Firearms History, Technology & Development

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

After our study of barrel making technologies, we will devote some time in the study of propellants. A propellant is the substance that when...

In our previous post , we saw how what kinds of steel are chosen to make barrels and the process by which they are drilled. Now we will cont...

We've seen in our previous post that with the rise of smokeless powders replacing the old black gunpowder, steel barrels became more po...

In the previous few posts, we've seen a lot of detail about the so-called damascus barrels. We've also seen a genuine damascus barre...

In our previous three posts , we saw beautiful examples of damascus barrels and studied the method of manufacture of these barrels. Due to t...

In the previous two posts, we looked into the history and development of damascus barrels throughout the world. Now we will look at some sam...