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Featured Article OOPS! Well, this is embarrassing. We don't seem to have an article of the day for this date. Maybe you could help us out and make or suggest one. (It's fun! trust us.) [more] What else happened today 1787 — Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse was born in Sömmerda. He would go on to invent the "Needle gun" in 1836, which was eventually adopted by the Prussian army for service in 1841 as the Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1849. 1943 — Swiss target shooter and Olympic medalist Emil Kellenberger passed away in Walzenhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland at the age of 79. 2007 — The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, after both the defendants and the plaintiffs petitioned the Court to hear the case. Newest articles Most popular this month Contact shot - ( 42806 views ) Cartridge - ( 32337 views ) Cooey model 84 - ( 31500 views ) Cooey model 60 - ( 28641 views ) Cooey model 39 - ( 27043 views ) AR-15 - ( 26134 views ) Ross rifle - ( 24894 views ) SIG Sauer P226 - ( 23610 views ) Cooey model 82 - ( 22972 views ) Table of Cooey firearms - ( 22467 views )

Food for thought It is one of the great ironies of our modern "civilized" era that in most of the places where you don't feel the need to carry a firearm for self defense you can legally do so if you choose. But in most of places where you do indeed justifiably feel the immediate need to carry a gun, they are banned. - James Wesley Rawles Did you know? From 1964 until 1967 Winchester sacrificed quality to maintain low pricing and buyers began using the phrase "pre 64" to describe the better made and therefore more desireable Winchesters. From 1964 until 1967 Winchester sacrificed quality to maintain low pricing and buyers began using the phrase "pre 64" to describe the better made and therefore more desireable Winchesters. From 1964 until 1967 Winchester sacrificed quality to maintain low pricing and buyers began using the phrase "pre 64" to describe the better made and therefore more desireable Winchesters. Recently updated articles Contact shot ( Admin ) - [ 21:47, 13 April 2024 ] 5.7x28mm ( Admin ) - [ 11:46, 20 February 2024 ] Cooey model 39 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 14:18, 30 March 2020 ] SIG Sauer P226 ( Admin ) - [ 08:34, 29 February 2020 ] Ross rifle ( Terr1959 ) - [ 03:50, 22 August 2018 ] Cooey model 84 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 19:28, 24 June 2018 ] Full metal jacket bullet (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 13:03, 18 March 2018 ] List of assault rifles (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 08:59, 17 March 2018 ] Veronica Foster ( Admin ) - [ 08:52, 11 January 2018 ] Lee-Enfield FAQ (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 08:34, 25 June 2017 ] Latest duscussions Talk:Ross rifle Talk:5.7x28mm Talk:Concealed carry in the United States

Article Of The Moment A ten-shot harmonica pistol at the National Firearms Museum Harmonica gun or Slide gun is the term used to describe a form of percussion firearm which was breech loaded with a steel slide, containing a number of chambers bored in it. Each chamber contained a separate primer, powder charge, and projectile . The slide was inserted in an opening in the breech action and could be advanced laterally to bring a fresh round into place - either by means of a lever, or simply by cocking the hammer. The most famous maker of Harmonica guns was Jonathan Browning, father of John Moses Browning. Commencing in 1834 in Quincy, Illinois, he began to make Harmonica guns and more conventional revolving rifles. He continued to improve on the principle after his conversion to Mormonism and emigration to Nauvoo, Illinois, and finally Ogden, Utah. One of John Browning's slide guns is on display in the John Browning home and gun shop museum in Nauvoo, pictured below. See also Percussion cap Muzzleloader Revolver External links Jonathan Browning , Mormon gunsmith Adam Wears, Ben Adelman; "7 Awesomely Insane Guns People Actually Used". Cracked, March 18, 2012. "Harmonica Gun/Slide Gun ". Firearms History, Technology & Development, September 4, 2012.