Guns of the Week: December 15 – 19, 2014 Unloading the Myth – Two of a Kind This U.S. Rifle Model 1803 was manufactured at the Harpers Ferry Armory. It is a first type, manufactured from 1803 to 1807. About 4,000 were produced. It was the first U.S. regulation rifle. This model was used in the War […]
Guns of the Week: November 10 – 14, 2014 German Firearms Unloading the Myth – The Designer Bag of 19th Century Military By the late nineteenth century, America and England had begun to adopt revolvers as a staple to the military, but some European Armies followed a little slower. They retained the philosophy that personal side […]
Guns of the Week: October 27 – 31, 2014 Air Guns Unloading the Myth – Perception is Often Reality Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Is it a Tommy Gun? No! It’s an Air Gun Take a look at this gun. At first glance, many may think it a machine gun, specifically a Thompson. Because […]
Guns of the Week: October 20 – 24, 2014 Early Firearms Laws This week’s firearms play a role in early firearms laws and regulations. The first is a gun that was originally classified by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as a “curio or relic,” which often allowed it reprieve from certain Gun Control Act […]
Guns of the Week: October 13 – 17, 2014 Unloading the Myth – Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight During the American Civil War, the Union Knife Co. of Naugatuck, CT made pocket and folding knives. But believe it or not, they also produced a series of firearms primarily for a man named J.P. Lindsay. They […]
Guns of the Week: October 6 – 10, 2014 Ingenious Engineering Unloading the Myth – Dardick and His Trounds This gun may look like something from the pages of a science fiction novel but it was actually an unique invention produced in the mid-twentieth century. In the 1950s, one such firearm was the Dardick Model 1500 Pistol. […]