Reach into your pocket and withdraw a five-dollar bill. Or, if you're broke like me, just imagine one. That guy on the front of that bill was a pretty wise dude, right? And one of the really wise choices he made during his presidency was to give the designer of the Spencer Repeating Rifle—a design that helped turn the tide of the U.S. Civil War—a chance to display the gun's … [Read more...]
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Weird Gun Wednesday: The Agar “Coffee Mill” Gun
The Agar "Coffee Mill" gun suffered from the same fate as a many a middle child: Perhaps a little less athletic, a little less good-looking than its elder sibling, the Gatling gun, its achievements were quickly overshadowed and forgotten despite its attributes. Where you've seen it: Though I've never played it, the first-person shooter History Channel Civil War: Secret … [Read more...]