KEMPTON – When George Jones sang the heartbreaking lyrics asking “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” he well could have been singing about the gunmakers who were building rifles when the popularity of ...

In the hands of men like Boone, Kenton, and Wetzel, the flintlock rifle helped shape North America as we know it today. Flintlock rifles won our War of Independence and went west with Lewis and Clark.

Ka-boom! That’s the familiar sound hunters in the woods this time of year look forward to hearing. Monday was the first day of the three-week flintlock rifle season in Pennsylvania. It’s believed to ...