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Thank you. Do you happen to have any sources about the recoil? I assumed they were quickly replaced due to their smooth bore. I also read this model was almost entirely used by the North since Prussia was looking to sell them so quickly and cheaply since they were in the middle of upgrading. It...

Some Before and After pics of a Prussian Danzig/Potsdam Musket likely used in the Civil War. It came to our collection with some sort of brown paint and thick plastic coating. Plus all of the metal pieces had been painted gold. It looked like a McDonald's toy!! It was one of the most intense...

July 4, 1895? Either made for some 4th of July festival by a citizen, or it was one of the first things dumped when Teddy Roosevelt upgraded to the Great White Fleet!

This is so cool though! Wall guns don't get nearly as much love as they should.

Hey gang I'd like to get your perspectives to help me find a comfortable answer. At various reenactments, especially Civil War and revolutionary War events, a lot of the artillery pieces on display there are "scaled", meaning that they are not full size, usually one half or 3/4 scale. I hope to...

Definitely a flint lock made for the African hunting market. I've got a couple of the buccaneer models, and the trigger guard is almost the exact same as yours. Take a look at this advertisement from the '50s I think, hopefully it can help.

I don't speak French, but we have Google lens to help us out a bit. I screenshotted the translation of the page Unfortunately it doesn't give us any information, but apparently this is from a tapestry in a cathedral. Nonetheless it still doesn't mean it's a historical tapestry. I really don't...

Hi friends, I did a bit of research and I found out that the image is actually from a book published in 1873 in France called Les arts au moyen age et a l'époque de la renaissance. On this link you can find a PDF to the full scan of The book, But I also screenshotted the page and uploaded it...

Hi all, I'm working to create a reenacting unit for the Western Sharpshooters, which used an 1860's style deer hunting gun. While the primary sources describe the guns as: “The rifles were of all different makes, sizes, and calibers”, all of the photos of the regiment and surviving artifacts are...

Hey Gang, I'm looking to recreate a Civil War unit called the Western Sharpshooters (66th Illinois) and they are described as having a shot bag covered in bison (Buffalo) fur, or sometimes described as bear fur. I'm hoping to equip a small unit of reenactors, so I'm wondering if anyone can think...

Hello, my name is Jerry and I am the owner and curator of a few small museums in Michigan. I recently began my work towards creating the Military History Academy, teaching folks historical soldiering skills, which of course brings me here. Looking forward to learning great things from everyone!