Technology has impacted most everything in our lives including muzzleloading rifles. Pennsylvania has a long heritage of having a primitive hunting season after Christmas for muzzleloaders. Scouting ...

My introduction to muzzleloaders began back in 1984 when I, tutored by my father, harvested my first black powder whitetail—a fine fat doe—in Ohio’s Harrison County. The rifle? A Thompson/Center ...

Even with inline muzzleloaders, more is not always better when it comes to an effective hunting load for deer hunting. When hunting deer with a traditional flintlock ...

If you plan to hunt deer with a muzzleloader in November or December, and especially if you are breaking in a new rifle or perhaps have not been satisfied with the performance you have been getting ...

The three most common questions in a hunter’s mind before hitting the range with an inline muzzleloader are: Loose or pelletized powder? Light or heavy bullets? And, do I really need to clean my gun ...

I often get asked how to get a muzzleloader to shoot accurately. Muzzleloaders are accurate to be sure, but it takes some time on the range to get them shooting straight, shot after shot, and it's ...

Controversy over the banning of in-line rifles during Colorado’s big game muzzleloader seasons has sprinkled more fuel on an already fiery controversy which has drawn sides between users of ...

Michigan's firearm deer season ends at the close of legal shooting Tuesday, but 200,000 hunters still have their sights set on the December muzzleloading season. Once a marginal group, dominated by ...

The three most common questions in a hunter’s mind before hitting the range with an inline muzzleloader are: Loose or pelletized powder? Light or heavy bullets? And, do I really need to clean my gun ...