The 1794-1798 U.S. Musket Contracts were amazingly successful considering the fragmented state of the U.S. arms manufacturing industry in the 1790s. These two contracts allowed some …

Confident that the reader would not want a musket-by- musket recounting of marks, trigger shapes, trigger guard evolution, barrel lengths, etc., we will attempt to summarize the most …

The last section of the paper examines the possible between firearms and the growth of Ottoman military manpower. literature explained the increase in the number of musket-bearing sary …

The aim of this research project was to conduct a thorough ballistic exam-ination and provide a performance assessment of an 18th century musket. In recent years, there has been an …

Faced with selling each musket delivered to the United States Government at a loss; other options were found. South America was in rebellion against Spain and Portugal. Their agents were …

A seventeenth century musket with a barrel of 10 bore (19.68 mm) internal diameter which red a 12 bore (18.51 mm) musket ball had a large amount a windage i.e. the

During the Revolutionary War, the French provided substantial military and logistical support to help secure an American victory over the British. The import of weapons and other materiel, …