Top 10 Most influential firearms in History.
From the limestone steps of the Aztec pyramids to the Deserts of modern day Syria, there have been few inventions in mankind that have shaped history for better or worse than the firearm. But what are perhaps the most influential guns that have shaped our world the most, and what impact have these handheld weapons made to our planet as a result? Here are the Top 10 Most Influential Firearms in History.
1. Spanish Arquebus
While the history of the new world and the firearm go together hand in hand the more important of these first firearms was the Spanish Arquebus. These guns usually had a long barrel firing a large caliber projectile (by today’s standards) and was shot from either the shoulder or from the chest, sometimes including a rest to aid the shooter when firing such a heavy weapon. The firing mechanism was mealy a lit cord that would smolder, if the cord was to burn out the shooter had to find a way to
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On the evening of April 14th 1865 President Abraham Lincoln sat in his presidential booth at Ford’s Theatre watching the play “Our American Cousin”, it was there he was shot from behind by a confederate sympathizer by the name John Wilks Booth. President Lincoln was later pronounced dead and Booth had escaped only to be hunted down a few miles south of Washington dc marking the first U.S President in history to be assassinated. Created first in 1852 by maker Henry Deringer the small handgun was instant success on the civilian market as a self-defense weapon during the 19th century this small single shot handheld percussion cap pistol was easily concealable allowing Booth to come within close range of the president firing the infamous .44 caliber projectile ever changing the history of the United States of