Historical Firearms & Others
Belton Flintlock (Wiki)[1777]
"The Belton flintlock was a repeating flintlock design using superposed loads, conceived by Phila...
Girardoni Air Rifle (Wiki)[1780]
The rifle was 4 ft (1.2 m) long and weighed 10 lb (4.5 kg), about the same basic size and weight ...
Pepper-box Revolver (Wiki)[1790]
Around 1790, pepperboxes were built on the basis of flintlock systems, notably by Nock in England...
Puckle Gun (Wiki)[1718]
The Puckle gun (also known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually-operated fli...
Kalthoff Repeater (Wiki)[1690]
The Kalthoff repeater was a type of repeating firearm that was designed by members of the Kalthof...
Private Ship Authorized to Use Cannons [1812]
James Madison 1812 Letters of Marque