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A Starr revolver (Starr DA) is a double-action revolver which was used in the western theater of the American Civil War until the United States Army Ordnance Department persuaded the Starr Arms Co. to create a single-action variant after discontinuation of the Colt.
Also "State Rifle Works" Spiller & Burr Macon, Georgia: Rifles Samuel Sutherland Richmond, Virginia: Rifles Tallassee Tallassee, Alabama.58 caliber percussion muzzle-loading carbines 500 Tarpley, Garrett & Co (Confederate Arms Factory) Greensboro, North Carolina: Tarpley carbine: ca. 400 Tarpley carbines George Todd Austin, Texas: Rifles ...
Arguably the most successful Civil War machine gun, the Gatling gun could sustain 150 rounds a minute thanks to its rotating barrel design. Although Chief of Ordnance James Wolfe Ripley was against its adoption, that did not stop individual generals like Benjamin Butler from purchasing them for their own use.
The LeMat revolver was a .42 or .36 caliber cap & ball black powder revolver invented by Jean Alexandre LeMat of France, which featured an unusual secondary 16 to 20 gauge smooth-bore barrel capable of firing buckshot.
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The company is best known for developing and releasing the files for the Liberator, the world's first completely 3D printed gun. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On May 5, 2013, Defense Distributed made these printable STL files public, [ 7 ] and within days the United States Department of State demanded they be removed from the Internet, citing a violation of the ...
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