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2 September 1807
The British navy bombarded Copenhagen with incendiary bombs and phosphorus rockets to keep the Danish-Norwegian fleet from supporting Napoleon. The attack became notorious for its destruction of the city.
The British fired rockets at Copenhagen
The British navy bombarded Copenhagen with incendiary bombs and phosphorus rockets to keep the Danish-Norwegian fleet from supporting Napoleon. The attack became notorious for its destruction of the city.
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During the 1870s and 80s a widespread slaughter of the American bison decimated the herds to near extinction. The professional hunters used powerful single shot breech-loading rifles, most often in calibre .50, .45 or .44. The most legendary rifle used on the buffalo ranges was, perhaps next to the Springfield Model 1873 \'Trapdoor\' and the Remington rolling block, the legendary Sharps Model 1874.
Sharps Model 1874: Part 1 - Background History
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- The Technical Evolution of Firearms from the Medieval Ages until 1900.
- Black Powder Weapons in War from the Medieval Ages until 1900.
- Hunting with Black Powder Firearms — Then and Now.
- The Flint and Percussion Locks.
- Loading with Roundball and Patch.
- The Smoothbore Muzzleloading Musket
- The Muzzleloading Rifle.
- The Muzzleloading Pistol.
- Rifle Musket and Minié Ball
- The Norwegian Kammerlader
- The 12 mm Remington Rolling Block.
- The Percussion Revolver.
- Shotguns and Blackpowder.
- Loading Black Powder Cartridges.
- Guns of the Old West.
- Sighting In and Cleaning.
- Bullet Casting and Making Bullet Lubes.
- The Black Powder Shooter of Today.
- Literature and Sources.
