Firearms History, Technology & Development

In our last post , we looked at the charcoal manufacturing process, as it was done from the 14th to the early 20th century. In today's p...

After spending the last few weeks studying the history of saltpeter manufacturing around the world, we will spend some time today studying ...

In our last post , we studied the basic components of black powder and how they were obtained throughout history. In this post, we will stud...

The invention of black powder (the first true "gunpowder") is credited to several sources, the Chinese, the Indians, the Arabs, th...