This post describes the speediest means of reloading firearms in the 19th century. The main focus is not the ammunition capacity of any particular type of arm, but rather how quickly various arms ...

At 63, armorer R. Vern Crofoot likes 1870s percussion cap guns well enough, but it is Revolutionary-era flintlocks and their earlier predecessors, the matchlocks, that are his specialty and passion.

Every once and a while Law Enforcement Technology lets me write about a fun topic. This time I picked something I love to do: Black Powder. I tested a Remington Model 1858 Army from Cabela’s, one of ...