Firearms History, Technology & Development

In today's post, we will look at a rather important place in the history of firearms, the region that is now the modern day country of I...

In our last post , we looked at how saltpeter was obtained in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. During her reign, England built...

In our previous post, we looked into some early history of saltpeter and gunpowder in England , until the reign of Henry VIII. We will now s...

In today's post, we will cross the Atlantic and take a look at the history of saltpeter and gunpowder trade in England. We know that g...

In our last post, we looked at how instructions by Professor Joseph LeConte enabled the Confederate States of America to obtain saltpeter . ...

In our last post, we studied the early history of saltpeter and gunpowder manufacturing in the United States . Where we last left off was wh...

In today's post, we will look at the early history of saltpeter production in the US. When the early colonists from England arrived in...