** 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. ** Muzzleloaders have come a long way ...

Probably the first great leap forward in muzzle­loader technology occurred in the 1700s, when Pennsylvania gunmaker Martin Meylin added rifling to his barrels, creating the first long rifles (known as ...

Dates for upcoming 2025-26 deer hunting seasons in Michigan: Extended Archery: Through Jan. 31, 2026, for select counties: ...

Muzzleloading rifles are quite primitive and not always reliable, but some monster deer have been shot with them in Mississippi.

While the state's regular firearm season attracts most of the attention each year, sportsmen and women have additional chances to hunt this winter in Michigan. Muzzleloader season is about to start.

Muzzleloader deer hunting season goes from Dec. 6-15 for all three zones. Hunters in Zone 1 (Upper Peninsula) “carry afield or take a deer with a muzzleloading rifle, muzzleloading shotgun or ...

The technological advancement that’s going to open muzzleloader hunting up to a whole wave of new people is a polyethylene capsule that’s filled with black powder. So … not exactly space-age ...

** 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. ** Likely the only lead-free ...

A mix of outdoors stories from New York, including information on late muzzleloader seasons winding down in both zones.

A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less upon impact and may leave far fewer lead fragments in game than a modern ...