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The Model 1799: America’s First Service Pistol

Posted September 4, 2017 in Pistols by Matthew Moss with 17 Comments

Long before the MHS, the M1911, and even before the Colt Single Action Army the U.S. adopted its first sidearm. After the Revolutionary War Connecticut gunmaker Simeon North won a contract to manufacture the fledgling nation’s first officially adopted pistol. The [Read More…]

Firearms in the Tower Of London

Posted May 28, 2015 in Guns & Gear, Pistols, Rifles by Nicholas C with 21 Comments

The Tower of London is a cool place to learn about the history of England. In the center there is the White Tower. It houses the Royal Armouries collection as well as gifts given to the Crown. As one of the Yeomen Warders (the Beefeater guards) had said: “I say [Read More…]