But this article isn’t about hunting; rather, it focuses on a necessary, yet misunderstood, component used to collect game or punch paper when using a muzzleloader—powder.

Powder measure: The powder load used in traditional muzzleloaders is measured by volume and not by weight. Powder measures are adjustable to vary the size of your load based on your needs.

Today, outside of the black powder used in them, most muzzleloaders sold aren’t so primitive. ... If you need everything quick, clean, and easy, muzzle loading is probably not for you.

Hard to believe how long in the tooth flintlock hunters have become since getting in on the ground floor when the flintlock deer season made its debut in the mid-1970s. Not hard to believe, however, ...

In 2001, Savage Arms introduced the 10ML-II, the first muzzleloader to use smokeless powder. The use of smokeless powders in a muzzleloader was a radical step that was not without problems. Gun ...

Here’s how the system works. First you load a .50 cal muzzleloader bullet through the muzzle of the rifle. Then, you break open the gun and load the FireStick through the specially designed breech of ...

Muzzleloading, or black powder hunting, is the fastest growing of all the shooting sports, said Prairie River Arms marketing director Theresa Quezada of Princeton.

Black Powder and Bushytails: How to Hunt Squirrels With a Muzzleloader If you think squirrel hunting is too easy, it’s time to break out the muzzleloader By M.D. Johnson Nov 30, 2021 ...

BARNESVILLE Clearly, after 40 years, this flintlock muzzleloader season that is unique to Pennsylvania appears to be a success. For those who were in on the action back when it all got started, the… ...

1 / 16 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A competitor with the Australian team looks at his targets 1000 yards away as he walks to his position at the 10th Long Range Muzzle Loaders International ...

For master muzzleloader rifle builders, horners, knife makers and other craftsmen who produce items associated with the Golden Age of Muzzle Loading the last weekend in July is a time to gather at ...