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Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Five

4th February 2019 Tom Pudding 2268 Comments

Introduction By inducing a projectile to spin around its own axis its flight is stabilised and accuracy and range are vastly improved. Rifling a barrel by cutting spiral grooves in a variety of forms and [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1971

1st February 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3890 Comments

Featured song: Slade: Cuz I Love You This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]

19th Century

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Four

28th January 2019 Tom Pudding 3044 Comments

Introduction Every month my gun club holds a guest day when members can bring along friends and family to ‘have a go’ with their firearms. Maybe it’s because we were raised on a diet of [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 7

27th January 2019 Tachybaptus 3024 Comments

May 6th, 1809 We are part of a regular army again, pressing on to confront the French. I must confess that my old bones are aching from the furious pace of our advance. Jem is [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1970

25th January 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3393 Comments

Featured song:  Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]

19th Century

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Three

21st January 2019 Tom Pudding 3518 Comments

Introduction Although the flintlock ignition system was technically advanced for its time, it wasn’t without its shortcomings. Flintlocks require careful setting-up and constant maintenance and adjustment to be reliable. They also have a relatively slow [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 6

20th January 2019 Tachybaptus 3661 Comments

March 2nd, 1809. We are back in Portugal at last. It has been a circuitous journey across ridges and valleys, avoiding the French troops on the lower ground, but we have managed it without any [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1969

18th January 2019 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3643 Comments

Featured song: The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped [more…]

19th Century

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Two

14th January 2019 Tom Pudding 4379 Comments

In my introductory article we saw that by the beginning of the 19th century the flintlock was firmly established as the state-of-the-art means of ignition in military and sporting firearms. In this article, we will [more…]

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