the Chinese were the first to invent the rifle. it was originally a "hand cannon" or a tube on a stick with a fuse. i think we have come a long way. they fond it in a hole
Austria invented the first air rifle in the 1500's. The BB rifle was invented in the USA.
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The Henry rifle was invented by Hackman Adams.It was invented in 1860.
The oldest known air rifle gun was invented by Girandoni of Vienna about 1780, for the Austrian Army.
The first automatic rifle was invented in 1884. It was invented by Manuel Mondragon. The rifle was known as the Mondragon rifle later to be known as the M-1908.
The rifle was invented to let people aim and shoot guns farther.
Oliver Winchester invented the Winchester repeating rifle in 1860
The breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland, hence the Ferguson rifle.
The bolt action rifle was invented by Scottish immigrant James Paris Lee.
It is believed that sniper rifles were invented around 1857 with the advent of the Enfield rifle. This rifle was then surpassed by the Whitworth rifle which became the first long range sniper rifle.
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