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GunBroker.com was founded by Steven F. Urvan after eBay started restricting gun sales. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Urvan ran the company until it was acquired by Ammo, Inc in 2021. [ 5 ] At the closing of merger, it had $60 million in revenue and 6 million registered users.
Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally owned with the intent of firing them (although original muzzleloaders can be safely fired, after having them thoroughly inspected), but instead are usually owned as display pieces or for their historic value.
Semi-automatic pistols of the United States (160 P) Pages in category "Pistols of the United States" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The long rifle is said by modern experts [who?] to have a range of 80 to 100 yards for the average user. An expert shooter can extend the median range of the long rifle to 200-300 yards. [16] Although less commonly owned or seen on the frontier, the long rifle style was also used on flintlock pistols during the same era.
Single shot, flintlock, rifled, .58 caliber, blued steel, Versailles, 1794–1797. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. A duelling pistol is a type of pistol that was manufactured in matching pairs to be used in a duel, when duels were customary. Duelling pistols are often single-shot flintlock or percussion black-powder pistols which fire a lead ...
Sparks generated by a flintlock firing mechanism A flintlock pistol c. 1700 –1730 A flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint -striking ignition mechanism. The term may also apply to a particular form of the mechanism itself, which was introduced in the early 17th century, and rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition ...
The pocket pistol originated in the mid-17th century as a small, concealable flintlock known as the Queen Anne pistol, the coat pistol, or the pocket pistol.This was used throughout the 18th century, evolving from a weapon reserved for the wealthy to a common sidearm in broader use as more and more manufacturers made them by the start of the 19th century.
The flintlock axe pistol (gun axe) was a trademark Polish cavalry weapon from the 16th until the 18th century. Similar guns were made in Hungary and a multi-barreled version was invented in Germany. [17] Axe pistols, invented in 1703 by Admiral Erich Sioblad, were also issued to the Swedish navy from the early 18th century until 1840. [18]