From crank wheels to battlefield chaos, the journey to the first true machine gun is full of twists.

1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach-loaded guns are dominant. 1871 - First cartridge revolver.

Evolution of Firearms begins with the fire lance in China, the musket invented in the Ottoman Empire, and the assault rifle in Germany.

Hill & Mac Gunworks of Georgia is making working replicas of the Sturmgewehr, the world's first assault rifle, invented by the Nazis. Steil said his company has fewer than 10 employees and has ...

The designer of the AK-47, who died last month, reportedly wrote a 2012 letter to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church expressing "spiritual pain" over deaths caused by the weapon.

The Henry rifle was the first lever action rifle ever made. Here's the story behind this historic rifle and how it influenced others to come.

From the First Assault Rifle to Single-Shot Pistols, These Are the Weirdest Military Guns Ever Made These weapons may have been unconventional, but they were still deadly.

This included the so-called "drip rifle," invented by Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry (later Captain W C Scurry MC DCM) of the 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for firing a rifle by ...

Gun Control SCOTUS Ponders the Implications of Prosecuting Gun Owners for a Crime Invented by Bureaucrats Several justices seemed troubled by an ATF rule that purports to ban bump stocks by ...

1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach-loaded guns are dominant. 1871 - First cartridge revolver.