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| CT•Ranger |
Posted - May 21 2003 : 4:40:48 PM
For you reenactors or anyone else interested in British military fireamrms I recommend Howard L. Blackmore's excellent book British Military Firearms, 1650-1850. It has excellent coverage of the more obscure experimental firearms developed for the British military. Some of the more interesting are "Puckle's Machine Gun," a tripod mounted flintlock gun with 9 revolving chambers invented in 1717, it looks similar to some of the 19th century machine guns invented around the time of the American Civil War over one hundred years later. Flintlock shoulder fired rocket launchers, a 17th century flintlock revolver pistol, and 1740s grenade launchers which attach to the end of carbines are some of the other very interesting firearms covered in this book. It's difficult to find a copy to buy, but I found it at my university library.
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| SgtMunro |
Posted - July 22 2003 : 02:20:14 AM
I agree Ranger, Mr. Blackmoore's book has a very honored place in my own library. It is a work, which I was lucky to obtain at a garage sale years ago, which I find my self going back to time and again.
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