This week, as we celebrate the 4th of July in America’s 250th year as a country, it’s clear there’s a lot more interest and conversation about American history. That’s why ...

Reason takes a look back at our country's founding people and ideas. Read more here."No bigger than half a piece of soap" was ...

The spirit of innovation kept the major gun manufacturers trying to outgun one another, and even some non-competition agreements. But one such agreement between Colt and Winchester would not last, as ...

While hunters and their rifles helped wage psychological warfare, the American victory can actually be attributed to smoothbore muskets.

With firearms playing such a major role in world history, it is not surprising that many older guns have become prized collectibles. Some collectors are drawn to comic books, vintage toys, or rare ...

This series consists of 13 twenty-two minute episodes tracing the history of the development, evolution, and use of guns in America from the earliest matchlocks brought to the American continents by ...

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