This pair of 1786 flintlock pistols was made with ivory stocks and ... 1873 - Winchester rifle introduced. Winchester rifles were affordable, and produced in such great numbers, that the ...

He made a smoothbore 20 gauge gun that allows him to ... For target shooting and competitions, he made a rifled .45-caliber flintlock. Kauffman travels to hunt in different parts of the state ...

Bill Harriman, firearms specialist on BBC One's Antiques Roadshow, told Making History that a flintlock is a mechanism ... with the muzzle of the gun pointed well away. The firer would then ...