https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/12/4/from-the-nra-museums-collection-fine-repeaters/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=insider&utm_campaign=1219
Louis and Elias Haimans were two brothers who immigrated to the United States from Prussia shortly before the American Civil War started...
I am amazed at the results of the cleaning, was NOT expecting them to look anything like a gun. I figured a mass of nothingness.
Very interesting link and processes.
Thanks for the link.
To Arm Against an Enemy: Colonial Williamsburg Highlights Small Arms of the Revolution
by Jeremiah Knupp - Tuesday, August 13, 2019
The story of firearms in the Revolutionary War is a complex one, but a new exhibit at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Virginia's Colonial...
Greek Flintlock Pistol (More Precisely Souliote). Made Circa 1820. Metal is embellished in repousse with stippled ground for contrast. Very Handsome pistol used at time when the “ Souliote Greeks” fought for independence as did all of Greece from the rule of Ottoman Empire. Barrel is 10” in...
Good read....
The Holster
“The term “holster” dates back to somewhere in the mid-17th century. Its origins are a combination of Dutch, Old English and German. The concept is actually seen in the Bible around 1,000 B.C., when a young David carried stones (ammo or a reload) in a leather pouch...
Sharpshooting North & South: The Genesis Of Sniping
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/8/25/sharpshooting-north-south-the-genesis-of-sniping/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=insider&utm_campaign=0719
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