Aaron Newcomer

Large-bore pinfire cartridges from the author’s collection, accompanied by an SFM box for twenty-five green Gévelot 4-gauge cases, period ammunition papers, and two large Eley Universal shot cartridges.

In 1830, at a time when improvements in shotgun ammunition usually involved wire, paper, or increasingly clever mechanical contrivances, J.

Introduction In the early 19th century, the world of firearms was on the cusp of transformation.

Nineteenth‑century hunters wrestled with two maddening behaviors from smoothbore shotguns: at one extreme, tightly packed pellets that flew out “like a ball” (the coup de balle), and at the other, errant flyers that blew patterns wide open.

This unique breechloader began life as a Harpers Ferry Model 1842 percussion musket, a .69 caliber smoothbore muzzle-loader manufactured in 1855.

I’ve always been fascinated by historical documents.

Throughout the 1850s, a steadfast devotion to muzzleloading guns defined the British shooting world.

15mm Pinfire Revolver with 15mm and 12mm Pertuiset explosive pinfire cartridges[24] In the gunsmoke-filled world of 1860s Paris, as firearms technology was experiencing a revolution with the widespread adoption of breechloading weapons and self-contained…

John Krider was a name well-known among 19th-century American sportsmen, particularly in Philadelphia, where his gun shop became a staple of the local sporting community.

In the late 1800s, a legal battle erupted between two ammunition giants, the Union Metallic Cartridge Company and the United States Cartridge Company, over the technology used to manufacture cartridge shells.