BERTHOUD — As the temperature climbed over 100 degrees on a recent afternoon, 17-year-old Brittany Cawthra used a ramrod to pound a 50-caliber lead ball tightly into her traditional Thompson/Center ...

HOLDERNESS — The smell of campfire smoke mixed with the scent of gunpowder on Saturday as more than 50 people participated in a Primitive Biathlon — a fun and challenging wilderness competition that ...

Watch as a pre-1840 primitive campsite is set up; condensed to 2 minutes A trio of pre-1840 primitive campers set up a campsite, as dozens will be doing in preparation for the Blue Ridge Rifles ...

CAMP BUTNER, N.C. - Marksmen from eleven countries, rifles in hand, hung their flags, loaded their barrels and took aim, in the same direction, a target 1,000 yards away at the North Carolina National ...

TWIN VALLEY, Minn. - A Twin Valley man who recently retired is not spending his free time sitting in a recliner. He's bringing home the hardware.Raymond Hanson is back home after becoming a world ...

The local Nebraska Muzzle Loading Rifle Association was among the groups which hosted the state muzzle loading championships over Labor Day weekend at the Red, White and Blue Range near Cairo.

Puffs of white smoke drifting over a clearing on the edge of Berryville didn't come from distant wildfires, but from the barrels of black-powder rifles, pistols and shotguns at a shooting match that ...

CAIRO — “Pistol packin’ Mama” — also known as Edie Grim, of Dannebrog — was in charge of keeping records at the 31st annual “Red White and Blue” rendezvous on the South Loup River northwest of Cairo ...

QUAKER SPRINGS – A short drive from the site of a momentous 18th-century battle, much more genial combatants still do things the 18th-century way. The Old Saratoga Muzzle Loading Club practices the ...

The Gem County Rod and Gun Club Muzzleloaders will host a muzzle loading shoot at the club rifle range Saturday, Feb. 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. Gate opens at 12:30 p.m. This date is different than usual by ...

Warm weather and clear skies brought out a good group of muzzle loading shooters for March Gem Rod & Gun Club Muzzle Loading Shoot. Scott "Forgetful" Jones won the patched round ball rifle trailwalk ...

Gary DeAustin got hooked on muzzleloaders the first time he fired one of the old-time rifles more than three decades ago. So did Jim Townsend. "I haven't fired a modern one since," said Townsend, ...