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Rifles Pre-1900
Up until the 1830s, firearms were used sparingly in everyday life—handmade by individual artisans, guns were primarily luxury items or exercised for military combat. The typical firearm was a flintlock long arm, which fired a round musket ball with black powder....
Handguns
During the 1850s, the number of private, civic, and state militias grew throughout the country as calls for public protection and self-defense proliferated. Gun-ownership soared as individuals bought pistols not only as a means of protection, but to brandish as status...
European Sporting Arms
Firearms were introduced into Europe in the fourteenth century. Since then, European nations have sought to limit the availability of firearms and restrict their access to the province of the moneyed classes and the military. For example, English game laws, first...
Browning Designs
John M. Browning (1855–1926) is considered by many to be the greatest gun designer in history. Not only did he develop of range of firearms and cartridges alongside his business partner and brother, Matthew S. Browning (1859–1923), John Browning invented entire...
American Sporting Arms
Traditionally sport hunting on European estates was a leisure activity reserved for the wealthy classes. But with no estates guarding access, Americans could roam the land freely—hunting to procure food, make a living, and enjoy sport. In the western territories...