12 Interesting Fun Facts About Guns
- Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese in the 9th century.
- The first gun was made in 1000 AD in China.
- It was made up of bamboo and used gunpowder to fire a spear.
- The earliest surviving firearm has been found from Otepaa, Estonia and it dates back to at least 1396.
- In the late 14th century, smaller and portable hand-held cannons were developed, creating in effect the first smooth-bore personal firearm.
- During the early modern age, these hand-held cannons evolved into the flintlock rifle, then the breech loader and finally the automatic weapon.
- The shooter poured loose powder down the barrel. A lead ball projectile was then seated on top of the powder charge by means of a ramrod.
- This was later transformed into the basic features of the gun: a barrel made of metal, high-nitrate gunpowder, and a projectile which stops the muzzle so that the powder charge exerts its full potential in propellant effect.
- High pressure gas is generated by combustion, usually by lighting the gunpowder. This makes the bullet shoot from the barrel at a very high speed.
- A repeating firearm is a firearm which can be fired more than once between chargings and holds more than one cartridge.
- A revolver has a rotating cylinder which holds a fixed number of cartridges; the cylinder “revolves” to align each chamber with the rear of the barrel.
- The Gatling gun is the first successful rapid firearm used during the American Civil war in the 1860s. It was operated by a hand crank with multiple rotating barrels.
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