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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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