Timeline of Firearms

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Date	Event
circa 225	The Chinese developed an early form of gunpowder. The people living in what is now India were also using it.¹ ² ³
700s⁴	Marcus Gaæcus (Graecus), in Liber Ignium ad Comburendos Hostes⁵, described an explosive compound (gunpowder) composed of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur in a ratio of 6:2:2.⁶ ⁷
by 1000	The Chinese were using explosive grenades and bombs.⁸
1150	The Chinese develop rockets.⁹
between 1249 & 1292¹⁰	Roger Bacon obtained his knowledge of gunpowder from a treatise on the subject. The treatise, now in the Escurial collection¹¹, was supposedly written in 1249. Bacon’s description of this information appeared in his De nullitate, etc., published posthumously, but most likely written in 1269.¹²
1300s	The English made or bought gunpowder.¹³
1308	Castle of Heyer destroyed, a cannon was found in the ruins of the castle in 1560.¹⁴
circa 1320	Berthold Schwartz, announced the existence of gunpowder to Central Europe.¹⁵
circa 1350	The NRA Firearms Museum ⇒ collection includes a circa 1350 (year of manufacture) hand-forged hand cannon. ⇒ Hand cannons are the earliest known hand-held firearms.¹⁶
late 1300s	Firearms used shipboard.¹⁷
1400s	Gunmakers in Nuremberg, Germany developed rifling.¹⁸
circa 1450	The matchlock gun, the first firearm to use an ignition system, appeared. It was also the first gun to have a trigger, true lock, stock, and barrel.¹⁹
1490	Bartolomeo Beretta, the head of the company (in 1526) we now know as Beretta ⇒, was born.²⁰
by end of the 1400s	Most trading ships carried two or more bombards.²¹
circa 1500	Firearms manufacture began in Liege region of Belgium.²²
1500s	Gunpowder became granulated, prior to this it resembled dust.²³
early 1500s	Gunmaking became a distinct craft, separate from blacksmithing.²⁴
as early as 1513	The Venetian Ambassador reported to the Doge that Henry VIII had “cannon enough to conquer hell.”²⁵
1515	A visitor to the Tower of London stated that there were ~400 cannon stored there, most of them on wheels.²⁶
1515	Someone in Nuremberg, Germany invented the wheel lock. This provided the technological advancement needed to use the gun for sport (hunting game).²⁷
1519	The Spanish conquered Mexico with the use of a simple arquebus having a trigger matchlock.²⁸
1520 to 1525	Jacopo Beretta, the who took over as head of the company (began between 1565 & 1568) we now know as Beretta ⇒ when his father Bartolomeo Beretta died, was born. We do not know when Jacopo died.²⁹
1525	Peter Bawde, a Frenchman, cast brass cannon in Houndsditch, England; this is the first cannon cast in the British realm.³⁰
3 Oct 1526	The House of the Arsenal for the Doge of Venice paid Bartolomeo Beretta 296 ducats for 185 arquebus barrels.³¹ ³² The company we now know as Beretta ⇒ was born. The Beretta website states that the company has been in production since the early 1500s. I speculate that this sale is the earliest transaction that they can prove historically. Also, a military contract is more impressive than selling a duck gun to a local farmer. Nevertheless, Beretta is easily the world's oldest continuously operating gun manufacturer.
by 1543	Cast cannon trade thrived in Uckfield, Sussex.³³
1547	A French author penned, [translation] “No use has yet been made in France, in 1547, of that terrible weapon against men. The French used it against some castles in 1338, but they would blush to employ it against their fellow-creatures. ...” To my knowledge, this is the first anti-gun rhetoric.³⁴
1565 to 1568	Bartolomeo Beretta, the head of the company (in 1526) we now know as Beretta ⇒, died.³⁵
1570	Someone made the first revolving gun with sliding lids covering the touchholes and flash pans.³⁶
1585	Even after many improvements had been made, Montaigne penned that “the effect of fire-arms, apart from the shock caused by the report, to which one does not easily get accustomed,” was so insignificant that he hoped they were discarded.³⁷ ³⁸
1550	Giovannino Beretta, the who took over as head of the company (date not known) we now know as Beretta ⇒ when his father Jacopo Beretta died, was born.³⁹
1577	Giovan Antonio Beretta, the who took over as head of the company (date not known) we now know as Beretta ⇒ when his father Giovannino Beretta died, was born.⁴⁰
after 1577	Giovannino Beretta, the who took over as head of the company (date not known) we now know as Beretta ⇒ when his father Jacopo Beretta died, died.⁴¹
1600s	Stronger cannon, etc. and grained gunpowder illustrated that it was impossible to prevent gas leak in breech-loading devices. At this point, muzzleloading devices overtook all breech-loading devices for the purpose of ordnance.⁴²
first years of the 1600s at the earliest	The first magazine gun manufactured.⁴³
early 1600s, before 1630	Reliable accounts place the invention of the flintlock in the Spanish Pyrenees and credit it to a regiment of marauders (Miquelitos). The initial device was named Lock à la Miquelet for the regiment.⁴⁴ Some credit the invention of the flintlock to the Dutch poultry stealers (snaaphans) who studied the wheel lock for inspiration and for whom the snaphaunce is named.⁴⁵ Immediately after the introduction of firearms equipped with the flintlock, they were colloquially dubbed fusils due to the flints (fucile) they carried.⁴⁶
14 May 1607	Virginia Company explorers arrived at Jamestown Island, Virginia; thus establishing the first permanent English colony in what would later become these United States of America. The first firearms brought to the Colony of Virginia were muskets equipped with matchlocks, snaphances or wheel locks.⁴⁷ ⁴⁸
1608	Peter Keffer, the first known gunsmith in the colony, arrived in the Colony of Virginia (with the first supply).⁴⁹
1609	The Colony of Virginia possessed twenty-four “peeces of Ordnance” and “three hundred Muskets Snaphances and firelocks: Shot, Powder and Match sufficient, Curats, Pikes, Swords and Morrions, more than men. ...”⁵⁰ ⁵¹
drawn up between 1609 and 1612	The Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall cautioned each sentinel in the Colony of Virginia to be ready two hours before dawn “...with piece charged and provided, and a match alight at both ends and bullets in mouth...”⁵² ⁵³
1610	Two gunmakers and two armorers arrived in the Colony of Virginia (with Sir Thomas Gates).⁵⁴
as early as 1618	Governor Argall, of the Colony of Virginia, exempted craftsmen (including gunsmiths) who follow their trade from the requirement that every man will raise two acres of corn. Laws incenting tradesmen to work at their trades will continue from time to time through the 1600s.⁵⁵
1619	Charles Coyfe, a gunsmith, arrived in the Colony of Virginia.⁵⁶
Sep 1622	Because the items were considered unfit for any modern military service in Europe, the king of England presented the Colony of Virginia with “1000 browne bills, 400 bowes, and bowestaves, 800 shefs of Arrowes, 700 Callivers, 300 short pistols with fire locks, and 300 harquibussues ... 2000 skulls of iron, 100 brigandines, 40 plate Coats and 400 shirts, and Coats of Maile.”⁵⁷ ⁵⁸
1622 or after	John Jackson, shop owner in Jamestown, Colony of Virginia, purchased an indentured gunsmith from the merchant John Gill.⁵⁹
1623	George Clarke, of James City, Colony of Virginia, mentioned as a gunsmith.⁶⁰
1633	The English Government standardized measurements for all firearms used by their military: (barrel/overall length/bore) Musket 4 ft./5 ft. 2 in./12, Caliver 3 ft. 3 in./4 ft. 6 in./17, Harquebus 2 ft. 6 in./3 ft./17, Carbine/2 ft. 6 in./3 ft./24, Petronel 2 ft. 6 in./3 ft./24.⁶¹
1636	George Fort is described as a gunsmith on the Eastern Shore of the Colony of Virginia.⁶²
1636	Early firearms were so slow to load that the slowest soldiers only fired seven shots during the battle of Kuisyingen. The battle lasted eight hours.⁶³
before 1640	A rifle barrel, discarded at Mathew’s Manor, near the mouth of the Warwick river in the Colony of Virginia, is the earliest known evidence of a rifle found in the Colony of Virginia, if not the whole of North America.⁶⁴
after 1649	Giovan Antonio Beretta, the who took over as head of the company (date not known) we now know as Beretta ⇒ when his father Giovannino Beretta died, died.⁶⁵
before 1650	An armorer’s shop was abandoned at Mathew’s Manor, near the mouth of the Warwick River in the Colony of Virginia. There is no information as to the name/s of the craftsman/en who worked there.⁶⁶
mid 1600s	Artisans of Paris reached their peak in terms of firearms production.⁶⁷
1653	Due to objections regarding the reliability of the weapon by France’s Generals, an ordinance of Louis XIV forbid any soldier of the country to use flintlock guns. Later the same year, the punishment for breaking this prohibition became death. The objections stemmed from the fact that the sparks created by the meeting of the hammer (steel) and flint were not always able to fire the weapon. The sparks would stream to either side of the pan but not enter it. The development of guns possessing both a flint- and a matchlock addressed the shortcoming.⁶⁸
1675	Charles Parkes, Sr. mentioned as a gunsmith in Northampton County, Colony of Virginia.⁶⁹
1677	William Hunt, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, had an indentured gunsmith who was a “...very good workman...” as well as a smith’s shop “...well furnished...”⁷⁰
1683	The estate of Robert Spring, of the Colony of Virginia, included “1 Screw Gun.”⁷¹
between 1689 and 1702	Flintlock weapons introduced into England during the reign of William III, gradually increasing over time.⁷² ⁷³
1693	First reference (that I know of) to a gun made by a Colony of Virginia gunsmith; Charles Parkes, Jr. inherits a “... new Gunn of his fathers making ...”⁷⁴
1696	In the Colony of Virginia, the Estate of Edmund Bebbs included “...one Gunn Stockt by Charles Parkes.”⁷⁵
1697	Brothers Henry & Peter Byrome left Lancaster County, England and came to the Colony of Virginia as indentured gunsmiths. After their four-year term of service was completed they established a shop in Essex County.⁷⁶
1702	The estate of Ralph Wormeley, of Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia, included 21 guns; among them was a “Rifile Gun.”⁷⁷
1702	A report on the state of the Colony of Virginia’s defense reported that the militia exceeded 8,000 men who were “...in such great want of Arms and Ammunition proper and fit for action, that not one fourth of the Militia is fit to oppose the Enemy.”⁷⁸
1703	Arms and equipment to supply 1,400men, provided by the English Government, arrived in the Colony of Virginia. This supply was stored in the Magazine at Jamestown under the care of gunner Edward Ross. These arms and ammunition were to be sold to any militiaman at 12 ½ percent over cost; they didn’t sell well.⁷⁹
1707	In the Colony of Virginia, Anthony North was apprenticed to Henry Byrome who agreed to give the boy two-years of schooling and teach him “the art and trade of a gunn smith.”⁸⁰
1727	In the Colony of Virginia, David James, a “...free negro...” was indentured to James Isdel who was to “...teach him to read the Bible distinctly also the trade of a gunsmith...”⁸¹
1742	New Principles of Gunnery originally published.⁸²
1751	A Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia advertisement stated that David & William Geddy could rifle gun barrels.⁸³
1753	In Frederick parish, Colony of Virginia, William Bowen was apprenticed to Stephen Emry to learn “the art of a Black Smith and Gun Smith.” Illustrating that it was commonplace for a trained gunsmith to also learn the craft of a blacksmith, silversmith or whitesmith.⁸⁴
by 1753	The lighter and longer rifles of American design began to be used for military purposes in the Colony of Virginia.⁸⁵
1757	Joshua Baker, a gunsmith in Frederick County, Colony of Virginia, fixed a rifle for George Washington that he purchased earlier in the year.⁸⁶
1764	In the Colony of Virginia, Adam Haymaker took the son of Henry Brinker as a gunsmith’s apprentice.⁸⁷
invoiced Oct 1767	George Washington ordered a gun for John Parke Curtis from a London gunsmith named John Brazier. It is described as “1 Handsome fowling piece 3 feet 2 inches in the Barl ¾ inch bore, fine silver Mountg, with water pan lock, Walnut Stock, barrel blewed within a Silver Sight, a false britch and sliding bolts, worm to the Rammer & list Case.” It cost eight pounds and eight shillings.⁸⁸ In comparison, that would be £628.24 GBP ($995.64 USD) in today’s money (16 Jan 2011). ⁸⁹ ⁹⁰ ⁹¹ ⁹² ⁹³
1769	Joshua Baker, a gunsmith in Frederick County, Colony of Virginia, died. He owned a complete set of gunsmith’s tools, including “1 rifling Rod.”⁹⁴
invoiced 1771	Goods shipped to Garland Anderson, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia by Dobson, Daltera and Walker, merchants in Liverpool, included: 12 guns ½ inch bore & 3 feet 9 inches barrel @15/, 1 Ditto ¾ inch bore 4 ½ feet barrel @30/, 1 Ditto 5/8 inch barrel 4 feet barrel @40/.⁹⁵
dawn 19 Apr 1775	British and local militia fought in the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Thus began the military action of the American Revolution.⁹⁶
1776	John Draper, a farrier in Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia, was repairing pistols for the colony.⁹⁷
1777	George Washington ordered the creation of the Springfield Armory to store revolutionary war ammunition and gun carriages.⁹⁸
21 Jun 1788	The State of New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States. As it was the ninth State to do so, the Constitution of the United States goes into effect.⁹⁹
1794	Springfield Armory (US Government) began to manufacture muskets.¹⁰⁰
circa 1810	E. H. Collier manufactured a revolving carbine in England.¹⁰¹ The lock was placed in the center of the stock, the flash pan and hammer on of and the touchhole passing through the top strap. Its breech is formed as a cap to the chamber ends. The breech ‘caps’ rotate with the chambers so as to not allow any powder escape. the chambers are rotated by hand. This is done by drawing them back 1/8 inch before turning; this is required because the chambers and barrel are form fitted together. When aligned they are held together by a spring acting upon the entire pivot.¹⁰²
31 Jul 1811	King Frederick I (Württemberg) signed a decree establishing the Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory in the former Augustine monastery in Oberndorf am Neckar (in modern-day Germany).¹⁰³
1829	The Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory (Oberndorf) began redesigning and eventually manufacturing, existing flintlocks into percussion rifles.¹⁰⁴
1834	William Wellington Greener born.¹⁰⁵
2 May 1834	Wilhelm Mauser was born. He is the eleventh child of Fraz Andreas & Agathe Mauser.¹⁰⁶
25 Feb 1836	Samuel Colt received United States patent X9430 I1 ⇒ for his “improvement in fire-arms,” otherwise known as the original Colt revolver.¹⁰⁷
1836	Samuel Colt built his first manufacturing plant in Paterson, NJ. It was known as the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company.¹⁰⁸
27 Jun 1838	Peter Paul Mauser was born. He is the thirteenth child of Fraz Andreas & Agathe Mauser. For the rest of this timeline, Peter Paul Mauser will be referred to as Paul Mauser.¹⁰⁹
Aug 1838	Due to poor financial performance, the Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory (Oberndorf) was taken over by the Württemberg Ministry of Finance. ¹¹⁰
until 1840	The British Army used flintlock weapons.¹¹¹
as late as 1842	Gun manufacturers in Birmingham made flint guns for the English Government.¹¹²
1842	Patent Arms Manufacturing Company closed, auctioned much of its equipment, and entered bankruptcy proceedings.¹¹³
1846	The Science of Gunnery by William Greener was published by E. Churton, London.¹¹⁴ ¹¹⁵
mid 1847	US Ordnance Department ordered 1,000 Colt "Walker" revolvers. Samuel Colt had firearms orders and no factory. The order was manufactured and shipped from the Connecticut based factory of Eli Whitney, Jr., son of the inventor of the cotton gin.¹¹⁶
1848	Wilhelm Mauser began working at the Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory (Oberndorf).¹¹⁷
27 Oct 1848	Samuel Colt receives patent reissue number 124 for the “Improvement[s] in Revolving Fire-Arms” made to his 25 Feb 1836 patented Colt revolver.¹¹⁸
1851	Samuel Colt opens a manufacturing plant in England.¹¹⁹
1852	Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson partner to form a firearms manufacturing company. They plan to produce a firearm that can fire a fully self-contained cartridge.¹²⁰
end of Jun 1852	Paul Mauser began working at the Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory (Oberndorf).¹²¹
1853	Franz Mauser, an older brother of Wilhelm & Paul Mauser, emigrated to the United States where he worked as a gunsmith for the Remington Arms Co.¹²²
1854	Volcanic repeating handguns introduced.¹²³
23 Jan 1855	John Moses Browning born in Ogden, Utah Territory.¹²⁴
1855	Samuel Colt opens a manufacturing plant in Hartford, CT. It produced five thousand finished handguns its first year.¹²⁵
1855	Samuel Colt incorporated his business in Connecticut as the “Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co.”¹²⁶
1855	Volcanic Repeating Arms Company formed.¹²⁷
1855	Oliver Winchester purchased stock in Volcanic Repeating Arms Company.¹²⁸
1855	Volcanic carbine introduced.¹²⁹
1856	Volcanic Repeating Arms Company moved to New Haven, Connecticut and changed its name to New Haven Arms Company.¹³⁰
3 Mar 1857	Samuel Colt received patent 16716 ⇒ for his “Improvement in the Mode of Lubricating Firearms.”¹³¹
19 May 1857	Lamont du Pont receives patent number 17,321 ⇒ for an “improvement in gunpowder.”¹³²
summer 1858	Paul Mauser, while attending a choral festival held in Hohenzollern Castle, saw his first needle gun. About that event he later wrote in his journal, "... the soldier showed his rifle to me. Up to that time I had never seen a needle gun. On that very day I thought already, that something better could be designed. That thought has never left me."¹³³
18 Jan 1859	Samuel Colt received patent 22,627 ⇒ for his “canteen gun-stock.”¹³⁴
spring 1859	Paul Mauser was recruited to the Arsenal in Ludwigsburg (in modern day Germany). In the Arsenal's model room, he could study the newest breech-loading rifle test models. This is when the ideas for his own breech-loading design began. He was sent back to the Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory (Oberndorf) six months later.¹³⁵
1860	Henry rifle is patented.¹³⁶
1861	Due to the outbreak of the American Civil War, with more than one-thousand employees and annual profits exceeding $250,000, the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co.’s Armory was running at full capacity by the end of 1861.¹³⁷
1861 to 1865	Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co. stopped shipping to southern states and would only sell weapons to the Union forces during the American Civil War.¹³⁸
12 Apr 1861	Confederate artillery fired at federally held Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC; thus beginning the military action of the American Civil War.¹³⁹
0900 hrs, 10 Jan 1862	Samuel Colt died; he was only forty-seven years old at the time. Control of the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co. passed to Mrs. Elizabeth Colt and her family.¹⁴⁰ ¹⁴¹
1862	First Henry rifles are sold.¹⁴²
mid 1862	The Union Army started to receive Henry rifles.¹⁴³
1-3 Jul 1863	The Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) was fought. It is generally considered the most famous battle and the turning point of the American Civil War.¹⁴⁴
btwn 0800 & 1000 hrs, 5 Feb 1864	Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg Co.’s pistol and revolving rifle factory and adjacent offices completely destroyed by fire. The cause of the fire a mystery, but believed to have broken out in the drying room in the attic. At least one person killed, nearly nine hundred people lost their job and the total financial loss estimated at two million dollars. The US Military rifle factory was saved from the fire.¹⁴⁵
14-15 Apr 1865	John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head (14 Apr); Lincoln died from his injury early the next morning (15 Apr).¹⁴⁶
26 Apr 1865	Sherman received Johnston's surrender at Durham Station, NC, effectively ending the American Civil War.¹⁴⁷
1866	Oliver Winchester purchased control of New Haven Arms Company and changed its name to Winchester Repeating Arms Company.¹⁴⁸
1866	Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy” lever action introduced. It is the first gun to bear the Winchester name.¹⁴⁹
1868	Winchester Repeating Arms Company purchased the assets of Spencer Company.¹⁵⁰
Oct 1869	For his brother’s birthday, John Moses Browning assembled a slide rifle out of spare parts.¹⁵¹
1869	William Greener died.¹⁵²
1870	Modern Breech-Loaders: Sporting and Military ⇒ by W. W. Greener originally published.¹⁵³
17 Nov 1871	The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) founded.¹⁵⁴
3 Dec 1872	Lamont du Pont & Eugene du Pont receive patent number 133,522 for an “improvement in the manufacture of gunpowder.”
1875	Winchester Repeating Arms Company buys rights to Hotchkiss bolt-action centerfire.¹⁵⁵
1876	Choke-Bore Guns, and How to Load for All Kinds of Game originally published.
1876	Winchester Model 1876 lever action introduced.¹⁵⁶
spring 1878	John Moses Browning begins work on his first single shot rifle.¹⁵⁷
10 Apr 1879	John Moses Browning married Rachel Teresa Child.¹⁵⁸
12 May 1879	John Moses Browning filed the application for a patent on his single shot rifle.¹⁵⁹
7 Oct 1879	John Moses Browning receives patent number 220,271 for an “improvement in breech-loading fire-arms,” otherwise known as his single-shot rifle.¹⁶⁰ ¹⁶¹ ¹⁶²
1880	John Moses Browning, with the aid of his brothers, opened his arms factory.¹⁶³
1880	Oliver Winchester died.¹⁶⁴
4 Oct 1881	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 247,881 for a “cartridge loading implement.”
1881	The Gun and Its Development by W. W. Greener was originally published.
20 Mar 1887	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning apply for a patent for a bolt-action repeating rifle with a tubular magazine.¹⁶⁵
25 Jul 1882	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 261,667 for a “magazine fire-arm.”¹⁶⁶ ¹⁶⁷
spring 1883	John Moses Browning sold the rights to his single shot rifle (patent # 220,271 - 7 Oct 1879 ¹⁶⁸) to T. G. Bennett, Vice-President and General Manager of Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The single shot becomes the Winchester Model 1885. This began a partnership between the Browning and Winchester that would last nineteen years. As part of the transaction, Mr. Bennett is assured of first rights on a new repeater.¹⁶⁹ ¹⁷⁰
1883	Winchester Model 1883 Hotchkiss Magazine Gun introduced. This is the first Winchester bolt action.¹⁷¹
26 May 1884	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning apply for a patent for a lever action repeating rifle that employed sliding vertical locks. ¹⁷²
14 Oct 1884	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 306,577 for a “magazine fire-arm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.¹⁷³ ¹⁷⁴
Oct 1884	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning traveled to New Haven to deliver what was to become the famous Winchester Model 1886.¹⁷⁵
11 Aug 1885	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 324,297 for a “magazine fire-arm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
1885	The Rifle was published for the first time.
16 Feb 1886	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 336,287 for a “magazine fire-arm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue. This became the Winchester Model 1887; it was the first successful repeating shotgun.¹⁷⁶ ¹⁷⁷
20 Jul 1886	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 345,881 for a “magazine fire-arm.”
28 Mar 1887	John Moses Browning left (this author assumes he left from the Ogden, Utah Territory; the source was not specific) for Georgia to spend two years as a Mormon missionary.¹⁷⁸
13 Dec 1887	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning apply for a patent for a .22 caliber pump action repeating rifle.¹⁷⁹
26 Jun 1888	Julian Somerville Hatcher was born in Winchester, VA.¹⁸⁰
26 Jun 1888	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 385,238 for a “magazine fire-arm.” This became the Winchester Model 1890; it has been called "the most popular 22 caliber pump action rifle ever made."¹⁸¹ ¹⁸² ¹⁸³
1888	The Rifle changed its name to Shooting and Fishing.
1888	Modern Shotguns originally published.
1889	Gunsmiths in Belgium’s Liege region form Fabrique Nationale, to fill an order from the Belgian military for 150,000 Mauser-licensed rifles.
Fall 1889	John Moses Browning began development of the first of his gas-operated firearms.¹⁸⁴
6 Jan 1890	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning apply for their first patent dealing with gas operation. This becomes patent # 471,782 – 29 Mar 1892.¹⁸⁵ ¹⁸⁶
23 Sep 1890	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 436,965 for a “breech-loading gun.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
25 Nov 1890	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 441,390 for a “magazine gun.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
1890	T. G. Bennett becomes president of Winchester Repeating Arms Co.¹⁸⁷
late summer 1881	Theodore Roosevelt ordered his first Winchester rifles, a pair of consecutively numbered Model 1876s. They were to be "stocked and sighted to suit me." This meant that the guns were to have half-round & half octagonal barrels, pistol grips, deluxe-checkered stocks, case hardened receivers, plain triggers, half magazines, shotgun butts & special sights.
15 Dec 1891	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 465,339 for a “magazine gun.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
15 Dec 1891	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 465,340 for a “magazine fire-arm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
29 Mar 1892	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 471,782 for an “automatic magazine gun.”
29 Mar 1892	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 471,783 for a “machine gun.”
29 Mar 1892	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 471,784 for a “machine gun.”
6 Dec 1892	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 487,659 for a “magazine-firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
6 Dec 1892	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 487,660 for a “holder for cartridge packs.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
15 Nov 1892	John Moses Browning receives patent number 486,274 for a “magazine-gun.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
1892	A Breech-Loader, and How to Use It originally published.
28 Feb 1893	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 492,459 for a “magazine-firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
6 Jun 1893	John Moses Browning receives patent number 499,005 for a “magazine-firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
6 Jun 1893	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 499,006 for a “magazine catch for magazine-firearms.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
6 Jun 1893	John Moses Browning receives patent number 499,007 for a “magazine-firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
21 Aug 1894	John Moses Browning receives patent number 524,702 for a “magazine-gun.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
1894	The US Army Ordinance Department comparatively tested Krnka–Hebler tubular bullets for air resistance. The study found that “contrary to the claims for the tubular bullet, it suffers greater retardation from the air than the service bullet, the velocity falling off more rapidly in all forms of tubular bullets employed.”
30 Jul 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 543,567 for a “means for automatically removing unconsumed products from gun-barrels.”
20 Aug 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 544,658 for a “gas-operated machine-gun.”
20 Aug 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 544,659 for a “gas-operated machine-gun.”
20 Aug 1895	John Moses Browning and Matthew S. Browning receive patent number 544,660 for a “gas-operated breech-loading gun.”
20 Aug 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 544,661 for a “gas-operated firearm.”
3 Sep 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 545,672 for a “box-magazine bolt-gun.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
15 Oct 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 547,986 for a “cartridge-holding pack for magazine-guns.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
22 Oct 1895	William W. Wetmore receives patent number 548,410 for a “magazine-firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
5 Nov 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 549,345 for a “box magazine firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
3 Dec 1895	John Moses Browning receives patent number 550,778 for a “magazine-firearm.” This patent was assigned to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at its issue.
7 Jan 1886	John Moses Browning receives patent number 552,864 for a “magazine-firearm.”
1896	A Bibliography of Guns and Shooting originally published.
1897	Fabrique Nationale begins a partnership with John Moses Browning.
13 Apr 1897	William H. Davenport received patent number 580,679 for a “magazine-gun.”
20 Apr 1897	John Moses Browning receives patent number 580,923 for a “firearm.”
2140 hrs 15 Feb 1898	The battleship USS Maine, while in Havana harbor, Cuba, exploded and sank killing 266 US Servicemen – most of them enlisted sailors. Although the exact cause of the explosion is still debated among academics and technical experts, this event worsened the already tense situation that led the Spanish declaration of war against the United States of America 67 days later.
23 Apr 1898	Spain declares war on the United States of America
1899	Fabrique Nationale introduces the 32 caliber Browning Automatic Pistol.
1900	Sharpshooting for Sport and War originally published.
25 Aug 1900	The pilot model of what would become the Springfield US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 was sent to the War Department for examination. It had a 30-inch barrel and a rod bayonet.¹⁸⁸
as early as 1901	The bullpup configuration was employed in rifles and carbines for the first time.
1902-01-01	According to Browning (company), John Moses Browning and T. G. Bennett, of Winchester, severed their nineteen-year relationship due to a disagreement about the public acceptability of the autoloading shotgun.¹⁸⁹ Bruce Bybee, a historian at the John M. Browning Firearms Museum in Ogden, UT says that the relationship soured because John wanted royalties from the autoloading shotgun but Winchester, wanting to just buy the patent again, refused. Since Browning wanted the autoloading shotgun actually produced and sold, the relationship was terminated.¹⁹⁰
8 Jan 1902	John Moses Browning made an appointment with Mr. Marcellus Hartley of Remington so he could show him the new autoloading shotgun. This meeting never took place due to Mr. Hartley's death the same day the appointment had been made.¹⁹¹
1902-02-01	John Moses Browning embarked on his first ocean voyage. He planned to offer his new autoloading shotgun to Fabrique Nationale.¹⁹²
24 Mar 1902	John Moses Browning licensed Fabrique Nationale with exclusive worldwide rights to produce and sell his new autoloading shotgun.¹⁹³
7 Apr 1902	The US War Department appropriated 100 experimental rifles, of what would become the Springfield US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903, at the cost of $1,700. They were ordered with 26 inch barrels.¹⁹⁴
1903	Fabrique Nationale begins production of the Browning Auto-5 shotgun.
16 Feb 1903	The US War Department convened a board at the Springfield Armory to test the experimental rifles, of what would become the Springfield US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903. The board recommended that the rifle be made with a 24-inch barrel, the rod bayonet be shortened 6 inches, and the bolt (which was straight on the experimental rifles) be bent down to make use in the saddle scabbard of mounted troops possible.¹⁹⁵
19 Jun 1903	The US War Department approved as standard the US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903.
20 Jun 1903	The US War Department ordered that the fixtures, dies, tools, gauges, etc. required to manufacture the US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 be made in order the produce 225 rifles per 8 hour day at the Springfield Armory and 125 rifles per 8 hour day at the Rock Island Arsenal.
1903-07-01	The US War Department increased the order that the fixtures, dies, tools, gauges, etc. required to manufacture the US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 be made in order the produce 400 rifles per 8 hour day at the Springfield Armory.
1904	The US War Department’s Thompson–Lagarde Tests took place. Although they have been judged primitive and flawed by today’s standards, they were the most comprehensive ammunition stopping power trials held to date.
1904-11-01	The Springfield Armory and/or the Rock Island Arsenal began production of the US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903. Production continued uninterrupted until after the end of World War I.
US FY 1904	30,503 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1905	General Ammon B. Critchfield, while duck hunting, finds an ideal site for what will become the Camp Perry Military Reservation in the marshes along Lake Erie. The range sites offered a location where all firing could be done from a common line directed toward the shoreline and maximum natural light conditions.
US FY 1905	43,905 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1906	The Ohio Legislature appropriated $25,000 to purchase over 300 acres of land for the state rifle range and camp for what is now known as the Camp Perry Military Reservation.
1906	Shooting & Fishing magazine changed its name to Arms and the Man.
US FY 1906	97,603 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1907	Fabrique Nationale begins official use of the Browning name.
1907	The Causes of Decay in a British Industry originally published.
summer 1907	At what is now known as the Camp Perry Military Reservation, the 200-, 600- & 800-yard ranges are ready.
US FY 1907	102,116 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1 Sep 1907	The National Rifle Matches were first held at what is now known as the Camp Perry Military Reservation.
1908	The British Miniature Rifle originally published.
1 May 1908	The Ohio Legislature officially named what is now known as the Camp Perry Military Reservation, near Port Clinton, in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the Commander who defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie.
US FY 1908	62,565 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1909	Julian Somerville Hatcher graduates from the US Naval Academy with honors.
US FY 1909	25,662 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1910-10-01	Julian Somerville Hatcher left the US Navy and joined the US Army.
US FY 1910	46,797 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1911	Federal Court of the Southern District of New York found that Savage Arms Co. did not violate John M. Browning patents 580,924 and 747,585 when manufacturing the Savage Automatic Pistol under E. H. Searle patents 804,985 and 936,369. Judge Platt said that Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. failed to show that the Savage Arms Co.’s pistol operates in the same way that the patent in the suit teaches and dismissed the suits for want of equity.
1911	Winchester Model 1911 semi-auto shotgun introduced. This is the first Winchester semi-automatic shotgun.¹⁹⁶
29 Mar 1911	The US Army adopted the "Model 1911” semiautomatic pistol.
US FY 1911	49,697 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1912	Stevens began production of the No. 12 Marksman rifle.
Aug 1912	Winchester Model 1912 introduced; available in 20 gauge only.
US FY 1912	35,179 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
8 Oct 1912	Benjamin Frank Case receives patent number 1,040,881 for a “firearm.”
1913	The US Navy and US Marine Corps adopted the "Model 1911” semiautomatic pistol.
1913	Winchester Model 1912 12 & 16 gauges introduced.
US FY 1913	38,070 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
circa 1914	Stevens began production of the Model 101 Shotgun.
1914	Sharpshooting for War and Defence originally published.
1914	Fabrique Nationale produces their one millionth Browning Automatic Pistol.
1914	WWI: Fabrique Nationale arms factory is seized and occupied by the German military. It is used as a hospital and vehicle repair facility.
US FY 1914	26,545 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
US FY 1915	25,977 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
US FY 1916	13,631 US Rifle, Caliber .30, Model of 1903 were manufactured.
1 Jul 1916	The NRA purchases the Arms and the Man magazine for $1.
1917	The US Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground is established in Maryland by presidential proclamation.
1917	The US military adopted the Model 1917 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). It remained in service for more than 50 years.
circa 1918	The bullpup configuration was employed in semi-automatics for the first time.
12 Sep 1918	John Moses Browning personally test fires the Browning Heavy Machine Gun prototype. The 50 caliber Browning design was developed at the request of US General John J. ‘Black Jack’ Pershing. It remains in active service with the US military (as of Mar 2011).
1919	Fabrique Nationale resumes firearms manufacture (after WWI).
1919	Fabrique Nationale begins production of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), the Browning Model 1917 Machine Gun, and the Browning Heavy Machine Gun.
1919	Mikhail Kalashnikov is the seventeenth child born to a peasant family in the village of Kurya in the Altai region of Russia.¹⁹⁷ ¹⁹⁸ ¹⁹⁹
1919	The model name of the Winchester Model 1912 changed to the Model 12.
1920	Stevens discontinued production of the Model 101 Shotgun.
25 Jul 1921	William Wellington Greener died.
1923	John Moses Browning begins working on the first prototypes of what would become the Hi Power Automatic Pistol.
1923-06-01	The NRA changes the name of the Arms and the Man magazine to American Rifleman.
1924	John Alden’s ‘Mayflower Gun’ was discovered during renovation of his family home in Duxbury, MA (built 1653). Mr. Alden was a cooper (barrel maker) who arrived in Plymouth Bay Colony aboard the Mayflower. He had this gun in his possession when he crossed the Atlantic. This modified single shot Italian wheelock carbine could have been "one of the guns responsible for the first Thanksgiving," according to National Firearms Museum Senior Curator Doug Wicklund. The barrel and lockplate markings indicate that the gun was either made or repaired by the Beretta Family of Italy. The stock is primarily European walnut. At some point early in its history, a front portion stock was replaced by North American walnut. Although originally 50 caliber, through use the barrel has been hollowed out nearly eliminating the rifling; the bore is now roughly 66 caliber. This gun is now in the National Firearms Museum.
4 Aug 1925	John Moses Browning receives patent number 1,548,709 for a “magazine firearm.”
30 Mar 1926	John Moses Browning receives patent number 1,578,639 for a “firearm.”
1926	Fabrique Nationale contracts to build the BAR for Polish military.
1926	John Moses Browning suffers a fatal heart attack at the Fabrique Nationale factory in Liege, Belgium.
1926	Dieudonne Saive, John Moses Browning’s assistant, continues designing firearms for Fabrique Nationale.
24 May 1927	Posthumously, John Moses Browning receives patent number 1,625,651 for a “firing mechanism for automatic firearms.”
1928	American Rifleman circulation now over 30,000.
1928	Pacific Tool Co. invents the ‘C’ type ammunition reloading press.
19 Jul 1929	Gaston Glock, the founder of GLOCK GesmbH, is born in Vienna, Austria.²⁰⁰
1930s	American Rifleman circulation now over 56,000; it also ran its first full-color advertisement (Packard Car Company).
8 Apr 1930	Julian S. Hatcher receives patent number 1,753413 for a “cartridge case.”
1931	Olin Corporation purchases Winchester Repeating Arms Company and combines it with the Western Cartridge Company.²⁰¹
1932	Fabrique Nationale adapts Browning machine gun designs to be deployed on aircraft.
1933	Stevens discontinued production of the No. 12 Marksman rifle.
1934	Winchester Model 12 28 gauge introduced.
1934	The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially issues handguns to its agents for the first time. As a number of different models were issued, there did not appear to be a standard issue handgun at this time.²⁰²
26 Jun 1934	The National Firearms Act of 1934 was enacted.²⁰³
1935	General George S. Patton obtained his iconic .357 N-Frame (factory registered magnum) from Smith & Wesson (registration # 506 & serial # 47022). He added the famous ivory grips aftermarket. This revolver is now part of the General George S. Patton Museum, Fort Knox, Louisville, KY.
1935	Yankee Arms Maker: the Incredible Career of Samuel Colt originally published.
1935	Fabrique Nationale introduces the Model 1935 Browning Hi Power.
1936	NRA College All-American Shooting Program began.
1936	Winchester Model 70 centerfire bolt-action rifle introduced. This is the first centerfire bolt action designed by Winchester specifically for sporting use.²⁰⁴
9 Jan 1936	The US Army adopted the "U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30 M1" as its new battle rifle. The Marine Corps followed suit in November 1941, based at least in part on the rifle's favorable performance on Guadalcanal.
Mar 1939	Brownells founded
24 Jun 1939	Frank Royce Brownell III born.
between 1 Sep 1939 and 2 Sep 1945	Bill Shadel, editor of American Rifleman magazine, received press credentials from CBS and was overseas while he covered the European Theater of WWII.
between 1 Sep 1939 and 2 Sep 1945	The physical size of American Rifleman magazine was cut in half due to WWII wartime paper shortages.
1940	WWII: Fabrique Nationale arms factory is seized, occupied and integrated into the German war production effort.
1940	WWII: Fabrique Nationale engineers, including Dieudonne Saive, flee to England, taking weapon blueprints with them. This prevented their capture by the Germans.
1 Nov 1941	Based at least in part on the rifle's favorable performance on Guadalcanal, the US Marine Corps adopted the "U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30 M1" as its new battle rifle.
Sep 1943 issue	Brownells places its first advertisement in American Rifleman magazine.
1944	WWII: Fabrique Nationale arms factory is liberated.
Aug 1944 issue	Brownells places first advertisement for bluing salts in American Rifleman magazine.
1945	Weatherby's Sporting Goods opens in California.²⁰⁵
1945	Fabrique Nationale refurbishes more than 2,000,000 US military small arms prior to their return to reserves.
1945	Roy Weatherby introduced the .257 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. It delivers an 80 grain bullet traveling at 3,870 fps.²⁰⁶
1945	Roy Weatherby introduced the .270 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. It is a turbo-charged version of the .270 Winchester cartridge.²⁰⁷
1945	Roy Weatherby introduced the .300 Weatherby Magnum cartridge.²⁰⁸
1946	The History of the Birmingham Gun-Barrel House; With Notes on the Birmingham Gun Trade originally published.
1946	Major General Julian Somerville Hatcher retired from the US Army because of disability.
1947	Hatcher’s Notebook: A Standard Reference Book for Shooters, Gunsmiths, Ballisticians, Historians, Hunters and Collectors by Major General Julian S. Hatcher originally published.
1947	Roy Weatherby introduced the 7mm Weatherby Magnum cartridge.²⁰⁹
1947	Roy Weatherby introduced the .375 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. It is a turbo-charged version of the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum cartridge.²¹⁰
Aug 1947	Brownells Catalog #1 is published.
1949	Joyce W. Hornady closed his sporting goods store and founded the Hornady Manufacturing Co. to manufacture bullets.
1 Feb 1949	The Pennsylvania Gunsmith School was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
13 Jan 1950	The Rivanna Rifle and Pistol Club founded in Albemarle County, Virginia.
1951	Weatherby's Sporting Goods moves to Firestone Avenue.²¹¹
Jan 1951	Bob Brownell closes his gunsmith shop to focus on the supply side of his business.
1953	The Story of Colt's Revolver: the Biography of Col. Samuel Colt originally published.
1953	Fabrique Nationale assists in development of the 7.62 x 51mm cartridge.
1953	Fabrique Nationale introduces the FAL Light Automatic Rifle.
1954	Weatherby introduced the Imperial rifle scope²¹²
1954	Jack First opened a gun shop in Lancaster, California.
Aug 1955	Brownells introduces Acraglas.
1 Mar 1956	President Dwight D. Eisenhower directs the creation of the United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the US Army.
Feb 1957 issue	Frank Brownell pictured on the cover of American Rifleman magazine.
Mar 1957	Bob Brownell becomes gunsmithing column editor for The Sporting Goods Dealer Magazine
1958	Weatherby introduced the Mark V Bolt Action.²¹³
1958	Fabrique Nationale introduces MAG 58 Medium Machine Gun chambered for the 7.62 x 51mm NATO cartridge.
1959	Roy Weatherby introduced the .378 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. This cartridge was designed to replace the .375 Weatherby Magnum.²¹⁴ ²¹⁵
1959	Roy Weatherby introduced the .460 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. This cartridge delivers 7,507 foot pounds of muzzle energy by shooting a 500 grain bullet at 2,600 fps.²¹⁶ ²¹⁷
Oct 1959	Bob Brownell publishes The Encyclopedia of Modern Firearms
Feb 1963 issue	American Rifleman magazine ran an advertisement for Klein's Sporting Goods. It was from this ad that Lee Harvey Oswald purchased the rifle that he used to kill President John F. Kennedy.
1963	Gaston Glock, a chemical engineer specializing in plastics and thermal modeling, founded GLOCK KG (an Austrian company).²¹⁸ ²¹⁹ ²²⁰ ²²¹
1963	Original Winchester Model 70 rifle discontinued. Model 70s made before this became known as Pre-'64s.²²²
1963	Major General Julian Somerville Hatcher died.
1963	Roy Weatherby introduced the .340 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. This cartridge was developed as a response to the 338 Winchester Magnum. It takes advantage of the longer case to pack in more powder in an effort to achieve greater velocity.²²³
1964	Mass production of the Winchester Model 12 discontinued.
1964	Weatherby introduced the Mark XXII .22 rifle.²²⁴
1964	Roy Weatherby introduced the .224 Weatherby Magnum cartridge.²²⁵
Aug 1964	Frank Brownell begins working full time at Brownells.
1965	Hornady introduced the ‘Innergrove’ bullet. The manufacturing process added scoring inside of the jacket tips to insure consistent mushrooming in all tip styles offered.
26 Jan 1968	The Supreme Court of the United States, in Miles Edward Haynes v. United States, held that the registration requirement of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) violated the protection from self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This case made the NFA virtually unenforceable.²²⁶
1968	Citing budgetary concerns, the US Government closed the Springfield Armory (government).²²⁷
1968	Fabrique Nationale begins production of the LAC Light Automatic Carbine chambered for the 5.56 x 45mm NATO cartridge.
1968	Roy Weatherby introduced the .240 Weatherby Magnum cartridge.²²⁸
22 Oct 1968	The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) was enacted. GCA Title II amended the NFA to fix the constitutional issue raised in Haynes. Title II also amended the NFA definitions of “firearm” by adding “destructive devices” and expanding the definition of “machinegun.”²²⁹
Jan 1969	Pete Brownell is born.
May 1969	Gunsmith Kinks originally published.
1970s	GLOCK KG produced their first military products. They include field knives, training hand grenades, and machine gun belt links.²³⁰
1970	Steve Hornady joined Hornady Manufacturing Co.
1970	Weatherby introduced the Vanguard rifle.²³¹
1971	American Rifleman published a special 168 page centennial issue. This was by far the largest issue in the magazine's history; it included the first full-sized, full-color photographs of firearms ever printed in the magazine.
1972	Weatherby introduced the SightMaster spotting scope.²³²
1973	The NRA Whittington Center was founded. It hosts many competitive, educational and recreational activities in all shooting disciplines.
1973	American Hunter magazine spins off from American Rifleman, taking with it the hunting stories, reviews and tips.
1973	Weatherby introduced the Premier rifle scope.²³³
1971	Hornady Manufacturing Co. acquires Pacific Tool Co.
1971	Hornady Manufacturing Co. acquires Western Gun and Supply Co.
1971	Bolt Action Rifles originally published. This work is considered the “gold standard” about the subject of bolt action rifles.
1972	Marval Hornady joined Hornady Manufacturing Co. full time.
Aug 1973	F. Brownell and Son publish Art of Engraving by James B. Meek.
1974	Mark Borinsky founded the gun control organization the National Council to Control Handguns. This is the beginning of what will become today’s Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
1976	The Austrian Army began their search for a new service pistol.²³⁴
Jun 1976	F. Brownell and Son publish Mauser Bolt Action Rifles (3rd ed.) by Ludwig Olson.
1977	Hornady introduced bullet products with the ‘Interlock’ feature. The manufacturing process used to make these bullets “locks” the jack and core together, minimizing separation.
1977	US military adopts the Fabrique Nationale MAG 58. It is designated the M240.
Aug 1977	Brownells introduces Acraglas Gel.
1978	US Congress directed the Department of Defense to find a 9 mm handgun to replace the M1911A1.
1978	Housing the world’s largest collection of historic American military firearms, the site of the closed US Government Springfield Armory reopened as the Springfield Armory National Historic Site.
1978	Pete Shields became Chairman of the National Council to Control Handguns, a gun control group.
1978	Fabrique Nationale develops the Quick Change Barrel (QCB) modification for the .50 M2HB Browning Heavy Machine Gun.
1978	Weatherby introduced the roof-prism binoculars.²³⁵
1979	1979 NSSF SHOT Show (1st) took take place in St. Louis. The show was attended by 5,600 people.²³⁶
1979	John Bianchi, of Bianchi International, created the Bianchi Cup to be awarded to the winner of the Bianchi Cup International Pistol Tournament. The match conditions for the tournament are an aggregate of 192 shots fired in four (the practical, barricade, falling plate, and moving target (modified) events) 48 shot matches with a possible score of 1920-192X. Ron Lerch won the first year with a score of 1816-62X.²³⁷
1980	1980 NSSF SHOT Show (2nd) took take place in San Francisco, California. The show was attended by 8,500 people.²³⁸
1980	Gaston Glock starts developing a gun.
1980	National Council to Control Handguns is renamed Handgun Control, Inc (HCI).
1980	Mickey Fowler wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1889-85X.²³⁹
1980	Fabrique Nationale begins production of FNC 5.56 x 45mm NATO Selective Fire Carbine.
1981	1981 NSSF SHOT Show (3rd) took take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was attended by 17,800 people.²⁴⁰
1981	Mickey Fowler wins his second Bianchi Cup with a score of 1890-88X.²⁴¹
1981	Fabrique Nationale introduces SS109 Ball and L110 Tracer 5.56 x 45mm ammunition. Both NATO and the US military adopt both. They are designated M855 and M856.
1981	Weatherby introduced thier silouette pistols. With only 200 of them ever made, they are a hard to find collectors item.²⁴²
1982	1982 NSSF SHOT Show (4th) took take place in Atlanta, Georgia. The show was attended by 17,850 people.²⁴³
1982	Guns and Shooting: A Selected Chronological Bibliography originally published.
1982	Mickey Fowler wins his third Bianchi Cup with a score of 1903-145X.²⁴⁴
1982	The US military adopts the FN MINIMI 5.56 x 45mm NATO Squad Automatic Weapon. It is designated it the M249 SAW.
1982	Fabrique Nationale opens a plant in Columbia, SC to build firearms for the US military.
1982	Ronnie Barrett invented the first shoulder-fired 50 caliber rifle.²⁴⁵
1983	1983 NSSF SHOT Show (5th) took take place in Dallas, Texas. The show was attended by 20,000 people.²⁴⁶
1983	Brian Enos wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1903-612X.²⁴⁷
1983	The gun control group Handgun Control, Inc (HCI) creates the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (CPHV) as an “education outreach organization dedicated to reducing gun violence”.
1983	Roy Weatherby's son, Ed, took over the leadership of the company.²⁴⁸
Jun 1983	Frank Brownell becomes president of Brownells.
Nov 1983	F. Brownell & Son publish Gunsmith Kinks II.
1984	1984 NSSF SHOT Show (6th) took take place in Dallas, Texas. The show was attended by 22,000 people.²⁴⁹
1984	The NRA designated the Bianchi Cup as the national action pistol championship. Brian Enos wins his second Bianchi Cup with a score of 1910-257X.²⁵⁰
1984	Purdey’s: The Guns and the Family originally published.
1984	Weatherby introduced the Supreme rifle scope.²⁵¹
1985	1985 NSSF SHOT Show (7th) took take place in Atlanta, Georgia. The show was attended by 19,200 people.²⁵²
1985	Double Shotgun originally published.
1985	The NRA assumed operational control of the Bianchi Cup Tournament. Bianchi International presented the Bianchi Cup to the NRA; the Cup is now awarded annually to the national action pistol champion. The match conditions for the Bianchi Cup tournament were changed to an aggregate of 204 shots fired in three (the barricade, falling plate, and moving target (modified) events) 48 shot matches plus a 60 shot international rapid fire event with a possible score of 2040-204X. Rob Leatham wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 2034-155X.²⁵³
14 Jan 1985	The US Department of Defense formally recognized the Beretta Model 92SB-F is by as ‘Pistol Semiautomatic, 9 mm, M9.’ The initial order, to supply all US military Service branches, was for 315,930 units.
11 Apr 1986	During a shootout in Miami, Florida with two armed robbers, two FBI Special Agents were killed (SA Benjamin Grogan & SA Gerald Dove), three were permanently crippled, and two more were injured. This event, the bloodiest day in FBI history, is the point when many US Law Enforcement Agencies seemed to accept that they were outgunned by the criminals they chased and started looking for a gun to replace the ones they currently carried.²⁵⁴
19 May 1986	Firearms Owners’ Protection Act passed. This Act amended the NFA definition of “silencer,” amended the GCA to prohibit the transfer or possession of machineguns except by, government agencies, and those lawfully possessed before 19 May 1986.²⁵⁵
1986	1986 NSSF SHOT Show (8th) took take place in Houston, Texas. The show was attended by 20,950 people.²⁵⁶
1986	GLOCK, Inc. established in Smyrna, GA.
1986	Trijicon Founder, Glyn Bindon had the idea for the ACOG.²⁵⁷
1986	The match conditions for the Bianchi Cup tournament return to the standard set in 1979. W. Riley Gilmore wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1916-144X.²⁵⁸
1987	1987 NSSF SHOT Show (9th) took take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was attended by 19,500 people.²⁵⁹
1987	The Trijicon ACOG 4x32 TA01 was introduced. The reticles on the first models were not illuminated during the day. They had black crosshairs during the day and were illuminated by tritium at night.²⁶⁰
1987	John Pride wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1912-151X.²⁶¹
1988	1988 NSSF SHOT Show (10th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 19,800 people.²⁶²
1988	John Pride wins his second Bianchi Cup with a score of 1918-163X.²⁶³
1988	Fabrique Nationale becomes sole owner of Browning USA.
1989	1989 NSSF SHOT Show (11th) took take place in Dallas, Texas. The show was attended by 23,500 people.²⁶⁴
21 Feb 1989	The Trijicon ACOG received its United States Patent (US4806007A ⇒).²⁶⁵
1989	The US military contracts with Fabrique Nationale to produce M16 rifles at their plant in Columbia, SC.
1989	Lemoine Wright wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1914-152X.²⁶⁶
1989	Best Guns originally published.
1989	The anti-gun Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (CPHV) establishes the Legal Action Project to “take the fight against gun violence to the courts”.
1989	The Swedish Army orders 100 Barrett Firearms Model 82A1 Rifle Systems.²⁶⁷
1989	Three of the manufacturers that submitted rifles to the US Army Combat Rifle Program contract competition chose the Trijicon ACOG 4x32 TA01 as their scope of choice. Although, no rifle was selected, the ACOG was now on the US Military's radar.²⁶⁸
1989	Weatherby introduced the .416 Weatherby Magnum cartridge.²⁶⁹
20 Dec 1989 - 31 Jan 1990	A few Trijicon ACOGs were used by United States Military Personell during Operation Just Cause in Panama.²⁷⁰
1990	1990 NSSF SHOT Show (12th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 23,523 people.²⁷¹
1990	Doug Koenig wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-157X. This is the first time that a competitor scored 100% of the possible points.²⁷²
1990	Fabrique Nationale introduces the P90 Personal Defense Weapon.
1990	Fabrique Nationale introduces 5.7 x 28mm ammunition.
1990	The US Army purchased a large number of Barrett Firearms Model 82A1 Rifle Systems.²⁷³
early 1991	Trijicon received an order for 36 ACOGs from the US Military. This was the largest single military order to date. They were purchased to support Operation Desert Storm.²⁷⁴
1991	1991 NSSF SHOT Show (13th) took take place in Dallas, Texas. The show was attended by 25,525 people.²⁷⁵
1991	The Trijicon 3.5x35 ACOG is released. It has a red fiber optic illuminated aiming point which supports the Bindon Aiming Concept (BAC).²⁷⁶
1991	The Trijicon ACOG received a Japanese Patent (2632976).²⁷⁷
1991	Fabrique Nationale purchases the US Repeating Arms Company.
1991	W. Riley Gilmore wins his second Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-166X.²⁷⁸
1991	A Bookman’s Guide to hunting, Shooting, Angling and Related Subjects originally published.
1991	Sporting Firearms originally published.
4 Jul 2002	America’s Army is released to the public as an Internet downloadable game. It was originally developed to give future soldiers, and their parents, a way to experience all aspects of Army life before joining.
Jul 1991	Frank Royce "Bob" Brownell II, founder of Brownells, died.
1992	1992 NSSF SHOT Show (14th) took take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was attended by 23,262 people.²⁷⁹
1992	New management at U.S. Repeating Arms, under license from Olin Corporation, planed for new production facility in New Haven, Connecticut.²⁸⁰
1992	Doug Koenig wins his second Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-169X.²⁸¹
1992 to 1995	The US Navy SEALs bought several hundred Trijicon 3.5x35 ACOGs.²⁸²
1993	1993 NSSF SHOT Show (15th) took take place in Houston, Texas. The show was attended by 25,030 people.²⁸³
1993	Bruce Piatt wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-170X.²⁸⁴
1993	Point of Impact (fiction) originally published.
Jun 1993	F. Brownell & Son publish Gunsmith Kinks III.
1994	1994 NSSF SHOT Show (16th) took take place in Dallas, Texas. The show was attended by 27,800 people.²⁸⁵
1994	Winchester returned the Pre-'64 Model 70 type action design with claw extraction, controlled round feed, fixed-type ejection and other features.²⁸⁶
1994	John Pride wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-174X.²⁸⁷
1994	Jack First moved his gun shop and parts business to Rapid City, SD.
1 Jun 1994	Crimson Trace sells its first laser; a factory-installed GLOCK system.
1995	1995 NSSF SHOT Show (17th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 29,600 people.²⁸⁸
1995	John Pride wins the Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-179X.²⁸⁹
1995	NRA began fighting United Nations gun ban schemes.
1995	Barrett Firearms introduced the Model 95.²⁹⁰
1996	1996 NSSF SHOT Show (18th) took take place in Dallas, Texas. The show was attended by 28,500 people.²⁹¹
1996	Mickey Fowler wins his fourth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1918-184X.²⁹²
1996	Weatherby introduced the .30-378 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. The 30-378 was designed & tested in late 1959 - early 1960 at the request of the United States Army for the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Loads were to be developed that exceed 4,000 fps. When it was commercially introduced, it was billed as the world’s fastest 30 caliber cartridge. The commercial round will push a 30 caliber bullet 3,500 fps.²⁹³ ²⁹⁴ ²⁹⁵ ²⁹⁶ ²⁹⁷
1 Jan 1996	Crimson Trace unveils their newly patented, user-installed lasergrips at the SHOT Show.
1 Jun 1996	The Longboat Key (Florida) Police Department became the first agency to issue Crimson Trace lasergrips department-wide.
1997	1997 NSSF SHOT Show (19th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 35,102 people.²⁹⁸
1997	Bruce Piatt wins his second Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-181X.²⁹⁹
Aug 1997	Pete Brownell starts working full time at Brownells.
1998	1998 NSSF SHOT Show (20th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 32,759 people.³⁰⁰
1998	Doug Koenig wins his third Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-180X.³⁰¹
1998	More Guns, Less Crime originally published.
1998	The Violence Policy Center condemned John Lott`s research on right-to-carry laws without having read any of his study.
1998	Fabrique Nationale establishes FNH USA as their US sales office.
1998	Weatherby introduced the .338-378 Weatherby Magnum cartridge. This is another wildcat cartridge that was originally developed in the 1960s.³⁰²
1999	1999 NSSF SHOT Show (21st) took take place in Atlanta, Georgia. The show was attended by 25,814 people.³⁰³
1999	Bruce Piatt wins his third Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-185X. This is the highest score ever recorded in the tournament.³⁰⁴
1999	Barrett Firearms introduced the Model 99. This is the first firearm designed by Chris Barrett.³⁰⁵
Feb 1999	Brownells.com went online.
2000	2000 NSSF SHOT Show (22nd) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 29,607 people.³⁰⁶
2000	Doug Koenig wins his fourth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-185X. This is tied as the highest score ever recorded in the tournament.³⁰⁷
2000	Fabrique Nationale introduces the bullpup F2000 Selective Fire Rifle.
2000	Constitution of Virginia amended to guarantee "the right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game."
2001	2001 NSSF SHOT Show (23rd) took take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was attended by 25,496 people.³⁰⁸
Feb 2001	F. Brownell & Son publish Gunsmith Kinks IV.
2001	Doug Koenig wins his fifth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-184X.³⁰⁹
25 Sep 2001	Randy E. Luth, president of DPMS Firearms, is granted US patent number 6,732,467 for an “interchangeable weapon receiver for alternate ammunition,” otherwise known as M-37 Flare Launcher for the AR-15.
2001	The gun control group Handgun Control, Inc (HCI) renamed the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the anti-gun Center to Prevent Handgun Violence CPHV was renamed Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in “honor of Jim and Sarah Brady for their commitment and courage to make America safer”.
2002	The US Army adopted the Barrett Firearms Model 82A1 Rifle System as the Long Range Sniper Rifle, Caliber .50, M107.³¹⁰
2002	2002 NSSF SHOT Show (24th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 31,342 people.³¹¹
2002	Hornady Mfg. Co. announces the 17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (HMR). It employs a 17-gr. polymer-tipped Varmint Express bullet with a muzzle velocity of 2550 ft/s.
2002	Doug Koenig wins his sixth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-184X.³¹²
24 Jan 2003	Due to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) was moved from the US Department of the Treasury to the US Department of Justice.
2003	2003 NSSF SHOT Show (25th) took take place in Orlando, Florida. The show was attended by 27,494 people.³¹³
2003	Don Allen died.
2003	Doug Koenig wins his seventh Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-183X.³¹⁴
1 Aug 2003	The US government lists Crimson Trace lasergrips as “vital to national defense.”
2004	2004 NSSF SHOT Show (26th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 33,264 people.³¹⁵
2004	Doug Koenig wins his eighth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-177X.³¹⁶
1 Apr 2004	133rd NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in Pittsburgh, PA.
11 May 2004	Randy E. Luth, president of DPMS Firearms, is granted US patent number 6,732,467 for a “flip up gun sight,” otherwise known as Mangonel Front and Rear Flip-Up Sights for the AR-15.
13 Jul 2004	Randy E. Luth, president of DPMS Firearms, is granted US patent number 6,761,101 for a “firearms receiver block and method of using same,” otherwise known as Panther Claw for the AR-15.
13 Sep 2004	Clinton Gun Ban expired.
1 Dec 2004	Crimson Trace introduces the first ever lasergrips for long-rifles (LG-525 series for M16/AR15).
2005	2005 NSSF SHOT Show (27th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 37,730 people.³¹⁷
15-17 Apr 2005	134th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.
20 Sep 2005	Randy E. Luth, president of DPMS Firearms, is granted US patent number 6,945,154 for a “finned carbine handguard assembly,” otherwise known as Glacier Guards for the AR-15.
26 Oct 2005	Protection of Lawful Commerce in Firearms Act passes.
2005	Doug Koenig wins his ninth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-185X. This is tied as the highest score ever recorded in the tournament.³¹⁸
2005	The United States Army's list of "Top Ten Greatest Inventions" for the soldiers in performing their mission includes Long Range Sniper Rifle, Caliber .50, M107 (the Barrett Firearms Model 82A1 Rifle System). This distinction, chosen by the soldiers, is the first time a small arm received the honor.³¹⁹
May 2005	Brownells publishes its first Military / Law Enforcement (MIL/LE) catalog.
2006	2006 NSSF SHOT Show (28th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 40,892 people.³²⁰
2006	Bruce Piatt wins his fourth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-177X.³²¹
May 2006	Brownells hold first annual Gunsmith’s Career Fair.
May 2006	Brownells introduces its 30-Round AR-15/M16 magazine.
19-21 May 2006	135th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in Milwaukee, WI.
mid Jul 2006	The anti-gun zealot Paul Helmke became President the gun control group Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the anti-gun Center to Prevent Handgun Violence CPHV was renamed Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
early 2007	NYC Mayor Bloomberg initiated a number of "simulated straw purchases" at Virginia gun shows. The Virginia Attorney General (Bob McDonnell) informed the Mayor that he and his agents could face legal action, including felony charges, if they did not cease their sting operations in Virginia.
2007	2007 NSSF SHOT Show (29th) took take place in Orlando, Florida. The show was attended by 42,216 people.³²²
2007	US Special Operations Command (USSCOM) adopts the Fabrique Nationale SCAR as their next generation assault rifle system.
2007	Doug Koenig wins his tenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-185X. This is tied as the highest score ever recorded in the tournament.³²³
2007	Magpul releases the PMAG 30.
23 Mar 2007	The theatrical release of the motion picture Shooter.
13-15 Apr 2007	136th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in St. Louis, MO.
Jun 2007	Brownells acquired Sinclair International.
Jun 2007	Brownells published its first 1911 Catalog.
Aug 2007	Brownells published its first AR15/M16 & AR Type .308 Catalog.
Dec 2007	Pete Brownell became President of Brownells.
2008	2008 NSSF SHOT Show (30th) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 58,796 people.³²⁴
2008	Doug Koenig wins his eleventh Bianchi Cup with a score of 1918-185X .³²⁵
2008	Magpul sells its 1,000,000th PMAG.
2008	Magpul releases the PMAG 20.
2008	PMAG color variants, M REV PMAG 30, and PMAG 40 are in development.
2008	The US Military makes inquiries into PMAG compatibility with the HK416. A small quantity of PMAGs were modified as a proof of concept.
16-18 May 2008	137th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in Louisville, KY.
2009	2009 NSSF SHOT Show (31st) took take place in Orlando, Florida. The show was attended by 48,907 people.³²⁶
2009	US Government ordered up to 450,000 more M9 handguns from Beretta. This is the largest military handgun contract since World War II.
2009	Bruce Piatt wins his fifth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-181X.³²⁷
2009	Barrett Firearms introduced the Model 98B. This is a Chris Barrett design.³²⁸
2009	Magpul releases the Export Magazine (EMAG). The contemporary EMAG is a lightweight 30 round polymer magazine optimized for the HK 416 and the British SA-80 while maintaining full compatibility with the AR-15 platform. The smooth outer shell permits easy removal from multiple magazine pouches. The MagLevel indicator provides fast and accurate identification of the ammunition status and the included dust cover (which stores on the bottom of the magazine when not in use) protects the feed lips from damage and fatigue.
2009	The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), more commonly known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six, adopts the EMAG.
2009	Magpul releases Gen2 PMAGs. Gen2 PMAGs have four ribs/crossbars vs the Gen1s five. Gen2 PMAGs have a larger round count window then the Gen1s. The round count windows on the Gen2 PMAGs are numbered; round count windows on the Gen1 PMAGs are not. The Gen2 dust covers do not say, "REMOVE BEFORE USE" like the Gen1 dust covers do.
2009	PMAG 20 LR is released. This is the first caliber and platform expantion of the PMAG line.
15-17 May 2009	138th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in Phoenix, AZ.
Dec 2009	Brownells.com added a mobile version of the website.
15 Dec 2009	Pennsylvania Gunsmith School graduate Dino C. Longueira receives patent number 7,631,453 for a “interchangeable caliber semi-automatic rifle.” This weapons system is commercially known as the MA 4 M.A.R.R.S. (Majestic Arms Rimfire Rifle System).
2010	2010 NSSF SHOT Show (32nd) took take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 58,444 people.³²⁹
2010	Doug Koenig wins his twelfth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-179X.³³⁰
2010	www.AmericanRifleman.org won the Eddie Award for editorial excellence in the “Association/Non-Profit Circulation of 6 or more times a year, website” category.
2010	American Rifleman names the Barrett Model 98B Rifle of the Year.
29-31 Jan 2010	1st NRA Great American Hunting & Outdoor Show took place at Carroll County Agriculture Center (Shipley Arena) in Westminster, MD.
reported 12 Apr 2010	UN requested firearms trace data directly from Heckler & Koch USA. The request was declined and the UN was directed to US BATFE. This is reportedly the first time that the UN requested firearm trace data directly from a US firearms manufacturer.
8 Apr 2010	John (Jack) Agnew, WWII soldier whose unit inspired The Dirty Dozen, died (88).
12 Apr 2010	The Virginia 2nd Amendment March held in Richmond, Virginia.
19 Apr 2010	The National 2nd Amendment March held in at the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia.
14-16 May 2010	139th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in Charlotte, NC.
21 Dec 2010	Larry Kelly, founder of Mag-na-port International, Inc., died.
2011	2011 NSSF SHOT Show (33rd) took take place inLas Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 57,390 people.³³¹
2011	Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. moved Thompson/Center Arms production from the Rochester, New Hampshire plant to Springfield, Massachusetts, home of the parent company’s corporate headquarters and production factories. The T/C foundry operation in Rochester was sold to an unidentified party.
2011	Barrett Firearms introduced the MRAD.³³²
2011	Barrett Firearms introduced the M107A1.³³³
1 Jan 2011	Iowa became a “shall issue” concealed carry permit state (SF 2379).³³⁴
18-21 Jan 2011	2011 NSSF SHOT Show (33rd) took place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.³³⁵
18 Jan 2011	NRA Secretary Edward J. “Jim” Land receives the Taurus Defender of Freedom award.³³⁶
28-30 Jan 2011	2nd NRA Great American Hunting & Outdoor Show took place at Carroll County Agriculture Center (Shipley Arena) in Westminster, MD.³³⁷
2 Feb 2011	Fresno County Superior Court ruled that California law AB 962 (would have banned mail order ammunition sales and imposed additional recordkeeping requirements on gun dealers) is unconstitutional.³³⁸
5-13 Feb 2011	Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show took place at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.³³⁹
31 Mar 2011	Freedom Group closes the Bushmaster Firearms International manufacturing facility in Windham, Maine.³⁴⁰
Apr 2011	The 32nd Edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values by S.P. Fjestad is published. Frank Brownell, CEO of Brownells, is pictured on the cover.³⁴¹
29 Apr-1 May 2011	140th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits took place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA.³⁴²
26 Jun 2011	Collector William Koch, of Florida, paid $2.3 million USD for the only known photograph (a "tintype," a photo literally created on a piece of tin through photographic emulsion) of Henry McCarty, a.k.a. 'Billy the Kid'. The purchase is the highest price ever paid for a non-artistic photographic image of a person.³⁴³
2011	Doug Koenig wins his thirteenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-187X. This is the highest score ever recordered at a Bianchi Cup (perfect score with 97.4% of the possible X ring hits).³⁴⁴
10 Jan 2012	Crown Publishers published GLOCK: The Rise of America's Gun by Paul M. Barrett.³⁴⁵
17-20 Jan 2012	2012 NSSF SHOT Show (34th) took take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was attended by 61,017 people.³⁴⁶
Jan 2012	Pete Brownell became CEO of Brownells ⇒.³⁴⁷
2012	Doug Koenig wins his fourteenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-182X.³⁴⁸
Nov 2012	Matt Buckingham became President of Brownells ⇒.³⁴⁹
15-18 Jan 2013	2013 NSSF SHOT Show (35th) took take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in St. Louis.³⁵⁰
2013	Doug Koenig wins his fifteenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-183X.³⁵¹
14-17 Jan 2014	2014 NSSF SHOT Show (36th) took place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
14 Aug 2014	Classic American Gunsmith opens in Albemarle County Virginia.
2014	Kevin Angstadt wins his first Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-171X.³⁵²
2014	The 10/22 Companion: How to Operate, Troubleshoot, Maintain, and Improve Your Ruger 10/22 by Bob Newton originally published.
2015	Chris Barrett is named President of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc.³⁵³
2 Jan 2015	Classic American Gunsmith, in Albemarle County, Virginia, begins accepting walk in customers.
20-23 Jan 2015	2015 NSSF SHOT Show (37th) took place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
10-12 Apr 2015	144th NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits took place in Nashville, TN.
2015	Doug Koenig wins his sixteenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 1920-180X.³⁵⁴ ³⁵⁵
2016	The Barrett Firearms Model 82 Rifle System is named the Official State Rifle by the Tennessee Legislature.³⁵⁶
19-22 Jan 2016	2016 NSSF SHOT Show (38th) took place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2016	The match conditions for the Bianchi Cup Tournament changed. The first day everyone competes in an aggregate of 192 shots fired in four (the practical, barricade, falling plate, and moving target (modified) events) 48 shot matches with a possible score of 1920-192X. The second day the first day's finalists compete again in an aggregate of 192 shots fired in four (the practical, barricade, falling plate, and moving target (modified) events) 48 shot matches with a possible score of 1920-192X. The two individual day totals are added together for a possible score of 3840-384X.Doug Koenig wins his seventeenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 3840-361X. While this is technically the highest score ever recorded in the tournament, this author does not count it as such. Yes, it is a perfect score but it is only 94% of the possible X ring hits. In 2011, Doug Koenig won with a perfect score and 97.4% of the possible X ring hits.³⁵⁷
2016	Weatherby introduced the Vanguard Camillia rifle.³⁵⁸
2016	Weatherby introduced the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum cartridge.³⁵⁹
2017	Doug Koenig wins his eighteenth Bianchi Cup with a score of 3838-359X.³⁶⁰
17-20 Jan 2017	2017 NSSF SHOT Show (39th) took take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
31 Jan 2017	President Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to take the seat vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Pro gun rights advocates celebrate this nomination.³⁶¹
14 Feb 2017	Magpul Industries Corp announced Magpul Founder & CEO Richard Fitzpatrick's retirement.³⁶²
10 Apr 2017	Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was sworn in as 113th Justice of the United States Supreme Court.³⁶³
27-30 Apr 2017	146th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits took take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
1 May 2017	Pete Brownell, Chief Executive Officer of Brownells ⇒, is elected President of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA).³⁶⁴
1 Jul 2017	The Inaugural GLOCK GSSF Camp Perry National Challenge ⇒ hosted by the CMP ⇒ and the GSSF ⇒ was held at Camp Perry ⇒.³⁶⁵
2 Jan 2018	GLOCK ⇒ introduced the 19X pistol. ⇒ The 19X introduces first-ever factory-colored slide (Cyote). ³⁶⁶
8 Jan 2018	SIG SAUER ⇒ introduced the P365 pistol.³⁶⁷
22 Jan 2018	The GLOCK ⇒ 19X pistol ⇒ is available for purchase.³⁶⁸
23-26 Jan 2018	2018 NSSF SHOT Show (40th) ⇒ took place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
6 Feb 2018	The folks at TheFirearmBlog.com ⇒ noticed that the Hi-Power page ⇒ on the Browning website ⇒ now says that the pistol is “no longer in production.” Over one million of the iconic pistols have been produced since 1935.³⁶⁹ ³⁷⁰
28 Feb 2018	DICK’S Sporting Goods announces that it will no longer sell "assault-style" rifles, firearms to anyone under 21 years of age, high capacity magazines, or bump stocks. This announcement applies to DICK'S Sporting Goods stores and Field & Stream stores.³⁷¹
28 Feb 2018	Walmart announces that it will no longer sell firearms to anyone under 21 years of age. The statement goes on to state that they have already stopped selling modern sporting rifles, including the AR-15, handguns (except in Alaska), bump stocks, high-capacity magazines, and similar accessories.³⁷²
16 Nov 2018	Classic American Gunsmith becomes the area's only Factory Certified Cerakote Applicator.
3-6 May 2018	147th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits ⇒ will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.
2019	148th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2020	149th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits will take place in Nashville, Tennessee.
2021	150th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits will take place in Houston, Texas.

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There is disagreement as to the date that the Chinese developed gunpowder. Greener, in The Gun and its Development, states that this event "predates all known investigation." The historians at the eHistory project at OSU place it about 225.
Greener, W. W. The Gun and Its Development. Ed. Jim Casada. Fairfax, VA: Published for NRA by Odysseus Editions, 1995. 13. Print.
"Ancient History: 12,000 BCE to 476 CE Timeline." eHistory. The Ohio State University. Web. 10 July 2011.
Davis states, in his celebrated work The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives, that Liber Ignium ad Comburendos Hostes was probably written in the eighth century. This places the life of Marcus Gaæcus and the first known (to the western world) written recipe for black powder in the 700s.
Liber Ignium ad Comburendos Hostes literally translates as “Book of Fires for Burning the Enemy.”
Greener, W. W. The Gun and Its Development. Ed. Jim Casada. Fairfax, VA: Published for NRA by Odysseus Editions, 1995. 14. Print.
Davis, Tenney L. "Chapter II: Black Powder." The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives. New York: Wiley, 1941. 34-35. Print.
Buckner, David N. "Gunpowder." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 9 Jan. 2011.
"Middle Ages: 477 CE to 1500 CE Timeline." ⇒ eHistory. The Ohio State University. Web. 10 July 2011.
Date discrepancy: Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia & Encyclopedia Americana agree on 1242 [Buckner, David N. "Gunpowder." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 9 Jan. 2011.] [Holmes, Harrison H. "Gunpowder." Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 9 Jan. 2011.]; The New Book of Knowledge says between 1248 and 1252 [Rittgers, Sarah J. "Guns and Ammunition." The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2011. Web. 9 Jan. 2011.]
According to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, the Escorial Monastery collection is a celebrated Arabic manuscript collection in Spain.
Greener, W. W. The Gun and Its Development. Ed. Jim Casada. Fairfax, VA: Published for NRA by Odysseus Editions, 1995. 14-15. Print.
Greener, W. W. The Gun and Its Development. Ed. Jim Casada. Fairfax, VA: Published for NRA by Odysseus Editions, 1995. 15. Print.
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By Montaigne, we assume that Greener meant Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, a French writer whose writings gave birth to the literary form of the essay.
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Test #2 30 caliber 55 grain bullet, highest instrumental velocity recorded 4,794 fps.
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