However, a rotating, hand-cranked gun was invented almost 150 years prior – luckily for people at the time, though, it was absolutely rubbish and made zero sense. Meet the Puckle gun ...

Three centuries ago, London lawyer James Puckle dreamed up a gun he hoped would be a hit with the British Navy, and a financial boon for himself. Instead, Puckle’s peculiar creation, resembling ...

The first machine gun -- called a defense or Puckle gun -- was invented in the 1700s by an Englishman named James Puckle. A weapon fired by a turn of a crank and was created by Richard Gatling and ...

Plus, there already were high-capacity firearms with high rates of fire in their day; like the Puckle Gun auto cannon (invented 1718), 7-barrel knock guns (1779) and the 12-barreled Ribald guns ...

Alex Wong/Getty Images Around the time that the U.S. was founded in the late 18th century, the most advanced firearm is believed to have been the Puckle Gun, a large tripod-mounted flintlock ...

Image caption, A replica Puckle gun can be seen at Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire The first machine gun, patented 306 years ago, was the brainchild of a lawyer, inventor and ...

10. Puckle Defence Gun In the 1700s, Englishman James Puckle invented what many credit as the first machine gun. One selling point: It fired round bullets for shooting Christians and square ones ...

But if black scares you, it is available in pink. Is a semi-automatic rifle, the Puckle gun, invented in 1719, an “assault gun”” Why not, same idea just older? Look at gun-control success in ...

And Loesch cited this British political novelty, the Puckle gun, from the 18th century, and a Belton rifle, which is in the Smithsonian, as proof that the Founding Fathers 'had fully automatic ...

Gun historians across the country are in demand ... at Christians and square ones at “heathens” — known as the “Puckle gun.” Robert J. Spitzer, a retired political science professor ...

Image source, Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum Image caption, A replica Puckle gun can be seen at Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire 15 May 2024 The first machine gun, patented ...