This has photos from the Harper's Ferry 1805 to the Beretta M9. They're nice photos, but there's not enough text.

http://www.businessinsider.com...e-action-army-navy-7

Yeah, "Business Insider" isn't the first place I usually check for gun info, but I stumbled on this while looking for something else.

Amazing the jump in tech from the 1805 to the Walker.

The list did not include the S&W Schofield or the Colt Model 1909.

we really have plateaued in terms of firearms development

basically not much change since early-mid 1900s

optics / suppressors / body armor? lots of advances

center-fire arms? lacking

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I love this quote from the article ‘The sidearm has gone from a smoothbore, muzzle-loaded, single shot to SIG Sauer's new, modular, 59-round monster which is also customizable for every user.’ I guess I need to get me a 59 round monster, anyone know the SKU for it? It also says that these are the ‘most important’ sidearms, explains the missing ones mentioned earlier.

Edited for spelling.