Diorama from hunting gallery showing a tiger attacking an elephant

Hunting

The Hunting gallery presents the history and evolution of hunting from prehistoric times to present day Olympic sports.

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Tour of the Hunting Gallery

Firearms of the American Civil War Seminar

Martin Pegler, former senior curator of firearms at the Royal Armouries, looks at the development of small-arms in the United States during the first part of the 19th century.

11 October

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Biggest bore in the world!

The largest bore gun ever built, fired a 3 feet diameter cast iron ball weighing around 1 tonne, containing 215kg (400lbs) of gunpowder to a range of 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles). It was designed by Robert Mallett and is on display at Fort Nelson.

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