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 ...

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 ...

1420; an ornately decorated flintlock gun by Simpson of York ... The Royal Armouries collection is displayed at the Tower of London, a purpose-built museum in Leeds and at Fort Nelson near ...