Sunday, September 11, 2011
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The AK family of assault rifles are pretty widespread around the world, because of their lower cost of manufacturing, lower tooling costs, ... -
The first repeating revolver type weapons and predecessors of modern revolvers are called pepper-box revolvers. The name has to do with the ... -
In the world of modern firearms which use centerfire cartridges , there are two major types of mechanisms used to trigger the cartridge prim... -
The name "derringer" is often associated with a class of pistols that are small and designed to be carried in a coat pocket, woman... -
The first type of testing we will study is the Proof Test . The idea behind such a test is to verify the strength of the barrel, breech and ... -
When a person fires a rifled weapon towards a paper target, the usual result expected is that a round hole corresponding to the diameter of... -
In our last post, we studied a method of rifling called Broach Rifling . Now we will study another method of rifling called Button Rifling .... -
In our last post about combined firearms , two of the examples (the whip pistol and King Henry VIII's mace) are also examples of a conce... -
Since the early days of gun-making, people were looking for different ways to better protect the iron and steel parts of their weapons. Ther... -
The early history of true shotguns begins in the 1800s, when people began to use them to hunt birds. During that time, the flintlock firing ...