Thanks in part to the Silk Road and adventurous traders like Marco Polo, by the 13th century ancestors of the modern firearm had spread from Asia to Europe, where they … See more

For early settlers pioneering the wilderness of North America, gunsmiths became vital … See more

During the Revolutionary War, some American militia fighters engaged in guerilla-style tactics using their hunting rifles to take out British soldiers from distant cover. But … See more

Around the same time, the U.S. government and some states began hiring smaller gun-making outfits to produce guns or gun parts, based on the weapons being produced a… See more

In 1836, Samuel Coltreceived a U.S. patent for a handheld pistol that featured a multi-firing system based on a rotating barrel with multiple chambers that could fire bullets through a l… See more