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Collier flintlock revolver: John Evans & Son of London 5-7 United States: 1814 [citation needed] Colombo-Ricci revolver: 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana 6 Kingdom of Italy: c.1910-? [citation needed] Colt 1851 Navy Revolver: Colt's Manufacturing Company.36 caliber ball.38 rimfire.38 Short Colt: 6 United States: 1851-1873 Colt 1861 Navy Revolver
Collier flintlock revolver. Colt 1851 Navy Revolver. Colt Army Model 1860. Colt Dragoon Revolver. Colt M1861 Navy. Colt M1877. Colt M1878. Colt Paterson. Colt Single Action Army.
Elisha Haydon Collier (1788–1856) of Boston, Massachusetts, invented a flintlock revolver around 1814. His weapon is one of the earliest true revolvers, after the 1739's revolver of Iaumandreu from Manresa and 1702's of Rovira from Ripoll, exhibited in the Armouries of the Tower of London, [1] in contrast to the earlier pepperboxes which were multi-barreled guns. [2]
Colt Paterson. The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Its design was patented by Samuel Colt on February 25, 1836, in the United States, England and France, and it derived its name from being produced in Paterson, New ...
Revolver United States: 356,000 M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle: Automatic rifle: 351,679 Lee–Metford: Bolt-action rifle United Kingdom: 350,000 Colt Model 1849 Pocket: Revolver United States: 350,000 [52] Modèle 1892 revolver: Revolver France: 350,000 MAC Mle 1950: Semi-automatic pistol 341,900 MAS 1873 revolver: Revolver 337,000 Bodeo Model ...
Revolvers most commonly have 6 chambers, hence the common names of "six-gun" or "six-shooter". [29] However, some revolvers have more or less than 6, depending on the size of the gun and caliber of the bullet. Each chamber has to be reloaded manually, which makes reloading a revolver a much slower procedure than reloading a semi-automatic ...
The M1877 was designed by one of the inventors of the Colt Single Action Army (M1873), William Mason, as Colt's first attempt at manufacturing a double-action revolver.It was the first successful US-made double-action cartridge revolver, [2] and was offered from the factory in two basic finishes: nickel-plated or a blued with a case-colored frame.
The Janssen revolver (French: revolver photographique) was invented by the French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen in 1874. It was the instrument that originated chronophotography, a branch of photography based on capturing movement from a sequence of images. To create the apparatus Pierre Janssen was inspired by the revolving cylinder of ...