From The Saturday Review. With the opening shots of the African campaign the vast changes brought about by the introduction of smokeless powder became at once evident, and unpleasantly evident ...

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Deputies discovered two dozen pipe bombs, smokeless pistol powder, fused material, 23 knives, two hatchets, nunchucks, two BB pellet type rifles, six BB pellet type handguns, and dozens of books ...

Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder inside ... 1540) multi-shot, wheel-lock pistol, made for Emperor Charles ...

Explosive powder is then packed on top of the cladder. The powder charge is typically detonated starting from one or corner or side of the cladder. This creates a sweeping effect through the ...