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This video traces the dramatic transformation of military technology from the age of smoothbore muskets to the dawn of modern machine guns. Covering the years 1837 to 1901, it highlights the ...

The main military infantry weapon through the time of Napoleon was the smoothbore musket, It was quick to load, not very accurate, with an effective range of about 100 yards. Hunting rifles of the ...

This story, “Guns of the American Revolution,” appeared in the July 1976 issue of Outdoor Life. “This province has raised 1,000 riflemen, the worst of whom will put a ball through a man’s head at the ...

Compass Auction is currently auctioning a Pre-Civil War Harpers Ferry Model 1816 .69 Smoothbore Musket as an item in the current Firearms, Ammo, & Accessories Auction. Like many other Model 1816s, it ...

Maria Thackston, (left) vice president of the Chubb insurance company, turned the stolen 1770s musket over to Scott Stephenson, president and CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution, after the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle arrived just when it was needed, and it was clear that what worked at Waterloo would not suffice in the coming conflict. Great Britain ...

The Greenfield Fish & Game Club is hosting its first ever musket target shooting event on Saturday, August 2, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The club is located at 6683 Stage Road, Utica NY. To sign up, ...

“This province has raised 1,000 riflemen, the worst of whom will put a ball through a man’s head at the distance of 150 or 200 yards; therefore advise your officers who shall hereafter come out to ...

The Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle was developed in time for use by the British Army in its first great war in decades and was arguably the catalyst of another conflict that nearly destroyed its colonial ...