[cuban leaf]

like for an AK47 just before the Civil War

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How about just after Gettysburg?

[Eye of Unk]

That was the book I read, they actually made the rifle and the albeit smoky bullets but the chrome lined barrel gave them a problem.

But I would not try to advance Europe, I would rather start an empire in Australia, so by the time white man comes around the continent has superior tech, centuries ahead.

[tanknetter]

How about just after Gettysburg?

Phenomenal book, I'd highly recommend it for anyone with an interest in history/alternate history.

I'd also recommend Turtledove's "How Few Remain" which is true alternate history ("Guns" combines alt history with SciFi) starting at the point where that copy of Special Order 191 used to wrap cigars isn't lost but then jumping forward a couple decades to an America where the North and South are separate, competing, countries.