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A Nagant M1895 revolver, showing the fixed cylinder's loading gate open. The first generation of cartridge revolvers were converted caplock designs. In many of these (especially those that were converted long after manufacture), the pin on which the cylinder revolved was removed, and the cylinder was taken from the gun for loading.
A revolver is a repeating handgun with at least one barrel and a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Because most revolver models hold up to six cartridges, before needing to be reloaded, revolvers are commonly called six shooters or sixguns. [1]
Danish 1865/97 revolver: Kjøbenhavns Tøjhus .45 Denmark: 1897-1899 Enfield Mk II: RSAF Enfield.476" Revolver Mk II: 6 United Kingdom: 1880-1889 Enfield No. 2: Royal Small Arms Factory.38/200: 6 United Kingdom: 1932-1957 FAMAE revolver: FAMAE.32 Long Colt.38 Special: 6 Chile: FN Barracuda: Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal: 9×19mm Parabellum.357 ...
The needle-activated centerfire breech-loading gun would become a major feature of firearms thereafter. [34] Pauly made an improved version, protected by a patent, on 29 September 1812. [31] Probably no invention connected with firearms has wrought such changes in the principle of gun construction as those effected by the "expansive cartridge ...
Cross-sectional diagram of U.S. Army .45 ACP ball cartridge for the Model 1911 pistol, with dimensions in inches. During the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, the United States Cavalry began trials to replace their sidearm arsenal of issued Single Action Army (SAA) in favor of the more modern and versatile double-action revolver in ...
The cylinder is most often rotated via linkage to a manually manipulated external hammer, although some revolvers are "double-action" and can use the manual pull of the trigger to drive both the cylinder rotation and hammer cocking. Some examples of firearms using the revolver principle are the Smith & Wesson Model 3 and Colt Model 1889.
The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm for officers in the French military during the First World War.
Second Model 1838 Colt Paterson rifle Colt Paterson 1838 Ring Lever rifle, receiver. The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel.