American Guns: A History of US Firearms

Take a look at the Kentucky Long Rifle and it's use during the Revolutionary War.

A look at how early US arms manufacturing relied heavily on federal funding and armouries as customers.

As manufacturing in the US grew under Andrew Jackson, the gun became an essential tool for settlers in the western territories.

The Battle of the Alamo, the weapons used, and American innovator Samuel Colt's rise as the titan of the gun industry.

As the Civil War looms, American Guns become more and more powerful, accurate, and significantly easier to reload.

The Civil War brings with it the Gatling Gun and Sharps Rifle, while after the war, Smith and Wesson introduces the revolver.