BringHomeTheBacon
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Which cartridge guns (make, model, year, caliber) were the first guns to use smokeless ammunition in the following categories:
1. American single-shot rifle
2. American lever-action rifle
3. American double-action revolver
4. American single-action revolver
5. American double-barrel shotgun
6. European bolt-action rifle
7. European double-barrel shotgun
8. European pistol of any design
I'm certain that when auto handguns, auto rifles, submachine guns, auto shotguns and over/under shotguns came out they were pretty much all smokeless by then. I doubt if there were any black powder pump shotguns and rifles.
I would say that the transition to smokeless powders was the single greatest milestone in firearms history.
1. American single-shot rifle
2. American lever-action rifle
3. American double-action revolver
4. American single-action revolver
5. American double-barrel shotgun
6. European bolt-action rifle
7. European double-barrel shotgun
8. European pistol of any design
I'm certain that when auto handguns, auto rifles, submachine guns, auto shotguns and over/under shotguns came out they were pretty much all smokeless by then. I doubt if there were any black powder pump shotguns and rifles.
I would say that the transition to smokeless powders was the single greatest milestone in firearms history.
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