This episode of the series The Story of the Gun: The Complete History of Firearms examines the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the manufacture of firearms. Particular attention is paid to the innovations of American gunsmiths, which led to the mass adoption of firearms as the weapon of everyday people, not just as the intricate and expensive toys of the landed elite.
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