Tales of the Gun

The Rifle (1x10)

Data di messa in onda: Dic 31, 1999

For nearly 400 years following the inception of firearms in the 14th century, hitting a target with a gun was often a matter of luck - until the technological leap of cutting grooves in the barrel permitted the bullet to spin, thus providing gyroscopic stabilization. This innovation sparked the evolution of the rifle...an evolution that began with the Pennsylvania rifle of the American Revolution.