This post describes the speediest means of reloading firearms in the 19th century. The main focus is not the ammunition capacity of any particular type of arm, but rather how quickly various arms ...

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 ...

Hunters burned a few more grains of black powder this year. Smokepole shooter numbers got a boost with passage of a regulation this past big-game hunting season allowing the use of optic devices, ...