Firearms History, Technology & Development

When we left off in our last post , we saw that cartridges like .45-70 and .50-90 were named based on their caliber and the amount of black ...

In the world of firearms history, we often see famous cartridge names like .30-30 Winchester, .45 ACP, .30-06 Springfield etc. So how exactl...

In the world of firearms, some of you readers may have heard about the terms +P and +P+ (pronounced as "Plus-P" and "Plus-P...

When we look at an M16 rifle (or its semi-automatic only civilian cousin, the AR-15), there is something noticeable about their sights: ...

During World War I, aerial combat between aircraft happened for the first time in history. It soon became apparent that machine guns were ne...

In our previous post about powder horns , we noted that these were containers used to carry black powder . As we noted previously, powder ho...

During the early part of firearms history, people were forced to carry separate containers of black powder , bullets and wads, because the ...