Boom Library World War I Firearms Designed [WAV]

FIELD RECORDINGS FROM A FORGOTTEN ARSENAL WORLD WAR I FIREARMS is a library of authentic WWI weapon sound effects - recorded outdoors with original rifles, revolvers, and shotguns. It captures not just the gunshots, but the full mechanical reality: cocking, reloading, dryfires, misfires, and handling. Multiple mic perspectives deliver natural space and variation. Built for professional sound designers who need real material with real character. Authentic WWI Weapons Original rifles, revolvers, and shotguns from the First World War – recorded on location with expertise. No replicas, no modern stand-ins. Just the real thing. Complete Mechanical Detail Includes everything from dryfires and reloads to bolt actions and handling. These elements bring weight and realism to your design, far beyond the shot itself. Natural Acoustic Environments Recorded in a carefully chosen location to capture authentic tail behaviour. Includes close, mid, and far mic positions for spatial control. Formats for Flexible Workflows Stereo, Ambisonics, and ORTF3D formats ensure the library fits into post, game, or immersive production pipelines without compromise. Pre-Built Shots, Ready to Drop In A curated set of over 400 weapon sounds created from the raw recordings. Ideal for quick use when time is short but realism still matters. Historical Grit, Modern Clarity Carefully shaped to retain the authenticity of the original recordings, while fitting cleanly into today's mixes. Balanced, believable, and immediately usable. WHAT WE RECORDED? [spoiler]WORLD WAR I FIREARMS was recorded with a clear goal: to capture the real sound of early 20th-century weapons in their natural environment, without modern embellishment. We sourced original WWI-era firearms - not reproductions - and recorded them at a carefully selected outdoor location. This location offered hard, reflective surfaces but was softer, surrounded by natural vegetation. This gave us a contrasting set of reverb tails and spatial behaviours, ideal for designers who want sonic variety without relying on artificial processing. Each session focused on capturing both the acoustic impact and the mechanical identity of the weapons. Using close, mid, and far mic placements, we documented not just the gunshots, but the full physical performance: bolt actions, reloads, dryfires, misfires, and subtle handling sounds. The idea was simple - treat these weapons not as props, but as characters. Preserve their imperfections. Honour their historical context. And make the results as usable and flexible as possible for modern workflows. Revolvers - Colt New Service - M1917 Revolver - Webley Mk VI - Nagant M1895 Pistols - Steyr M1912 - Colt M1911 - FN Highpower - Mauser C96 - P08 Luger Rifles - M1917 Enfield - Mosin Nagant 1891 - Mosin Nagant M1907 - Springfield M1903 - Springfield M1903 A4 - Steyr 1895 - Krag–J├╕rgensen Shotguns - Browning Auto 5 - Winchester M1887 Capturing the Past, Without Pretending: Making of WORLD WAR I FIREARMS With WORLD WAR I FIREARMS, we're set out to do something specific: record a set of authentic WW1 sounds, with their full sonic character intact, and make that material useful for professional sound designers working across film, games, and immersive formats. Not exaggerated. Not stylised. Just honest recordings, made for real design work. WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LIBRARY? [spoiler]WOLRD WAR I FIREARMS is a sound library built on authenticity, flexibility, and detail - not stylisation. Every weapon in this collection is a genuine WWI-era firearm, recorded in real outdoor spaces to capture both mechanical nuance and environmental context. Unlike libraries built for impact or drama, this one's about truth. You hear the weight of old metal, the wear in the actions, the space the sound moves through. Whether you're recreating historical scenes, building grounded weapon layers, or designing something modern with vintage grit, these sounds give you honest material to work with. Key advantages: - Use unprocessed close-mic recordings for tight, controlled design - Tailor spatial depth using mid and far mics from two distinct environments - Repurpose mechanical elements for tension, character, or Foley layering - Adapt stereo, Ambisonics, or ORTF3D formats for linear or immersive mixes This is a library for sound designers who don't want the same generic gunshot. It's for those who want to feel the design in their hands - and shape it with precision.[/spoiler] COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE This BOOM Library of creature sounds comes as WAV files, meaning you can import and work with them in any software that can handle this file type. RICH METADATA EMBEDDED To provide you with the fastest and easiest workflow possible, all files contain extensive metadata like file description & keywords to quickly find the sounds you're looking for. Metadata can be read and processed by audio management tools. ACCORDING TO THE NEW UCS STANDARD