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The world's oldest revolver
Guns with single shots is known from the early 1500's. They were made with wheellock mechanism for the ignition of the powder and firing of the bullet. Leonadardo Da Vinci is seen as the inventor of the wheellock mechanism in 1507.
The world's oldest revolver was made in 1597 by a weapon produser named Hans Stopler in Nüremberg Germany. The firing mechanism is a type of flintlock and the barrel holds up to 8 shots.
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