Historical Firearms.

[John Barnett]

The earliest known examples of small hand held firearms are recorded in the late 14th Century, Known as 'hand cannons, they werre loaded forom the muzzle and lit from the rear with a lighted taper. There is an illustration showing these weapons in use by a knight on horseback. Will try and get an illustration as soon as possib

[J. F. Juzwik]

I've always been fascinated by the various ways to kill people (for crime fiction writing purposes, of course)! I wrote a blog on my site about various means, but I'm not that familiar with firearms. Can you get that illustration of the firearm you referred to? I'd be curous to see it and find out more about it. Joyce