Firearms History, Technology & Development

In the AK family of firearms , there are a huge number of different models. The Chinese type 56 rifle is one of these common variants. So ho...

In our last few posts, we have studied several examples of guns designed to be used as shotguns and rifles simultaneously. In our last post,...

In the last few posts, we have studied several firearms that could be used both as shotguns and rifles. We will study another member of this...

In the last two posts, we looked at some examples of firearms that could be used as both rifles and shotguns. In today's post, we will...

In our last post, we studied the Paradox gun , which could be used either as a shotgun, or as a rifle. The Paradox gun is one of the example...

In the 19th century, the British Empire spanned a large portion of the globe. This was a time when rich English sportsmen would undertake ex...

In our last post, we talked about the concept of " cylinder gap ". Briefly, revolvers have a gap between the cylinder and the rear...