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Byron Burris III is a firearms collector and historian dedicated to offering online public resources on the history of small arms.
The history of firearms begins in 10th-century China, when tubes containing gunpowder and pellet projectiles were mounted on spears to make portable fire lances, [1] operable by one person. This was later used effectively as a shock weapon in the Siege of De'an in 1132.
28 de feb. de 2018 · Firearms. Updated: March 27, 2023 | Original: February 28, 2018. The American Revolution was fought—and won—with guns, and the weapons have become ingrained in U.S. culture, but the invention ...