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6 October 1683

The village of Germantown was founded. It was first settled by immigrants from the Rhine valley in what is now Germany. In 1681 William Penn published a German-language leaflet to recruit settlers to his new colony. The first group to answer,... Read more ...

6 October 1683

Germantown was founded
The village of Germantown was founded. It was first settled by immigrants from the Rhine valley in what is now Germany. In 1681 William Penn published a German-language leaflet to recruit settlers to his new colony. The first group to answer, Mennonites and German Quakers from Krefeld, arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Concord in October 1683. Germantown can therefore be called the starting point of the Pennsylvania Germans, or Pennsylvania Dutch, in America.


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    Portrait of an original Remington percussion revolver

  • Portrait of an original Remington percussion revolver

    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. Exactly 150 years after the old veteran became mine. Now it was time to bring it back to life.

New article: The Jarmann Repeating Rifle

Published: 12 September 2008 by Øyvind Flatnes.
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I'm in a productive mood these days, and I have added yet another article. It is in two parts and describes the history of the Norwegian 10.15 x 61 Jarmann rifle. This was perhaps the worlds first bolt action repeating rifle adopted by a regular army. Part covers the background history, while part two goes into detail about shooting and reloading.

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