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16 May 1808

The Battle of Alvoen was a naval engagement between a British frigate and a Norwegian force of gunboats. It took place in the waters west of Bergen during the Gunboat War.

16 May 1808

The Battle of Alvoen
The Battle of Alvoen was a naval engagement between a British frigate and a Norwegian force of gunboats. It took place in the waters west of Bergen during the Gunboat War.


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    Useful Reloading Equipment

  • Useful Reloading Equipment

    There is a lot of available reloading equipment for the black powder cartridge shooter. Much of it is for the especially interested shooters and most ordinary shooters can do without too much equipment. However, reloading equipment can be time-saving and may even enhance accuracy. This article presents some of the useful reloading equipment I use.

New article: Portrait of an original Remington percussion revolver

Published: 4 February 2015 by Øyvind Flatnes.
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June, 1863: As the American Civil War raged on, a newly made percussion revolver passed the gates of the E. Remington & Sons factory in the small city of Ilion, New York. One of the first of the Remington New Army model, the revolver was purchased by the Union army which had a colossal demand for firearms in the stalemate war against the rebels in the south. Exactly 150 years after the old veteran became mine. Now it was time to bring it back to life.

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