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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 ...

that muzzleloaders use all-lead bullets, open sights and loose black or synthetic black powder. » The weapons must have exposed, pivoting hammers and exposed ignition using only flint or ...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — It was the opening morning of early muzzleloader elk season, and Don Strand was right where he wanted to be: hunkered down in heavy timber up Nasty Creek in the Ahtanum, 25 yards ...

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, ...

A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less upon impact and may leave far fewer lead fragments in game than a modern ...

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BENSON -- As he has for many years, John T. Hutchinson will be hosting fellow muzzleloader enthusiasts on his hunting lands south of Benson for this year's muzzleloader deer hunt. Be certain of this: ...

HOPKINS — For some hunters, Michigan’s muzzleloader season represents one of the last opportunities to harvest a deer for the year. But for others, it symbolizes something else entirely. “That thing ...