On "I Have This Old Gun," we examine the early American-made 1803 Harpers Ferry flintlock rifle. Reenactors dressed as World War II era U.S. marines fire the Browning M2.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — In the 1790s, President George Washington wanted the country to make its own weapons for the army, according to a Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ranger who spoke ...