history

Beretta is the oldest known gun company in the world. When you think of a handgun, the Beretta easily comes to mind. The company was started in a small town in Italy in 1526 called…
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Firearms in movies have been popular since the dawn of cinema. Looking back to silent movies and all the way up to modern films, you can see that guns in movies not only represent real…
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From the flintlock musket to the M4 combat rifle, U.S. infantry weapons have come a very long way. Sometimes, it's hard to appreciate just how far we have come until we see all of them…
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If you're like most gun enthusiasts, you probably have at least one older weapon in your armory that was passed down several generations. You may often wonder how much those guns are…
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Many gun enthusiasts in the United States have served in the military or law enforcement, or at least have an interest in military operations and weapons. As such, the AR-15 as a…
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Most gun enthusiasts and especially collectors enjoy the rich history of early firearms and how it led to the development of modern weapons. Typically, gun developments and improved…
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Firearms looked significantly different in the 1300s than they did in the 1700s. By the 1800s, you could certainly see the standards beginning to form in terms of mass manufacturing and…
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In part 1 of this series, we explored the ancient history of firearms, starting in the 1300s and leading through the early 1600s. The late 1600s through the 1800s saw significant…
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As a gun enthusiast, how much do you really know about the history of firearms? If you think the first automatic firing weapons were used in the Civil War, you are about 600 years away…
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