From a flat bar of soft iron, hand forged into a gun barrel; laboriously bored and rifled… in a shop long since silent, fashioned a rifle which changed the whole course of world history.  — Captain John G. W. Dillin, The Kentucky Rifle How, since the 15th century and right up to the American Revolution, did weapon manufacturers … Continue reading How Colonial Gunsmiths Forged Musket and Rifle Gun Barrels