Researcher Profile: Matt Moss & The Armourer's Bench
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Today I would like to introduce you to Matt Moss, who runs the HistoricalFirearms.info web site and The Armourer's Bench YouTube channel. Matt is a firearms researcher with an academic background, who covers a variety of very rare and interesting firearms on video, as well as other aspects of military history.
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