Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond: Alternate History Stories

Grantville Gazette 5 #12: What Replaces the SRG

Previous / Next What Replaces the SRG? Leonard Hollar, Bob Hollingsworth, John Rigby, Phillip Schillawski, Tom Van Natta and John Zeek The SRG is the standard muzzle-loading rifle of forces allied with USE. SRG stands for “Struve-Reardon Gevar,” named after the manufacturer and designer of the weapon. “Gevar” is the German term for rifle. It […]

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Volume 4 #12: How to Build a Machine Gun in 1634

Previous / Next How to build a Machine gun in 1634 with available technology:Two alternate views Editor’s note: The firearms round table that produces these articles on firearms doesn’t always reach agreement on a specific issue. They didn’t on this one, and asked me how to proceed. Since I don’t see any reason the fictitious […]

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Volume 3 #11: Flint’s Lock

Previous / Next Flint’s Lock Part one of a series devoted to firearms in the 1632 universeLeonard Hollar, Bob Hollingsworth,Tom Van Natta, and John Zeek [Editor’s note: The Grantville Firearms Roundtable is a group of experts on firearms whom I asked to develop a series of articles for the Grantville Gazette on the issue of […]

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