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2022年5月25日 · Besides holding only one round at a time, the guns of the 1790s had a very low level of accuracy and incredibly short ranges. Plus, muskets of the period, including the Brown Bess and Charleville, had no sights at all, aside from an affixed bayonet that one could look down while preparing to shoot.

2016年10月20日 · Chambers’ repeating guns stood at the nexus of diplomacy and technological advancement in the Age of Revolutions. Yet, the promise of rapid-fire arms was not taken for granted, nor did those who encountered it ascribe a quasi-mythical “American” quality to the nascent technology — often the case in today’s political culture.

The gun remains in FINE condition for an Indian Trade Gun that dates from sometime between about 1790 and the end of the War of 1812. The gun shows real world use and a long service life in its percussion form but was never abused or mistreated; the …

In the late 1790s the U.S. Army ordered pistol barrels, locks and stocks from both European and domestic sources. They let contracts-for-assembly to various regional gunsmiths, supplied them with locks, stocks and barrels; the craftsmen returned finished pistols and charged only for their labor and incidental parts.

1690-1790: 100 Years of French Naval Pistols By Charles Katsainos The year 17 17 marked a great step forward in the progress of standardization of French armaments, and the development of more efficient methods of arms procurement, as well as …

2018年3月11日 · It is true that in 1791 the most common firearms were handguns or long guns that had to be reloaded after every shot. But it is not true that repeating arms, which can fire multiple times without reloading, were unimagined in 1791.

2015年11月20日 · The 20-shot Girandoni rifle was designed circa 1779, and went to war in 1790 with the Austrians against Napoleonic forces.

The VCA 1790 Club (VCA 1790) is the successor to the famous VCA 1790 Rifle and Pistol Club (VCA 1790 R&P). VCA 1790 R&P, incorporated in 1916, facilitated the Corps’ participation with the New York Guard in the First Provisional Regiment, by allowing the Corps to purchase surplus 1895 Krag rifles from the Director of Civilian Marksmanship ...

2025年2月12日 · A circa 1790-1810 British Sgts spontoon. Only one I’ve seen outside of a museum. And I’ve only found a couple in British auction houses. I scraped down a white ash shaft for it and made a shoe for the bottom of the shaft. This was found nailed to the inside of an old barn door in Pictou NS. Great find.