High Caliber History

Director of Collections and Conservation Michael Lavin, Conservator Dr. Chris Wilkins, and Assistant Curator Janene Johnston of Jamestown Rediscovery are the guests for this episode of the High Caliber History podcast. We chat about the tremendous amount of history and historic objects at Jamestown, including a 400-year-old roman lock pistol found at the bottom of a well. For more info on Jamestown Rediscovery, visit: https://www.https://historicjamestowne.org/ Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Kolby Lanham, History Researcher at The Alamo, is the guest for this episode of the High Caliber History podcast. We chat about a hugely ambitious project involving casting new cannons as well as an unlikely Alamo collector's big donation. For more info on The Alamo, visit: https://www.thealamo.org Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Danny Michael, curator of the Cody Firearms Museum, is the guest for this episode of the High Caliber History podcast. We chat about how he got started in museums, what it's like to do a complete renovation, and how curators get possessive and competitive with other curators. For more info on the Cody Firearms Museum, visit: https://centerofthewest.org/explore/firearms/ Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Guns associated with famous outlaws have always been popular on the collector's market. On today's episode of the High Caliber History podcast, we're going to talk about famous and rare guns that were never owned by Jesse James. I promise that sentence makes sense! Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's guest on the High Caliber History podcast is Jack Lewis, Director of Firearms for Lewis & Grant Auctions. Jack brings over 50 years of experience as a firearms and militaria historian, collector, researcher, and author. He is 2nd generation in this business and his son Bill is 3rd generation. Jack has been involved in some of the most important and high-profile sales in recent memory. For more information, visit www.lewisandgrant.com. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

A lot of inventions flop, and firearms aren't immune to this. Find out about 16 failed revolver designs in this episode of the High Caliber History podcast! Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

If you were to guess about the background and professional life of the man who is credited with inventing the percussion ignition system, it's highly unlikely that you'd get it right. Find out what he did for a living and why he branched out into arms design in this episode of the High Caliber History podcast! Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's guest on the High Caliber History podcast is Martin K.A. Morgan, an author and historian who specializes in American and military history. He leads battlefield tours around the world, is the author of two World War II books, contributes to more than half a dozen magazines, has served as Historical Consultant & Technical Advisor on the game series Call of Duty, and has been on TV shows on a dozen different networks. Martin's books: The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion - https://amzn.to/37VuAEP Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy - https://amzn.to/37RzTF5 Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's guest on the High Caliber History podcast is Bill Harriman, an arms consultant whose career of 35+ years has included working with the Antiques Roadshow, the British Association of Shooting & Conservation, the Royal Armouries, and as an author of multiple books. Bill's books: The Bayonet - https://amzn.to/3bsTdcS The Arisaka Rifle - https://amzn.to/3dvsGyk The Mosin-Nagant Rifle - https://amzn.to/3aG7mEt Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's guest on the High Caliber History podcast is Lisa Traynor, the Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. We talk about historic types of bulletproof vests, their durability, testing them, and seeing if they could have prevented WWI. For more information, visit http://www.royalarmouries.org. To purchase her book, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Era of Assassination, click here for the physical copy, or click here for the ebook. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

So you found a machine gun in granddad's WWII, Korea, or Vietnam footlocker in the attic. Now what? We'll talk about what you can and cannot do with it in this episode. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

The search for winners of the first NRA Gun Collectors Committee “Best Weapons” awards from 1960 is the topic of this week's episode. There's a special little twist to the story, so make sure you stay tuned for the whole thing! Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

The epic breakup between John Moses Browning and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company is the topic of this week's episode. We take a look at what caused the breakup, how the two moved on, and if they remained civil with one another when in public. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's guest on the High Caliber History podcast is Paul Szymaszek of the Colt Archives. For more information, visit http://www.coltarchives.com. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's guest on the High Caliber History podcast is Rich Fisher of the Vickers MG Collection and Research Association. For more information on the museum, visit https://www.vickersmg.blog. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This episode will take a look at the relationship between museum curators and private collectors. How they can best work together, what they need to know about each other, how their respective fields are changing, and what they need to do in order to ensure that both move forward in the most positive way possible. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

The High Caliber History podcast is happy to welcome Joel Kolander, the Interactive Production Manager at the Rock Island Auction Company in Rock Island, Illinois, to this episode of the show. For more information on RIAC, visit https://www.rockislandauction.com. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's episode is about Confederate revolver manufacturers such as Thomas Cofer, J.H. Dance & Bros., Griswold & Gunnison, Spiller & Burr, Columbus Firearms Manufacturing, Augusta Machine Works, Leech & Rigdon, and Rigdon, Ansley & Co. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Today's guest on the HCH podcast is David Kennedy, the Curator of Collections and Exhibits at the United States Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas. For more information on the museum, visit https://www.usmmuseum.org. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Today's guest on the HCH podcast is Jason Schubert, the Curator of the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma. For more information on the museum, visit https://www.thegunmuseum.com. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Today's guest on the HCH podcast is Dave Maccar. He is an outdoor writer, gun enthusiast, and a self described movie nerd. Currently, he writes for titles including Coffee or Die, Meat Eater, and Outdoor Life. Support the channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

This week's episode will take a look at the guns of the 1st Thanksgiving. We'll focus on the types of arms found in the New World in the earliest years and first century of existence. We'll look at what they carried, who carried them, where they carried them, and more. Support the podcast on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/highcaliberhistoryllc Snag some HCH merch - https://teespring.com/stores/high-caliber-history HCH patches & stickers - https://www.highcaliberhistory.com/store Be sure to follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highcaliberhistory Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highcaliberhistoryllc/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/HighCaliberHist YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/HighCaliberHistoryLLC --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Today's guest is historian, researcher, and author Matthew Moss from the UK. Matthew runs Historical Firearms, contributes to The Armourer's Bench, and is a co-host of the Fighting on Film podcast. Matthew's books: The Sterling Submachine Gun on Amazon. The PIAT on Amazon. Real Time History projects: https://realtimehistory.net/ Support the show on Patreon. Snag some HCH merch or some HCH patches & stickers. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Today's guest is Miles Vining, one of the co-founders of Silah Report. He's here to tell us why we should stop referring to Middle Eastern firearms copies as Khyber Pass guns, plus plenty of other great conversation! You can buy Miles' new book, Into Helmand with the Walking Dead, on Amazon. Support the show on Patreon. Snag some HCH merch or some HCH patches & stickers. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Today's guest is Jonathan Ferguson of the Royal Armouries in Leeds, and he has the coolest job title in the museum world. Jonathan's books - The 'Broomhandle' Mauser available from Amazon. Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms, 1901 – 2020 available from Headstamp Publishing. Royal Armouries website, where you can support the museum with a donation; and be sure to follow on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Support the show on Patreon. Snag some HCH merch or some HCH patches & stickers. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support

Hi there, I'm Logan Metesh, your host, and I'd like to personally welcome you to Episode Zero of the “High Caliber History” podcast. Right off the bat, I want you to know that this is NOT a podcast about gun rights or gun control. If you're looking for something that'll give you insight into current legislation and statistics so you're prepared to argue at the Thanksgiving dinner table, then this is NOT the podcast for you. What this podcast IS, is a show for enthusiasts about firearms, history, museums, and more. OK, so here's a little bit about me and my motivation for this podcast. I'm a historian with a focus on firearms history and development and I run my own writing, research, and consulting company called High Caliber History. My background is in historic preservation and museum studies, and I have spent more than a decade working for the Smithsonian Institution, the National Park Service, the National Firearms Museum, and more. I've been a frequent guest on the “Curator's Corner” web program and have served as a historic firearms facilitator for television shows such as Mysteries at the Museum, Gun Stories with Joe Mantegna, Gun Gurus, and American Rifleman TV. I can recall obscure historical facts and figures with ease, which makes me very good at Jeopardy!, but I'm exceptionally bad at geometry. Alright, that's enough about me. Back to the podcast. If you want to know what it's like to work in the museum, research, and archives side of the firearms world, then “High Caliber History” is a podcast that you won't want to miss. I'm going to address all of those topics and more and give you solid answers to all of them. How is this going to be accomplished, you might ask. Well, the plan is to sit down with museum curators, authors, researchers, historians, collectors, and others - as well as drawing on my own personal experiences in these fields - to give you insight into the role of firearms and their history as they pertain to museum exhibitions, collector show exhibits, deep-dive research, books, videos, and more. The podcast will utilize the unique skill sets and areas of expertise of both myself and my guests, and will also try to provide an understanding of what it's like to work with these items in an environment that is becoming less and less accepting of the scholarship and work being done in this field. Quite simply, when you want an expert answer, you go to the subject matter experts. That's who you'll find here. In addition to the episodes with interviews, I'll also sprinkle in some “history lesson” episodes that focus on a specific kind of gun or historic event where firearms played a large role. It's going to be great and I just know you're going to enjoy it. Before you go, make sure you subscribe to this podcast on your favorite platform, leave a comment, rate and review, and share it with someone you know. I really appreciate you tuning in to this first intro episode. I'm very glad to virtually meet you all here and I'm looking forward to us all learning more about this unique aspect of firearms history. That's all for now. I hope you have a great day, and I'll talk to you again real soon. Support the show on Patreon. Snag some HCH merch or some HCH patches & stickers. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highcaliberhistory/support