first gun

buckmaster.30-06 · by **buckmaster.30-06** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:11 pm

any body know what the first gun bran name like browning winchester,remington.
please write me

KwackWacker · by **KwackWacker** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:21 pm

Do you mean the first modern day guns or the first guns period?

buckmaster.30-06 · by **buckmaster.30-06** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:01 pm

the first modern guns

quigleysharps4570 · by **quigleysharps4570** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:29 pm

Smith&Wesson had a .22 short in 1857. Then came the Henry rifle in .44 rimfire in 1860 followed by the 56-56 Spencer in 1862.

DocHolladay · by **DocHolladay** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:06 pm

you pulled that out your a** didnt ya quigs? lol. that surprised me. good job.

quigleysharps4570 · by **quigleysharps4570** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:21 am

I'm full of surprises sometimes.

DocHolladay · by **DocHolladay** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:18 am

it just clicked. you are connected to the biggest encyclopedia in the world... The Internet. lol

quigleysharps4570 · by **quigleysharps4570** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:42 pm

Nope...just old books.

DocHolladay · by **DocHolladay** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:47 pm

thanks for the reading material.

DocHolladay · by **DocHolladay** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:33 am

here is some rifle info to go with the cartridge info Quigley sent.
http://www.winchesterguns.com/services/history.asp
http://www.remington.com/aboutus/corphistory.htm
http://www.henryrepeating.com/history.cfm

Hope this helps. by the way John Browning worked for Winchester back in the day before he went out on his own.