Christian Hawken was a premier Kentucky-style rifle-maker who lived and worked in Hagerstown after the American Revolution. Today, his rifles are highly desirable, thanks to their artistry and ...
The owner of a legacy firearms company will be bringing back the company’s Hawken flintlock rifles that have been popular with Pennsylvania hunters for decades. Gregg Ritz, who purchased ...
Much like the title character portrayed by Robert Redford in the film “Jeremiah Johnson,” I too was unable to purchase my first choice of a rifle when I took up flintlock deer hunting in 1978. I was ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — A new addition was made to ...
Twenty years ago, Michael Vaka’s grandfather-in-law Glen Barlow showed up at his door with a gift for his grandson-in-law — a box containing a flintlock rifle he’d bought decades before for $50 at a ...