Introduction

Tales of the Gun was a television series that broadcast on the History Channel and featured the history of firearms.

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Outline

In the centuries since the gun was invented, hundreds of innovators, engineers and inventors have brought their vision together to create what has become one of the most perfectly produced items ever made.

This collection chronicles the long history of firearm design and construction from the first, primitive weapons to today’s computer-controlled, high-tech factories.

From the gunslingers of the Wild West to the newest technology being developed for tomorrow’s super-weapons, guns have etched a place in today’s culture for their masterful combination of form, function and beauty.” Guns of the Famous discusses Theodore Roosevelt’s buffalo gun, Annie Oakley, Lewis and Clark (air rifle), Simon Bolivar, El Libertador of South America, Wild Bill Hickok’s Colt Navy Revolvers, Buffalo Bill, Pancho Villa, George Mead, Bat Masterson’s Colt Revolver, General Patton’s ivory-gripped revolver, Ulysses S. Grant’s 32-calibre gold inlaid revolver, and a fowler claimed by Napoleon, and many more.

Tales of the Gun Series

You can find a full index and overview of Tales of the Gun here.

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 2000.
• Running time: 60 minutes (per episode).
• Rating: Unknown.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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