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apr 9, 1871 - Invention of the Bailey gun

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The Bailey gun was the first chain fed machine gun, but this gun still had to be cranked by hand. This improvement from the Gattling gun was big but it still could be improved

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apr 9, 1871
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~ 155 years ago