Oldest Gun Ever Found In U.S. Unearthed In Arizona

If you think the old Winchester model 1894 your great-grandfather left you in his will is an old gun, it might be time to rethink that assessment.

Researchers in Arizona believe they have found the oldest gun ever discovered in the continental United States—a nearly 500-year-old cannon recently unearthed in the southern part of the state. According to a study published in the International Journal of Historical Archaeology, the bronze cannon, likely associated with the first European expedition through the Southwest, was discovered in 2020 on the floor of a stone and adobe building near the Santa Cruz River.

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