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  2. Air gun - Wikipedia

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    The first air guns were developed as early as the 16th century, and have since been used in hunting, ... which the first BB gun invented in 1886 was designed to shoot.

  3. Girardoni air rifle - Wikipedia

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    The air reservoir was in the club-shaped stock. With a full air reservoir, the Girardoni air rifle had the capacity to shoot 30 shots at useful pressure. These balls were effective to approximately 125 yd (114 m) on a full air reservoir. The power declined as the air reservoir was emptied. [12]

  4. Daisy Outdoor Products - Wikipedia

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    First Daisy air rifle, built 1889 by Plymouth Iron Windmill Company, on display at the National BB Gun Museum in Branson, Missouri. Daisy BB gun with CO 2 and BBs Daisy Avanti 753S Elite air rifle (.177 pellet caliber) Daisy Outdoor Products (known primarily as Daisy) is an American airgun manufacturer known particularly for their lines of BB guns.

  5. Henry Quackenbush - Wikipedia

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    The company began producing air rifles in 1876. Their spring/air design, as well as the steam-powered manufacturing plant itself, were considered to be innovative at the time. [6] In the 1880s, they began mass production of so-called "gallery guns", [clarification needed] and the Quackenbush name appeared in carnival and amusement arcade ...

  6. History of the firearm - Wikipedia

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    Hungarian prototype 7.92x33mm Assault Rifle prototype compared to flintlock and Lee-Enfield bolt action rifle at the Hadtörténeti Múzeum Budapest. The first successful self-loader was the Gatling gun, a hand-cranked revolver. It was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling and fielded by the Union forces during the American Civil War. Self-loaders ...

  7. BB gun - Wikipedia

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    BB pistol with CO 2 cartridges and BBs. A BB gun is a type of air gun designed to shoot metallic spherical projectiles called BBs (not to be confused with similar-looking bearing balls), which are approximately the same size as BB-size lead birdshot used in shotguns (0.180 in or 4.6 mm in diameter).

  8. Rifling - Wikipedia

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    Rifling of a 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 tank gun Conventional rifling of a 90 mm M75 cannon (production year 1891, Austria-Hungary) Rifling in a GAU-8 autocannon. Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.

  9. Crosman - Wikipedia

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    The Benjamin Air Rifle Company was formed in 1902 when Walter R. Benjamin purchased the patent rights from the defunct St. Louis Air Rifle Company. Production from 1902 to 1904 and from 1906 to 1986 was in St. Louis. In 1977, the Benjamin Air Rifle Company purchased Sheridan Products in Racine, Wisconsin. Benjamin and Sheridan were acquired by ...