Guns+And+Weapons

= = = = =__//GUNS AND WEAPONRY//__= //By: Miles :)// = = =//__ research strings __//= //guns + definition// //what is a gun?// //guns/wikipedia// //gunpidea// //gun/answers.com//

=__//INTRODUCTION//__= HI. I'm Miles, and today I'm going to show you types of history of guns. A **gun** is a muzzle or breech-loaded projectile-firing weapon. The first guns were made in America.One American man named "Samuel Colt" and one British man named "John Puckle" were one of the first men to use guns. Then, over time, other countries took the idea and made different types. =__//RIFLES//__=
 * SA80** //(Small Arms of the 80's)// is the standard issue British Army rifle (Its two versions are designated as //L85// and //L86//, which are respectively infantry rifle and light support weapon.)

The **M4 Carbine** is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16 such as the XM177E2, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. The weapon is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 Assult gun, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The **FN SCAR-H** is a battle rifle, currently being evaluated by the United States Armed Forces. =__//HANDGUNS//__=

The **Desert Eagle** is a popular large-caliber handgun originally produced and patented in the 1980s.

A **revolver** is a multishot firearm, usually a handgun, in which the rounds are held in a revolving cylinder that rotates to fire them through a single barrel.

The **Colt Python** is a 357 magnum caliber revolver manufactured by Colt Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut.

A **pistol** or **handgun** is usually a small firearm that can be used with one hand. There are three common types of pistols: single-guns pistols, revolvers, and pistols. It is one of the most popular guns made. =__//MACHINE GUNS//__=

A **machine gun** is a fully-automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an Ammunition belts or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute.
 * Metal Storm Limited** is a Austalian Gun. Based research and develoment company, it specializes in electronically initiated superpoased load weapons technology and owns the proprietary rights to the electronic ballistics technology invented by a man named J. Mike O,Dwyer.

The **Minigun** is a 7.62 mm, multi-barrel machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute) =//__AUTO CANNON GUNS__//= An **autocannon** is a rapid-fire projectile Weapon firing a shell as opposed to the bullet fired by a machine gun.

A **chain gun** is a type of Machine gun or autocannon that uses alot of power.

=//__HUNTING GUNS__//= A **shotgun** (also known as a **scattergun** and **peppergun**. DID YA NOW THAT? A **Muzzleloader** is any firearm that gets loaded from the pipehole.

=//__WAR GUNS__//= A **grenade launcher** is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand.

A **battle rifle** is a military weapon used in WORLD WAR II. =//__GUN INVENTIONS TIMELINE__//=


 * **1364:** First recorded use of a firearm - shooter lit wicks by hand that ingnited gunpowder that was loaded into the gun barrel.
 * **1400s:** Matchlock guns - first mechanically firing of guns. Wicks were now attached to a clamp that sprang into gunpowder that was placed in a "flash pan".
 * **1509:** Wheel lock guns - wicks were replaced the wheel lock that generated a spark for igniting the gunpowder.
 * **1630:** Flintlock guns - the flintlock did two things mechanically, it opened the lid of the flash pan and provided an igniting spark.
 * **1825:** Percussion-cap guns invented by Reverend John Forsyth - firing mechanism no longer uses flash pan, a tube lead straight into the gun barrel, the tupe had an exposive cap on it that exploded when struck
 * **1830:** Back action lock
 * **1835:** Colt revolver - first mass-produced, multi-shot, re volving firearms
 * **1840:** Pin-fire cartridges
 * **1850:** Shotguns
 * **1859:** Full rim-fire cartridge
 * 1860: Spencer repeating carbine patented
 * **1861:** Breech loaded guns
 * **1862:** Gatling gun
 * **1869:** Center-fire cartridge
 * **1871:** Cartridge revolver
 * **1873:** Winchester rifle
 * **1877:** Double-action revolver
 * **1879:** Lee box magazine patented
 * **1892:** Automatic handguns invented by Joseph Laumann
 * **1893:** Borchardt pistol - automatic handgun with a separate magazine in the grip

Here are some websites about guns, If you want to know more!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Puckle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt http://inventors.about.com/od/militaryhistoryinventions/a/firear ms.htm http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Gunpedia http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/Pistol http://guns.wikia.com/wiki/Desert_Eagle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun http://www.google.com.hk/images?q=gun&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1123&bih=641 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun =//__PICTURES__//=

= =