visited with our friends from the low country metal detecting ...
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Gun Timeline
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. 1637 - First use of firearms ...
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Two Pa. hunters get massively wide bucks with flintlock muzzleloaders. Here's how
While it’s rare to get any buck during Pennsylvania’s flintlock season, two hunters harvested deer with massive antlers this winter. Paul Black of Rew, McKean County, and Nate Vasbinder ...