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Happy Independence Day: Guns of the Grunt 1776-2020

by Chris Eger

Back-to-back World War champs and arguably the strongest military in the world, America's Soldiers have carried a wide array of rifles in the past 244 years.

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The firearms of the American Colonial militia, pre-1776

by Chris Eger

In the age of weaponized drones, it may be hard to imagine that close to 250 years ago a country was born using the primitive weapons of the oppressor.

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Braddock’s Defeat, Brown Bess Rifles and the Tactics that Lost America

by Aaron Samsel

To the Imperialists in Britain, General Edward Braddock was considered seasoned, commanding, unyielding (read: old, arrogant, incompetent) but his calamitous expedition to take Fort Dusquesne from the French sealed his fate as an antiquated tactician and perhaps gave a young George Washington a glim

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