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Samuel Colt invited the first revolver. It contained 5 to 6 bullets innovative cocking device.
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Richard Gatling patented his design of the "Gatling Gun," a six-barreled weapon capable of firing a (then) phenomenal 200 rounds per minute.
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Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland invented the first rifles. John Moses Browning invented Winchester, pump shotgun, and Colt 45 automatic.
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August Fiedler (Stronsdorf), the forestry commissioner of Prince Reuss, managed to build the first telescopic sight that really did work.
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The Thompson submachine gun or Tommy gun was invented by General John T. Thompson. It was the first handheld machine gun.
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Canadian John Garand invented the M1 semiautomatic rifle in 1934.
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Eugene Stoner invented the m16 in 1968 for ww2
