Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for €1.69 million ($1.83 million). The guns were sold at French auction house Osenat in ...

Found this pair of Napoleonic war pistols in Lisbon where they have probably been since the 1810's they indicate the skill with which man will make weapons to kill other men. Very ornate and ...

The flintlock pictured here is a typical British "Brown Bess" musket. Marks on the gun indicate that it was used by German mercenaries during the American Revolution. 1637 - First use of firearms ...