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  2. List of firearms before the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    Abus gun (Ottomans – howitzer) Agar machine gun (US – machine gun – 1861) Allen & Thurber Single-Shot (US – pistol – 1848) Allen & Wheelock Drop Breech (US – rifle – 1860) Apache revolver (Belgium – revolver – c.1869) Arisaka Type 30 rifle (Empire of Japan – rifle – 1897/1899) Arquebus (Dutch – 15th century)

  3. Arming America - Wikipedia

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    The thesis of Arming America is that gun culture in the United States did not have roots in the colonial and early national period but arose during the 1850s and 1860s. The book argues that guns were uncommon during peacetime in the United States during the colonial, early national, and antebellum periods, that guns were seldom used then and that the average American's proficiency in use of ...

  4. Springfield Armory - Wikipedia

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    American historian Merritt Roe Smith has drawn comparisons between the early assembly machining of the Springfield rifles and the later production of the Ford Model T, with the latter having considerably more parts, but producing a similar numbers of units in the earliest years of the 1913–1915 automobile assembly line, indirectly due to mass ...

  5. List of military weapons of the United States - Wikipedia

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    2 American Civil War. 3 Spanish-American War. 4 World War II. 5 Cold war. Toggle Cold war subsection. 5.1 Korean War. 5.2 Vietnam War. 6 Modern day. 7 See also. 8 ...

  6. Triggers: Weapons That Changed the World - Wikipedia

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    In each episode, Willis tests a series of iconic weapons, from muskets and pistols to assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), and examines their historical significance. The premiere episode looks at the evolution of the handgun, going back to its earliest days on 16th century battlefields.

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  8. Antique firearms - Wikipedia

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    Gun control laws vary widely from country to country. Several nations such as Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States make special exceptions in their gun laws for antique firearms. [citation needed] The "threshold" or "cut-off" years defining "antique" vary considerably. The threshold is pre-1898 ...

  9. Conservation and restoration of historic firearms - Wikipedia

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    The earliest lock was the Matchlock that used a match to ignite the powder. These were smoothbore and muzzle-loaded. The Harquebus (Arquebus) and muskets prior to the 17th century are two examples of a matchlock [5] The Wheellock, was developed around 1500, used a spring loaded wheel to create an ignition.