Why on earth would anyone throw a perfectly good, cocked and loaded flintlock musket into a privy?' This was the question I asked aloud while touring the Torpedo Factory Arts Center in ”Old Town ...

Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins, a flintlock, an unusual tan vase and a mysterious set of bronze keys, according to a news release from 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC.

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 ...

Cartridges provide this necessary ingredient, projecting bullets with extreme force. A hunting rifle cartridge is made up of ...

It's a unique big game season set up to deliberately force hunters to overcome the same challenges the native Americans and ...

"Brown Bess," a British musket, was also used during the War of 1812. "Brown Bess" is the nickname given to the muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket. While "Brown Bess" was the ...

Would you believe me if I told you the U.S. military had the option to field a hybrid-electric tank more than a century ago?

This heavily entrusted flintlock was found over the summer as ... Removing the hundreds of years of encrustation may reveal a musket ball, but it’s equally likely a great deal of deterioration ...

Yes, the flintlock muzzleloader season for deer begins Dec. 26. Bob Frye, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, said Pennsylvania’s flintlock season is unique in the United States.