''Tales of the Gun'' is a television series that broadcast on the

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for one season in 1998. It featured the history of

firearm A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

s. The usual episode format included interviews of historians and people who used the featured weapon, explanations of how the weapons were made, and demonstrations on a

shooting range A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice or competitions. Some shooting ranges are operated by military ...

. The series narrator for the American version was Thom Pinto, a veteran

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Episodes

Season 1

# Ep 1: "Making of a Gun" # Ep 2: "

Bullet A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel. Bullets are made of a variety of materials, such as copper, lead, steel, polymer, rubber and even wax. Bullets are made in various shapes and co ...

s and

Ammo Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapo ...

" # Ep 3: "

Duelling pistol A duelling pistol is a type of pistol that was manufactured in matching pairs to be used in a duel, when duels were customary. Duelling pistols are often single-shot flintlock or percussion black-powder pistols which fire a lead ball. Not all fine ...

s" # Ep 4: "The Gunslingers" # Ep 5: "Guns of Colt" # Ep 6: "Guns of Remington" # Ep 7: "Guns of

Smith & Wesson Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (S&W) is an American firearm manufacturer headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Smith & Wesson was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson as the "Smith & Wesson Revolver Company" in 1856 ...

" # Ep 8: "Guns of

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

" # Ep 9: "Early Guns" # Ep 10: "The

Rifle A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...

" # Ep 11: "

Shotgun A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small pellet-like spherical sub- pr ...

s" # Ep 12: "The Guns of

Browning Browning may refer to: Arts and entertainment * The Browning, an American electronicore band * ''Browning'', a set of variations by the composer William Byrd Places * Browning, Georgia, USA * Browning, Illinois, USA * Browning, Missouri, ...

" # Ep 13: "Early

Machine Gun A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic shotguns and automatic rifles (including assault rifles and battle rifles ...

s" # Ep 14: "Gangster Guns" # Ep 15: "The Tommy Gun" # Ep 16: "Rapid Firepower" # Ep 17: "Guns of the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...

" # Ep 18: "Guns of the

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

" # Ep 19: "US Guns of WW2" # Ep 20: "Infamous Guns" # Ep 21: "German Small Arms of WW2" # Ep 22: " Luger" # Ep 23: "Guns of the

Mauser Mauser, originally Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik ("Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory"), was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols has been produced since the 1870s for the German arm ...

" # Ep 24: "Guns of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

" # Ep 25: "Guns of the Russian Military" # Ep 26: " Japanese Guns of WW2" # Ep 27: "

Naval Guns A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...

" # Ep 28: "

M-16 The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of service rifle, military rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States Armed Forces, United States military. The original M16 rifle was a ...

" # Ep 29: "

AK-47 The AK-47, officially known as the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova'' (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms d ...

" # Ep 30: "Super Guns of Today and Tomorrow" # Ep 31: "Guns of the Sky" # Ep 32: " Automatic Pistols" # Ep 33: "Sharpshooters and Long Range Guns" # Ep 34: "Police Guns" # Ep 35: "Women and Guns" # Ep 36: "Guns of Infamy Part 1" # Ep 37: "Guns of Infamy Part 2" # Ep 38: "Million Dollar Guns" # Ep 39: "Guns of the

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" # Finale: "Ten Guns That Changed the World" # Unknown: "Guns of the Orient" # Unknown: "Guns of Valor" # Unknown: "Guns of the US Mounted Cavalry" # Unknown: "Rockets and Missiles" # Unknown: "Big Guns" # Unknown: "European Revolvers" # Unknown: "Guns of the British Military" # Unknown: "Guns of the Bizarre" # Unknown: "Guns of the Famous" # Unknown: "Magnificent Failures" # Unknown: "Guns of Afghanistan" # Unknown: "Guns of Beretta"

References

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