A History of Bolt Guns, Part Three
We’ve got a lot of ground to cover and not much bandwidth, and this will be an image-heavy post to support that. So hang on.
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A History of Bolt Guns, Part Two
Now, I’m not saying the folks at Vetterli looked across the Atlantic and noticed the feeding setup of the highly successful 1866 Winchester repeater, but if they had, it would certainly explain their adoption of a very similar mechanism for their repeating rifle…
Read MoreA History of Bolt Guns, Part One
Unlike our previous two historical studies, this one begins in Europe. The story of bolt-action guns begins in 1824, with a German inventor named Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse…
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A look at Charles Newton, gunmaker.
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Animal v Coyote. Two mammals enter, one mammal leaves.
Read MoreA History of Lever Guns, Part Six
Lever guns in today’s market
Read MoreA History of Lever Guns, Part Five
Wherein smokeless powders come along and revolutionize the world of firearms.
Read MoreA History of Lever Guns, Part Four
The latest and greatest info on slightly antiquated firearms!
Read MoreA History of Lever Guns, Part Three
Part 3 of Animal’s look at the history of lever guns
Read MoreA History of Lever Guns, Part Two
Animal continues his history of the lever gun.
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