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Ancient and Modern (or a Tale of Two Cartridges: 1)

2nd August 2023 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction Two questions that I am regularly asked when shooting my long-obsolete 19th century rifles at our local club range are i) how much does it cost to make one cartridge? and ii) how long [more…]

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Eight

4th March 2019 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction During the first half of the 19th century great leaps forward were made in firearms technology and by the 1870s soldiers who 50 years earlier would have been supplied with flintlock, smoothbore muskets were [more…]

Ancient and Modern (or a Tale of Two Cartridges: 1)

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Eight

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