Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Za a iya tattara bindiga da kayan haɗi a kan jakuna biyu. An gabatar da bindigar a matsayin maye gurbin zamani na tsohuwar dutse mai nauyin fam goma sha biyu. An fara amfani da bindiga ta farko da sojojin Amurka suka saya daga kamfanin makamai na Faransa na Hotchkiss a kan Nez Percé a 1877. A cikin shekaru ashirin da suka biyo baya, Amirka ta sayi jirage 56. An yi amfani da su a Wounded Knee Massacre a 1890, kuma a Cuba a yakin Las Guasimas, yakin El Caney da kuma kai hari kan San Juan Hill
a lokacin yakin Mutanen Espanya-Amurka na 1898.