1. Don’t smoke around the black powder or your rifle. 2. Mark your ramrod to show where it will sit at the muzzle when the gun is loaded. This way you can be sure your load is seated correctly; you ...

The first threads of daylight push into the sky as Dave explains how to load the gun. First, measure out 100 grains of gunpowder, he says. Then pour the powder down the barrel. Put a patch --a ...

Black powder is highly fouling and it may become difficult to load a ball after a few shots. When your rifle becomes hard to load, swab the bore a few times with a lubricated patch or bore cleaner.

Q: In the past I owned a stainless Ruger Old Army black-powder pistol. Completely disassembling the pistol (removing the stocks, taking apart the action, etc.) was the only way I could prohibit ...

The following is a State Police press release: The New York State Police Gun Investigation Unit ... associated with the possession of black powder or muzzle-loading weapons. On August 3, 2011 ...

TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa man is facing charges after police say he tried to shoot someone with a black powder pistol. A black powder pistol uses hand-loaded ammunition instead of traditional bullets.