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The Chinese created the first gun in around 500 AD. They made it by lighting gun powder and shoving stuff down the barrel
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In 1509 the Wheel Lock was invented. This made guns easier to fire because a spark went off inside the gun and you didn't have to hold a match up to it
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The flintlock was invented in 1509. It was used to either protect the powder, or expose it, so that the powder couldn't accidentally ignite, or fall out of the gun.
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It was around this time that men stopped carrying around rapiers, and other swords. Pistols became the weapon to duel with
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Samuel Colt made his first revolver around this time. It was mass produced, and multi-shot.
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This is around when shotguns as we'd call them today came in to use. They weren't very practical for hunting, but they did have very pretty designs.
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The Gatling Gun was invented around this time. They were one of the first automatic guns, and very revolutionary.
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The first automatic handgun was invented, and that led to most pistols today.
