Firearms History, Technology & Development

In our last post , we looked at a study done in Graz, Austria, that compared mass-produced soldier weapons from the 16th, 17th and 18th cent...

In our last post , we looked at some tests done against many early firearms, mostly arquebuses and muskets. While we studied some of the tes...

When this blog first started, we talked about the accuracy (or rather, inaccuracy) of old firearms, especially those of the muzzle-loading v...

Here's wishing the readers of this blog a very happy and successful 2016. In today's post, we will study a particular type of snub-n...

Take a look at the two rifles in the image below: Click on the image to enlarge. The one we are going to study today is the one at th...

A long time ago, we studied lever actions and one of the most famous lever action weapons was the Winchester Model 1873 rifle. Winche...

Many months ago, we studied the differences between the 5.56mm. and the .223 cartridges . In that article, it was mentioned that the dimensi...