Secrets of Revolutionary War battlefields emerge 250 years after America’s founding

Even though it’s been nearly 250 years since the Continental Congress declared independence from Britain, the study of the ...
American Rifleman

The Guns of the American Revolution

Contrary to popular perception, the American Revolution wasn’t all muskets, bayonets and Mel Gibson running around with a ...

Archaeologists uncover musket balls, fortifications from the Battle of Bunker Hill

Archaeologists digging at Boston’s Bunker Hill Monument have uncovered musket balls, gun flints and the remains of a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In June 1775, the American Patriots Faced Off With the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Archaeologists Are Uncovering Evidence of the Fighting 251 Years Later

The earthen fortification created by the Americans was originally intended for Bunker Hill. But, for some unknown reason, the ...

Archaeologists find musket balls and fort linked to the Battle of Bunker Hill

Ground-penetrating radar identified potential locations for the fort in Boston’s Charlestown section. Soon after digging the ...
WMUR

Muskets like those from 1776 are mostly exempt from today’s gun laws

With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet (305 meters) ...
Los Angeles Times

Muskets like those from 1776 are mostly exempt from today’s gun laws

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Brown Bess flintlock musket can tear through a body at 1,000 feet per second — yet many such antique or replica ...