Firearms History, Technology & Development

In our last post, we studied the Lorenzoni Repeater , which was invented by Michele Lorenzoni of Florence, Italy. While Mr. Lorenzoni was th...

In our last post, we looked at an early weapon that was capable of rapid reloading, the Kalthoff repeater . In today's post, we will loo...

In the early days of firearms, when most of them were muzzleloaders , reloading a firearm after it was shot took some time to accomplish. To...

In today's post, we will study a multi-barrel firearm known as the Nock gun . Henry Nock was originally a British locksmith, but in 17...

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...