It was Potsdam, not potstam. Nathan Whitmore (1805-1885), Potsdam, NY, ran a shop until his death in 1885. Manufactured percussion target rifles. High quality long range target rifles.
Like any other product, guns are manufactured to be sold. Buyers can be private citizens, business entities, or governments.
a factory
Utica, NY
Raw materials, workers, bueprints.
Every corner of the globe
There is no one single location.
The Iver Johnson Company
HD Folsom or Crescent.
Gunsmiths don't make guns - they may assemble them from previously manufactured components, but they don't actually "make" guns. Factories make guns.
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they are guns,flags,mailboxes, and coffee
Check the Blue Book of Gun Values