The factory went on to produce the six-shooter known as the "gun that won the West" and the Colt .45 automatic pistol.

Both rifle and cartridge soon became widely popular and ubiquitous, so much so that the Winchester 1873 became known as "The gun that won the West".

The device is slightly more powerful than the police weapon known as the stun gun, which delivers about 40,000 to 50,000 volts.

The Colt .45 was well known as "the gun that won the west."

The Cobray - known to gun enthusiasts as "the gun that made the 80's roar" - was not designed for sportsmen, except maybe for hunters hoping to make hamburger meat on the spot.

Connecticut gave the world the Colt Peacemaker, known as the gun that won the West, and the Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine.

Ten Republicans voted with Democrats on the ban, and eight Republicans voted with Democrats to close what is known as the "gun show loophole."

"I'm known as the fastest gun this side of the lake!"

The Elswick BL 16.25 inch naval gun was an early British superheavy breech-loading naval gun, commonly known as the 110-ton gun or 111-ton gun.

The original Henry rifle was known as the gun you could "Load On Sunday and shoot all week long".