The ten firearms on the list in chronological order of impact on us history are the american kentucky long rifle the spencer repeater the colt single action army revolver the winchester 1873 rifle the m1903 springfield the m1911 pistol the thompson submachine gun the m1 garand the 38 special police revolver and the m16. The ten firearms on the list in chronological order of impact on us history are the american kentucky long rifle the spencer repeater the colt single action army revolver the winchester 1873 rifle the m1903 springfield the m1911 pistol the thompson submachine gun the m1 garand the 38 special police revolver and the m16. American gun a history of the us in ten firearms in this book the author deadliest sniper in us history tracks down and shoots the ten most important american firearms from a flintlock rifle to a colt revolver to the latest high tech weapon he used as a navy seal. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more