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14 August 1842

Threatened by famine and exhaustion, the Seminoles gave up the struggle against the U.S. Army. No formal peace treaty was signed, but the resistance had effectively been broken.

14 August 1842

The Second Seminole War ended
Threatened by famine and exhaustion, the Seminoles gave up the struggle against the U.S. Army. No formal peace treaty was signed, but the resistance had effectively been broken.


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    Hunting with Black Powder Weapons

  • Hunting with Black Powder Weapons

    In this article you can read about hunting with black powder firearms, from a Norwegian perspective. The Norwegian game law limits the use of black powder for hunting, but a few hunters hunt small game with black powder rifles and shotguns. Read the article to find out more.

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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