There's a good reason why Thompson/Center is considered one of the leading modern manufacturers of black-powder guns -- their product offerings just keep getting better with each new gun. The Triumph .50 caliber is no different and definitely lives up to its namesake. The Triumph ushers in a new..
We're trying to find out more about a mysterious bronze cannon. We'd like to find out where any others like it are, who made it, when, and who used it.
In this video, Springfieldarsenal.com builds and tests cannon ammunition made from 2.5 inch, schedule 80 PVC pipe. Rounds intended to fly intact to a distant target intact are made of uncut pipe sections. Rounds intended as short-range canister rounds which are to open up in flight use four sl..
Springfieldarsenal.com examines a bronze 16th C. Hackbutt wall gun, and asks for your help in deciphering the cryptic markings. The hackbut, as a form of firearm, is supposed to date from the mid-1400's. The initials IVR, in Latin, are an abbreviation for the Vatican City, but I'm not sure ..
