Smith & Wesson was founded by two men who shared a dream of developing a new type of firearm, one capable of being fired repeatedly without the annoyance of having to reload with loose powder, ball, and primer. Their ideas moved firearms manufacturing out of the muzzle loading era that dominated the industry since the invention of the hand cannon in the 14th century. Smith & Wesson became reality when Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson formed …showed first 75 words of 909 total…

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