Firearms History, Technology & Development

In designs of weapons we've studied so far, one of the major problems as how to provide a tight seal for the bullet when it is fired. Th...

In the last post , we studied some early rifled firearms, including the Baker rifle. These rifles were all of the muzzle-loading type and u...

The inventor of a rifled barrel is alleged to be one of two inventors, both of them German-speaking. According to The Gun and its Developmen...

Rifling is the process of cutting grooves into a barrel, usually in a spiral form. The aim of rifling is to impart spin on the bullet as it ...

One of the more exotic firing mechanisms around is the electrical firing mechanism. Mr. W.W. Greener, in his book, The Gun and Its Developme...

In the previous few posts of this blog, we've studied several types of metallic cartridges: The pin-fire cartridge , the rimfire cartrid...

In the last post of this blog, we studied the rimfire cartridge . Now we will study another development: the centerfire cartridge (a.k.a the...