THE extraordinary explosive power of fulminate of mercury is known to all chemists, but it is not generally known that the explosion of a percussion cap on a gun will cause a current of air sufficient ...

At 63, armorer R. Vern Crofoot likes 1870s percussion cap guns well enough, but it is Revolutionary-era flintlocks and their earlier predecessors, the matchlocks, that are his specialty and passion.

HANNA CITY, Ill. (WMBD) — Wildlife Prairie Park is looking for help finding a historic rifle that was stolen from the park. The 36-calibre muzzle-loading percussion cap rifle was stolen from its ...

There is more than one type of big-game hunting rifle, and primitive muzzleloading rifles are very special to Dan Opp of Columbia. He loves to hunt with them and shoot competitively at monthly shoots ...