Firearms, Guns, Pistols, And Shotguns

The history of firearms has changed dramatically since the late 1700’s. A rifle is no longer defined as a single shot, muzzle loading musket. Should

Guns were a well known asset in the American Colonies, first for hunting game, general self-protection from the Native Americans and eventually as weapons used in the American Revolutionary War. During this time period, the main objective that the founding fathers wanted to create was an

     Weapons have been around from the Neanderthals of the post-ice age, to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Rocks became knives, sticks became spears, and bayonets became AK-47’s. The technology from the French and Indian War was revolutionized and manufactured by the newly opened weaponry companies. Colt

The musket rifle was now made with grooves inside the barrel. These grooves allowed the bullet to spin more when the gun was fired. The spinning motion made the gun far more accurate. This technological advancement played a huge part in the colonist success during the war. As well as this, the new rifle are part of the reason there is such advanced weaponry in the army today.

Boom! The little boy kills his first deer while hunting with his dad, they’re both ecstatic, the dad experiencing all the skills he has taught his son over the years finally pay off, and killing his first deer with the same gun he used thirty years ago. The first firearm was made 653 years ago in 1364, to fire the gun, you had to hold a burning wick to a touch hole to ignite the powder, causing an explosion which sends the projectile out of the barrel. Since then, guns have evolved tremendously, in Germany, 1885, the first semi automatic handgun was made, allowing the user to fire shot after shot without reloading, until the magazine is empty. This gun was made for police officers around the world, allowing them to have an advantage over

Some of them ae the lower cost of the ammunition, and less recoil. Plus they work well indoors since .22 lr is not rated at high velocity, and as a result will not travel as far, as with the 5.56x45mm cartridge. To compensate for this he recommends using properly scaled targets, and the right ammunition for the job. I would think match grade .22, or a good brand with solid data. Another alternative is the MAR177 air pellet rifle. However these have many differences in aesthetics, as well as function compared to the .22 lr method previously. It seems to me there are many methods to keep your shooting skills honed in. I personally don't substitute any alternative method for my rifle and always shoot. I like to train like I fight, and shooting is a perishable skill. The article was well presented, and gave great insight into what our neighbors to the north have to deal

Weaponry plays a very large role in the war. While the soldiers were on their last legs, the nation decided to set foot and make a decision to improve the industry. The most common problem faced by all soldiers was the loading of guns. Soldiers typically carried guns that held one bullet at a time. A soldier who was trying to aim and shoot the target would have to stand much closer, as the weapon’s range was only about 80 yards. Hence, battles were fought relatively at a closer range. Rifles, were used for long range shooting, and were very accurate as the bullet could travel up to 1,000 yards. However, it was impossible to use the guns in battle since it took a very long time to load. Fed up with the trouble caused with the guns, Captain Henri Gustave Delvigne and Claude Etienee Minnie developed a cone shaped lead bullet called, “Minnie Balls”. When fired, the bullet expanded, and the lead would grip tightly against spiraled rifling groves. This would take a spin on the elongated bullet, leaving the muzzle at a higher velocity and following an accurate trajectory causing it to travel three-four times farther. The innovation of the rifle and Minnie Ball were just a few of the hundreds of weaponry inventions. Weapons fell under three categories—small arms, artillery, and edged weapons. These were developed after the society wanted to see a difference in the nation. They were placed under these categories based on their caliber (size of the

Guns have played a major role in shaping and constructing the United States of America to the way it is today. In the early times of United States history, the founding fathers set in stone that every man has the right to bear arms. In recent years there have been numerous politicians that have been fighting to take that right away from us. The Second Amendment to the Unites States Constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The history of the gun has played major roles in conquering land and defending the land that one would call home. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Colonists relied heavily on firearms to take and protect the land from Native Americans and Europeans. During the time of the Revolutionary War, every male citizen was required to own a firearm to help fight off British forces .

Bows, swords, spears, catapults, and eventually guns, were all invented because of a necessity. In the words of Plato “All things are created because of necessity who is the mother of invention.” As we move on and advance in technology and mechanics, our necessity for new and better things increases, and therefore our rate of invention increases. Most inventive ideas are small, and overall insignificant. But sometimes inventions will take bounds into the future, and will change the world. “It is easy to forget what a cultural sensation technology can produce, and perhaps no instance was greater than that of the Gatling gun.” (Keller) The Gatling gun was an invention that changed the way we think, the way we strategize, and the way we live.

The long range infantry weapon of the 1700’s was the musket. The musket is stronger than the bow and arrow. The kinetic energy and momentum of an 18mm musket ball shooting from a Brown Bess musket are 1460 joules and 9.36 kg*m/s. The kinetic energy and momentum of an arrow being shot from a bow are 16.5 joules and 1.15 kg*m/s. The musket ball clearly has a much stronger momentum and kinetic energy than the arrow, which means it has more stopping power. Firearms of the 1700’s also have much greater maximum range than bows and arrows. If a Brown Bess was fired at a forty five degree angle in a frictionless environment, the musket ball would travel 9783 meters. If a bow fired it’s arrow at forty-five degrees in a frictionless environment, it would travel only one hundred and nineteen meters. The musket has more than eighty-two times the maximum range of the bow and arrow. Some might say that bows and arrows are stronger than muskets, but that is not entirely true. Most people refer to muskets and rifles of the eighteen and nineteenth century only as smooth-bore barrel muskets. Muskets barrels later became rifled in the nineteenth century and are much more accurate than their smooth-bore relatives. Not only are muskets more lethal than bows and arrows, but cannons and artillery are more lethal than medieval catapults.

The history of firearms began in 1232, when the chinese who invented gunpowder made gunpowder filled tubes. Since then guns have progressed to what is used

Ever since the days of the pioneers, firearms have been an element of the American tradition as defense and a means of hunting or activity. As we progress through the 21st century the use of guns has changed significantly. The reason that the use of the gun is changing is fast and steady increase in crime and the battle for the right to have possession of a hand gun, the introduction of legislation for gun control, to try to decrease the felony in the United States, has been a brutal debated issue in recent years.

Europe’s economy and power were growing substantially and the use of gun powder had a significant part in its growth during the Early Modern Period. “Gunpowder somehow remained a monopoly of the Chinese until the 13th century, when the science was passed along the ancient silk trade route to Europe and the Islamic world” (How Gun Powder Changed the World). Gun powder cannons were used because of their significant blow to a target; the French and English used cannons against each other during the Hundred Years’ War. After cannons, came handguns and these changed the way armies fought for the rest of time. “Guns literally put weaponry into the hands of the individual, creating a new class of soldier — infantry — and giving birth to the modern

From a purely mechanical and technological standpoint, today's semiautomatic pistols are superior. Not too long ago if someone mentioned handguns you automatically thought revolver. The ever steadfast revolver, while they differ somewhat, the mechanics have remained the same throughout the

Furthermore, by the 1920s, guns were no longer the inaccurate, slow-loading beasts of centuries past. Long -barreled rifles shot spinning bullets with stunning accuracy. People could carry pocket-size handguns and fire them at a moment’s notice. And automatic weapons, let users fire multiple rounds of ammunition with a single pull of a trigger. Also, organized crimes, crime was on the rise. Many legislators believed it was time for gun laws to catch up with gun technology.