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The Heilongjiang hand cannon or hand-gun is a bronze hand cannon [1] manufactured no later than 1288 and is the world's oldest confirmed surviving firearm. [2] It weighs 3.55 kg (7.83 pounds) and is 34 centimeters (13.4 inches) long.
The oldest extant hand cannon bearing a date of production is the Xanadu Gun, which contains an era date corresponding to 1298. The Heilongjiang hand cannon is dated a decade earlier to 1288, corresponding to the military conflict involving Li Ting, but the dating method is based on contextual evidence; the gun bears no inscription or era date ...
The bronze cannon, or wall gun, is associated with the first European expedition of the Southwest, and was found on the floor of a Spanish stone-and-adobe building in southern Arizona, near the ...
A team of researchers uncovered a bronze cannon, or “wall gun,” in Arizona and, using radiocarbon dating among other dating techniques, pegged the 480-year-old device to the Coronado expedition.
Robert William Munden Jr (February 8, 1942 – December 10, 2012) was an American exhibition shooter who performed with handguns, rifles and shotguns. He is best known for holding 18 world records in the sport of Fast Draw and having the title "Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived" bestowed upon him by Guinness World Records.
Born May 27, 1909, Pérez was confirmed the world's oldest man at 112 years and 253 days old, according to Guinness World Records.His Feb. 4, 2022 crowning came weeks after the previous title ...
The man was middle aged when he died, estimated between 35 and 45, [2] and is believed to date from about 2300 BC. He is nicknamed "the Archer" because of the many arrowheads buried with him. [3] The grave contained more artefacts than any other early British Bronze Age burial, including the earliest known gold objects ever found in England.
London — The world's oldest man, John Tinniswood, has died at the age of 112 at the care home where he lived in Southport, northwest England, Guinness World Records said Tuesday, quoting his ...