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Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1890: Monkeyshines, No. 1: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise: Short: First ever American film: contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890
The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
The Spencer repeating rifle was a 19th-century American lever-action firearm invented by Christopher Spencer.The Spencer carbine was a shorter and lighter version designed for the cavalry.
A number of gun companies have tried to produce Model 1887/1901 shotguns that could chamber modern, smokeless shotgun shells—largely for the cowboy action shooting discipline—but with little commercial success. Three firearm companies have managed to produce viable models for the commercial firearms market by utilising the easier to produce ...
Pages in category "Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1890" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This gun was released in the early days of automatic pistols, and was a contemporary of the Mauser C96 and Borchardt C-93 pistols. [5] [2] The Bergmann 1894/1896/1897 pistols failed to achieve the same widespread success. [a] There are several variations, but the internal mechanisms remain almost the same in all of them.
Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally owned with the intent of firing them (although original muzzleloaders can be safely fired, after having them thoroughly inspected), but instead are usually owned as display pieces or for their historic value.