Key dates behind the Firearm Cards decks and the inventors pictured on them.
The Decks
September 2015
AK47 Identification Playing Cards, our first Kickstarter project, closes at $13,141 pledged, 438% funded, with 625 backers.
May 2017
The first generation of Gun Channels Trading Cards is published. Only 300 were made, sent as a thank you to Gun Channels Members.
June 2017
Old West Guns Playing Cards, our second Kickstarter project, closes at $13,893 pledged, 231% funded, with 434 backers.
July 2018
Firearm Inventors Playing Cards, our third crowdfunding project, closes at $5,156 pledged, 206% funded, with 129 backers.
The Inventors
1718
James Puckle patents the Puckle Gun, an early repeating gun. He opens the Diamonds suit of the Firearm Inventors deck.
1884
Sir Hiram Maxim demonstrates his recoil operated machine gun, a Diamonds card in the Firearm Inventors deck.
1891
Russia adopts the Mosin rifle, designed by Sergei Mosin.
1900
Switzerland adopts the pistol designed by Georg Luger.
1949
The Soviet Army adopts the AK-47 designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, the King of Diamonds in the Firearm Inventors deck.
1982
The Austrian Army adopts the Glock 17 designed by Gaston Glock.