Some might wonder what would have happened if Porter had a couple of machine guns. Others might say that’s ridiculous, ...
Since the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Army has depended on sidearms ... This list includes flintlock pistols from the earliest days of American independence to modern-day semi-automatics.
1630 - The first true flintlock. The flintlock solved ... 1854-56 - The Crimean War. The last war to use only muzzle-loaded guns. 1859 - The first full rim-fire cartridge. 1860 - Spencer repeating ...