- 1526 – Beretta Firearms founded
crossbow company
Sold Arquebus barrels to the Arsenal of Venice
– 1550 In Italy the Beretta family branched into guns -
Whitney Arms Company
– applied mass production to rifle manufacture - 1777 – Springfield Armory founded
– first U.S. federal armory to manufacture firearms -
1816 Remington Arms Company
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