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Above excerpt is from a website for a Nevada gun shop. America is a great place. 

This is my BOOMSTICK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFriRcIwqNU

A thorough history of America is a history of firearms. There are icons like Colt's Single Action Army revolver from the 1870s to Gaston Glock's steel and polymer creation from the 1980s. But one can't forget the importance of other game changing guns such as Great Britain's Baker Rifle and Brown Bess, as well as the Spanish arquebus.

To be fair, there are a number of firearms that were developmental stepping stones and were used only for a short time. Or some others that were great designs, but were beaten out of competition in military weapons trials. So the winners write history. What follows is a brief list of most of the winners.

1873 Springfield trapdoor carbine

Colt's Peacemaker

Winchester '73 (also chambered in .44-40)

Gatling machine gun

Winchester '94 & Marlin 336 (America's .30-30 deer rifle)

Marlin 39A (continuously produced since 1891)

1903 Springfield (US copy of 1898 Mauser, .30-06)

Colt's Government Model 1911 -the 1st .45 ACP (in case you reside under a rock or have a Mars passport)

Thompson sub-machine gun (Auto Ordnance & Colt)

Browning BAR (.30-06 machine gun)

M1 Garand (.30-06)

M1 Carbine

M14 (.308 Win, 7.62x51 NATO)

AR10... DPMS LR 308

M16... M4 Carbine... AR15 (.223 Rem, 5.56x45 NATO)

M2 .50BMG "Ma Deuce"

M60

FNH M249 SAW

Winchester Model 70

Smith & Wesson Model 29 (.44 magnum of Dirty Harry fame)

Ruger Super Blackhawk (toughest .44mag on the market)

Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle (more reliable .223 than an M4)

Glock 17 9mm (NATO approved since 1983, holstered by Miami PD since 1986)

This is a very short and incomplete list of what I feel are some great guns. More to follow later...