This is a thread that will be full of hypotheses and no correct answer is likely, but prove me wrong.
The answers are going to be qualitative, as a percentage is mere speculation. Not that other answers won’t be pure speculation as well.
Somewhere someone mentioned that despite firearms being lost, destroyed intentionally or unintentionally, etc, there still are a lot of very old firearms out there. Most are well used with replaced parts often being the norm, but are firearms the historical artifact that tends to survive as compared to other historical artifacts over several centuries. The claim for this lies in the fact that they are durable artifacts that often one takes special care not to lose and also they would usually not be discarded?
What do you think? Are these the artifacts most likely to survive from another era? If not, what historical artifact might be more likely to survive at a greater percentage. Pottery, furniture, oil paintings, books, jewelry, coins, historical homes, etc. All the things I have mentioned seem less durable than a firearm, with the exception of coins, but these are often melted.
What say you?
The answers are going to be qualitative, as a percentage is mere speculation. Not that other answers won’t be pure speculation as well.
Somewhere someone mentioned that despite firearms being lost, destroyed intentionally or unintentionally, etc, there still are a lot of very old firearms out there. Most are well used with replaced parts often being the norm, but are firearms the historical artifact that tends to survive as compared to other historical artifacts over several centuries. The claim for this lies in the fact that they are durable artifacts that often one takes special care not to lose and also they would usually not be discarded?
What do you think? Are these the artifacts most likely to survive from another era? If not, what historical artifact might be more likely to survive at a greater percentage. Pottery, furniture, oil paintings, books, jewelry, coins, historical homes, etc. All the things I have mentioned seem less durable than a firearm, with the exception of coins, but these are often melted.
What say you?