The History Of BB Guns

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An Interesting Short History of BB Guns Before beginning about the history of ball bearing or bullet ball guns, which are referred to as BB guns in short, let’s take a quick peep at some of the most interesting facts about air guns: 1. The first air powered gun came into existence in the 1950s. 2. Daisy, which is one of the most renowned air guns company, did not start out by manufacturing BB guns. It began its business by manufacturing windmills. 3. The first pneumatic gun was manufactured for Henry IV of France. The term ‘BB’ was coined referring to the size of steel balls that are used in a shotgun shell, which is almost of the same size. While earlier these were known as round shots, the name BB shots gained a lot of popularity. In fact they were so famous that even the gun or rifle used to fire them were termed as BB guns. Talking about the history of BB guns brings much scope for pointing out as many interesting facts related to BB guns, as possible. Therefore, it must be mentioned without fail that the first BB was actually a shotgun shot, which was sized no more than .180 i...

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