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In 1836, Samuel Colt received a patent for the Colt Paterson revolver. It was the first revolving-cylinder handgun ever to be mass-produced. Known then as Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing...
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Colt Firearms has been a major force in the design and manufacture of handguns. In the years 1850s to World War I, it was a dominating force in the production of guns. Colt was pivotal in...
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Colt Firearms is one of the oldest firearms companies in the United States, and it has produced a vast array of iconic guns over the years. Many are used in their current iterations in the U.S....
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Simo Häyhä was one of the most famous soldiers to serve in World War II – a Finnish military sniper credited with more than 500 confirmed kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death”....
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Since the early days of television and cinema, firearms have been an indispensable plot device for countless stories on the silver screen. From old noir films and westerns to buddy-cop and spy...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Colman Andrews. The M1903 Springfield, a bolt-action rifle, was put into service in 1903....
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