Archaeologist Deni Seymour discovered a bronze cannon in Arizona that she said is about 500 years old — the oldest firearm ...

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A 40-pound bronze cannon, or wall gun, believed to have been part of the ... Journal of Historical Archaeology. The weapon could fire solid round projectiles or buckshot, and facing down a maximum ...

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A centuries-old cannon has been discovered in southern Arizona – and officials say it’s the oldest firearm unearthed in the continental U.S. The 40-pound bronze cannon, or wall gun ...

The gun had several issues, like burning powder and hot gases escaping from the cylinder gap ... Some users also had issues with reliability and accuracy. U.S. Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (USFA) ...

Yet the barrel, unmarked by black powder residue ... It seems the roof of this structure was set on fire, and a wall collapsed on top of the gun, preserving it to this day. Carbon-14 dating ...