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Period: 919 BCE to 919 BCE
Discovery/invention of bangy-powder
Was invented in China to find a life-enhancing potion when an alchemist discovered that when Potassium Nitrate charcoal and sulfur are mixed it becomes quite reactive under a flame -
1000
First gun like device [Fire lance]
found in china and was similar to a spear gun or shrapnel launcher/shotgun -
1364
First recorded use of a firearm
muzzleloader that was very crude and was most likely used against the Japanese samurai -
1400
Match lock
gun designed with a slow-burning wick to ignite powder used primarily by early American colonists -
1498
principle of rifling
a spiral design on the interior of the barrel used to cause a projectile to spin and increase accuracy -
first true flintlock
like a flint and steel the spring system on the hammer would make a piece of flint hit a piece of steel causing sparks allowing for faster ignition of the gunpowder -
The first colt revolver
allowed for multiple shots to be fired before reloading but reloading was super time consuming -
true shotguns
a rifle like guns designed to fire many projectiles used to hunt birds and home defense -
rim-fire cartriges
a round that no longer had to be loaded one piece at a time allowing it to be quickly loaded and the position of the round did not have to be precise -
smokeless powder
powder that did not create a cloud of smoke giving away a person position containing 68.2% insoluble nitrocellulose 29.8% soluble nitrocellulose 2% paraffin -
First full auto machine gun
the maxim machine gun -
invention of automatic handguns
allowed for amazingly fast reload and firing -