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This story begins almost 40 years
earlier, when Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson set up
the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855, to develop a repeating rifle that
had been designed by Walter Hunt, a prolific innovator who also
invented the safety pin, the fountain pen and
the lock-stitch sewing machine
earlier, when Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson set up
the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855, to develop a repeating rifle that
had been designed by Walter Hunt, a prolific innovator who also
invented the safety pin, the fountain pen and
the lock-stitch sewing machine
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This story begins almost 40 years
earlier, when Horace Smith
00:00:05.028 --> 00:00:09.096
and Daniel Wesson set up
the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855,
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.012
to develop a repeating rifle that
had been designed by Walter Hunt,
00:00:14.016 --> 00:00:17.072
a prolific innovator who also
invented the safety pin,
00:00:17.076 --> 00:00:21.044
the fountain pen and
the lock-stitch sewing machine.
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Movie Summary
As each new century unfolded, guns increasingly shaped the way battles were fought and borders were drawn. The quest to create more innovative and lethal weapons became more and more contested. These are the Guns the Changed the G...
