Firearms History, Technology & Development

In the last several months, we have studied the production of various forms of black powder in depth. The next series of posts will deal wit...

In our last few posts, we saw how people would determine the quality of black powder by measuring the physical properties of the powder, suc...

In our last post , we studied one physical property (density) that was used by people to judge black powder quality. Today we will study ano...

In our last post , we looked at some of the physical properties (color, grain solidity, grain size etc.) that powder manufacturers would loo...

In the last several weeks, we have taken a detailed look at the manufacturing process for black powder. In today's post, we will look at...

In our last post , we looked at a common black powder substitute: pyrodex . In today's post, we will look at other black powder substitu...

A few posts earlier , we saw a mention of something called " black powder substitute ". We will study more about this topic in tod...

In our last post , we studied how early gunpowder factories were often located in the middle of towns in the early days of firearms. Of cour...

In the previous several posts, we have studied several aspects of black powder manufacturing. But what about the factories themselves? In t...

In the last several posts, we've studied about the development of black powder . In today's post, we will study another type of powd...

In our last few posts, we saw some developments in compressed black powder technology , prismatic powders and pebble powders . In today...

A couple of posts ago, we saw why larger grain black powders were more suitable for larger guns and artillery , and studied two powders that...

In our last post, we studied the invention of compressed black powder by General Thomas Rodman of the US Army. While this idea had sound th...

In today's post, we will look at a form of powder that was used during the Civil War, called compressed powder . The origin of this powd...