Oldest US firearm discovered in Arizona

The title of this article is a little misleading. The US was just being explored and wasn’t formed yet.

Oldest US firearm discovered in Arizona: a 500-year-old relic of Coronado’s expedition | Archaeology News Online Magazine


A bronze medieval-style wall or rampart gun, believed to have been part of the Francisco Vázquez de Coronado expedition found in southern Arizona. Credit: Deni J. Seymour

it looks like a punt gun, which is a shotgun, so I like it.

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Cannon?