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The History of Firearms

By Peyton Barefield

  • Revolvers

    Revolvers
    Samuel Colt invited the first revolver. It contained 5 to 6 bullets innovative cocking device.

  • The gatling gun

    The gatling gun
    Richard Gatling patented his design of the "Gatling Gun," a six-barreled weapon capable of firing a (then) phenomenal 200 rounds per minute.

  • Rifles

    Rifles
    Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland invented the first rifles. John Moses Browning invented Winchester, pump shotgun, and Colt 45 automatic.

  • A rifle scope

    A rifle scope
    August Fiedler (Stronsdorf), the forestry commissioner of Prince Reuss, managed to build the first telescopic sight that really did work.

  • Tommy Gun

    Tommy Gun
    The Thompson submachine gun or Tommy gun was invented by General John T. Thompson. It was the first handheld machine gun.

  • M1 semiautomatic rifle

    M1 semiautomatic rifle
    Canadian John Garand invented the M1 semiautomatic rifle in 1934.

  • The man who invented m16

    The man who invented m16
    Eugene Stoner invented the m16 in 1968 for ww2