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The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company was an American company formed in 1855 by partners Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson to develop Walter Hunt's Rocket Ball ammunition and lever action mechanism. Volcanic made an improved version of the Rocket Ball ammunition, and a carbine and pistol version of the lever action gun to fire it.
Volcanic pistol. 1860 Henry and 1866 Winchester Musket. Left to right Carbines two 1873/1894/92/Trapper 92. In 1848, Walter Hunt of New York patented his "Volition Repeating Rifle" incorporating a tubular magazine, which was operated by two levers and complex linkages.
Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson founded the Smith & Wesson Company in Norwich, Connecticut, to develop Volcanic Firearms, in 1855 the company was renamed Volcanic Repeating Arms and was sold to Oliver Winchester.
It all started with a young gunsmith named Benjamin Tyler Henry working for the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company in the mid-1850s. Frustrated by the failures of Volcanic rifles, young Henry ...
The Sharps rifle was a falling-block rifle used during and after the American Civil War. It was particularly associated with the 1st and 2nd United States Sharpshooters: Spencer repeating rifle: The Spencer M1860 was a manually operated lever-action repeating rifle fed from a tube magazine with cartridges.
The unrelated Henry Repeating Arms produces a modernized replica of the Henry Model 1860 rifle with brass receiver and American walnut stock, but a modern steel barrel and internal components. [ 14 ] Uberti produces an almost exact copy Henry Model 1860 chambered in .44-40 Winchester or .45 Colt, rather than the original .44 Henry rimfire.
Originally using the name "Smith & Wesson Company", the name was changed to "Volcanic Repeating Arms Company" in 1855, with the addition of new investors, one of whom was Oliver Winchester. The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company obtained all rights for the Volcanic designs (both rifle and pistol versions were in production by this time) as well as ...
Thomson rifle: a flintlock repeating rifle patented in 1814, using multiple breeches to obtain repeating fire. [7] Leroy rifle: In 1815 (sometimes incorrectly dated as 1825) a French inventor called Julien Leroy patented a flintlock and percussion revolving rifle with a mechanically indexed cylinder and a priming magazine. [8]