1. History of Firearms

2. Goals Develop a general understanding of the history and development of firearms. Gain a basic understanding of the function of firearms.

3. Word of Caution Beware Gun store Commandos, Sales person SEALs, Space Shuttle Door Gunners. There's tons of bullshit about firearms out there. Internet, magazines and conversation. Trust but verify/

4. Before we start You folks have things to bring to the table, please do. This is a field you will continue to learn as long as you live

5. What came first By the early 1200’s the Chinese had invented gunpowder. But it wasn’t until later that the earliest firearms were used.

6. The first By the mid 1300’s the first recorded use of a firearm was noted. These were primitive muzzle loading black powder firearms. Referred to has hand cannons or hand gonnes.

7. Before we go further

8. Recap An assembly of a barrel and action from which a projectile(s) is propelled by products of combustion. Powder burns, creates gas, gas makes pressure, pressure launches projectile.

9. Muzzleloaders Muzzle loaders are firearms that are loaded from the muzzle end of the barrel. You will need to know and be able to give examples of muzzleloaders.

10. Matchlock Guns http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=KUE4dzFPFJU

11. Matchlock 1400s Primitive triggers allow the mechanical firing of guns

12. Matchlock Complicated and fragile firing system. Gunpowder was placed in a flash pan Lit fuse ignited the flash pan which ignited the main powder charge

13. Matchlock Pros- First trigger Cons- Fragile, weather sensitive, poor accuracy

14. Matchlock Define “touchhole” Must be in a firearms context.

15. Wheel lock guns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTsl0B cVpog

16. Wheel lock guns Early 1500s Think of cigarette lighters. Flint and steel ignition.

17. Wheel lock

18. Flint + Steel = sparks

19. Wheel lock Pros- Shorter lock time, better accuracy, Less weather sensitive. Cons- Fragile operating system, very expensive to manufacture.

20. Flintlocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJCH5W2Z1pU

21. Flintlocks On the scene by 1630 Cheaper to produce then wheel locks.

22. Flintlock Pros- Cheap to produce, relatively fast reloads, work well for pirate movies. Cons- weather sensitive, fragile

24. Flintlocks

25. Percussion Caps 1820s Making serious strides towards cartridges Explosive pressure sensitive Ignition system much less sensitive to weather.

26. Percussion Caps

30. Pros- Cheap, fast lock time, improved weather resistance, multi-shot (repeater) action, looks good in Westerns Cons- Slow reload time, possible sympathetic detonations.

31. Percussion Caps

33. 1835 Samuel Colt introduced the first mass produced revolver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUE1o zd0fQ

34. Word of Caution Sympathetic ignition is when you fire one chamber and one or more of the adjacent cylinders fire.

35. Pinfire 1840 Off set primer Firing pin part of cartridge.

36. Pinfire

39. Rimfire 1840s Round of ammo is complete. No cartridge pin Longest lived cartridge to date is rimfire

40. Rimfire BB caps One of the oldest cartridges used for indoor gallery shooting. Primer only, no gunpowder

41. Rimfire Rimfire has the priming compound in the rim of the cartridge. Cartridge is self contained allows fast reloading, repeating action, reliability

42. Early Rimfire

43. Modern Rimfire Most common ammunition sold in the world. Pros- Cheap, Accurate, reliable Cons- limitations of velocity and caliber

44. 22LR

45. Most common cartridge Very accurate Cheap Reliable Virtually no recoil minimal noise

46. 22LR

47. Center fire

49. Why Center fire Reloadable Capable of big projectiles and high velocities Reliable Very weather resistant

50. Center fire Cons $

51. Modern Firearms

52. 2 main groups Handguns Longguns

53. What's a Revolver A repeating firearm that has a cylinder with multiple chambers. The cylinder rotates when trigger is pulled.

54. Handguns-Revolvers Single Action vs. Double Action Various loading methods

55. Revolvers Break top

56. Revolvers Break top

57. Revolvers Gate loading

58. Revolvers Gate loading

59. Revolver Pull out cylinder

60. Revolver Swing out cylinder

61. Revolver Swing out cylinder is activated by the cylinder release

62. Derringers

63. Single or multi-shot handgun generally small in size and can be one or more barrels.

64. Derringers 4 barrel model

65. Derringers Flip action

66. Pistols Generally a semi- automatic firearm designed to be handheld

67. Pistols Single Action

68. Pistols Safe Action

69. About Glocks 1 st successful polymer frame gun Will set off metal detector Bruce Willis in Die Hard Movie Controversy sells Intro in 1985

70. About Glocks Pros- Tough and reliable. Cons- no lead ammo, Bad gun to reload for

71. Shotguns Long gun designed with a smooth barrel (no rifling). Shoulder fired Pellets or slugs

72. Pellets

75. Slug

77. Shotguns Pump

78. Shotguns Pump

79. Shotguns Semi-automatic

80. Shotguns Over-under

81. Shotguns Side by side

82. Winchester 21

83. Rifles Lever

84. Rifles Pump

85. Rifles Semi-automatic

86. Assault Rifles

87. Legal term vs. military term Typically applied to semi-automatic firearms

88. Military term Small caliber or intermediate caliber firearm capable of select or automatic fire.

89. Machine guns Heavy firearms designed for sustained automatic fire Legal term: any firearm capable of firing more then 1 round per pull of trigger

90. Submachine gun Pistol caliber firearm capable of automatic fire.