Firearms History, Technology & Development

In the world of firearms, ammunition comes in several calibers (e.g. .22, .357, 7.62 mm, 9 mm, .45 etc.). However, when purchasing ammunitio...

The term " boolit " may be seen on some forums on the internet these days. Well, what is it, the reader wonders? Well, wonder no m...

Your humble editor recently came across an interesting book called " Modern American Pistols and Revolvers ". The book dates from ...

During the early 1980s, there was quite a bit of controversy about teflon-coated bullets. Some news articles even went so far as to label th...

In our last post, we looked at advances in bullet technology from the 1900s onwards. We also studied some modern bullet types. Now we will s...

In our last post, we saw how spherical balls were gradually starting to be replaced by elongated bullets , especially since it was determine...

In the 1800s, many people began to realize the advantages of rifling and started to make weapons that included rifled barrels. The problems...

In our last post, we saw how smaller shotgun pellets are made. Pellets larger than 6 mm. cannot be made by this technique though and have t...

In our last post, we saw how lead balls were made by casting lead in a mold to form spherical bullets. The lead balls were used, one per sh...

In the early days of firearms, bullets were mostly made of cast lead balls. When we look at early firearms such as the petronel, culverin a...

After reading up about different types of propellants, we will now study the history of bullets. It may come as a surprise to some people to...