"By 1866, the French had developed ... While many of the guns modified were earlier Model 1857 percussion rifles, some of the arms were Model 1822 flintlock muskets that had been updated in ...

It survived well into the 19th century and was often known as the French lock because Marin ... The Brown Bess was one of the best-known flintlock guns in military use. Eventually the flintlock ...

Simon Bolivar’s Flintlock Pistols, $1.76 million Simon Bolivar ... Gifted to Washington by his French ally Marquis de ...

The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution. 1637 - First use of firearms ...

The French flags waving! Happy GIs tossing chewing gum and chocolate ... She has a memory of the flag and the 21-gun salute. “I buried my head in his shoulder. It was years before I could attend ...

Monsieur Blanc produced 50 locks - the lock being the firing mechanism at the heart of a flintlock weapon. Briskly he took apart half of them and, with the insouciance for which the French are ...

They were dubbed "the pistols that might have changed the course of history" because after the first abdication of the French general ... interest in the two flintlock pistols as he said he ...

Assemble your team, prepare your plan of attack and conquer anyone who stands in your way with the most powerful water pistols we’ve tested. Whether you’ll be out in the yard or running around ...

A decade ago, pistol red dots were little more than a novelty for the average shooter. If you weren’t trying to achieve dominance at the Steel Challenge while shooting something like a tricked-out ...

On a recent trip to France, my mission was to eat like a French woman - or at least to find out just how they stay so slim. This is a country where on one corner, you find a boulangerie with mouth ...

The Roadkill Cook-Off put the town of Marlinton, W. Va., on the map, in a state that’s a hearty stew of homey mountain towns.