** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The odds that the rutting buck ...

With modern propellants, modern bullets and modern primers, a muzzleloader is capable of outstanding accuracy and long-range power. The author customized his Thompson/Center Omega to use large magnum ...

The first threads of daylight push into the sky as Dave explains how to load the gun. First, measure out 100 grains of gunpowder, he says. Then pour the powder down the barrel. Put a patch --a small ...

Right on time, October arrived with a refreshing burst of cool weather, and that makes hunters excited about muzzleloader deer season. Muzzleloader season, as we call it, is the highly anticipated ...

Myths and misunderstandings regarding the performance and care of blackpowder rifles and propellants have cost many hunters a buck. Don’t be one of them. If you spend any time in hunting camps, sooner ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The arguments over flintlock or ...

One of the many great things about muzzleloading rifles is that a model exists for any level of hunting or shooting that you desire. If you want a traditional flintlock rifle that fires round balls ...

You couldn’t have rolled a pickup truck full of beer cans off the mountain and created more commotion than the bull elk was making. I’d heard him bugle, checked the wind, snuck closer, and ultimately ...

Hunting deer with a muzzleloader is like fishing for bass with a fly rod--or golfing with any club you care to name--a pursuit made difficult by an instrument ill-conceived to the purpose. Of course, ...

Muzzleloader seasons were originally envisioned as opportunities to hunt with primitive muzzleloading firearms, and some states like Colorado and Oregon still prohibit muzzleloading rifles with inline ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced muzzleloader season opens this Saturday and runs through Dec. 18. During this season, muzzleloaders should only be used and no other means ...