C&Rsenal is now over 8 years deep into its Primer series, documenting historical small arms in detail. This ambitious project has proven extremely complicated and difficult to undertake, but we’ve managed to deliver a documentary every other week! If you appreciate the series this is your chance to both display that love and help fund the project. Get your C&Rsenal shirt and the purchase goes towards providing even more free online content for yourself and everyone else to enjoy.  This year we’re answering the call again for lightweight, breathable, and soft material.  These remain our comfiest shirts!

Japanese Arisaka
Lifted straight from the Russo-Japanese war, this shirt embodies the spirit of the Meiji Restoration.  The symbol over his shoulder is the Imperial Mon, the rifle and characters are both Arisaka.

John Browning 1911

I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids, and I have over 300 confirmed kills.  The 1911 is the ultimate handgun and I won’t hear otherwise.

USA E Pluribus Unum

Long arms of the US Doughboy in patriotic Red and White on Blue.  Buy an extra to keep for the 4th of July.

Sam Colt EQUAL

Last time we poked fun at the father of the sixgun but we’re making it up to him with this excellent reminder that Sam Colt made ’em equal.

Martini Henry

Completely opposite of the brash American worship of the 1911 is the British respect for the Martini-Henry.  Understated to the point of camouflage, this is a shirt that will fly under the radar for most but is bright as a beacon for those who know.

C&Rsenal Logo

Do you like C&Rsenal?  Do you struggle to spell it?  Well if you can read upside down I have a shirt for you!

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What is C&Rsenal?

For most of you viewing this campaign, you already know who we are and what we do.  But just in case you’ve wandered in fresh: C&Rsenal is a small organization centered on historical firearms.  Our chief project is Primer, which is winding its way through the small arms of World War I in a series of long format video documentaries and demonstrations.

We dig deep into the research and present the clearest picture possible with the help of live fire demonstrations, period images and videos, and animations to show the operation of these machines.  It’s a laborious and expensive process and so we consume a healthy monthly budget.

Why does C&Rsenal need this money?

Right now our generous patrons have kicked in plenty, so why do we need more?  Well we get into a rhythm with our funding and naturally, to make the best show, we tend to spend it to the penny on improvements or acquiring more research material, manufacturing obsolete cartridges, paying shipping and insurance on loaners, and local travel.

However, we like to try and strive for every possible arm we can.  Things like machine guns or exceedingly rare pieces we cannot have shipped require more travel.  We also can use extra funds for special projects like museum visits where we can pile up photos and videos of prototypes or other scarce artifacts for you to enjoy!

So when you buy your shirt you’ll be contributing to our endeavor to be the first to bundle every single firearm of the war into one major virtual collection.

OK, but what do I get?

You get a shirt, a very soft shirt.  Pay money, get shirt.  I hope that much is clear!

The price tag reflects a bulk order, so we will start production AFTER the campaign ends.  We can’t spend money we don’t have folks and they won’t give it to us until the very end.  From there we order the necessary cotton shirts and begin the quality screen printing and shipments.

What about this color, that size, ladies shirts?

Since this is a bulk order we need at least 25 of each color and size combo to even make an order, 150 for each to be profitable. To simplify, each shirt is offered in one color, as featured in the photos.  The larger shirts are priced to match our extra costs, as they rarely exceed the 150 unit order size.  Ladies shirts have been attempted but have always cost us financially, and so are not being produced for sale.  We’re sorry!  That being said, Mae has been comfortably rockin the men’s small in our shirts, with her at 5’7″, you should be able to make a guess as to what could work best!

A Note About VAT

Much has happened in the land of shipping and taxes since our last campaign. Previously the value of our product was not subject to VAT (Value Added Tax) in most instances. This may no longer be the case where you live.

International shipments are sent out DDU – Delivery Duty Unpaid. This means that VAT is due upon receipt of the items and is owed by the recipient (you). Unfortunately, we are not large enough to sort through all the tax calculations for each individual country. Even the EU has different VAT calculations for certain countries. This is not applicable to all international customers, but we did want to make you aware in case there is an amount owed when the package arrives.

Thank you for your support and understanding!