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The design of the Colt revolving rifle was essentially similar to revolver-type pistols, with a rotating cylinder that held five or six rounds in a variety of calibers from .36 to .64 inches. [1] The Model 1855, which was the most widely produced revolving rifle, was available in .36, .44 and .56 caliber.
Colt model 1839 carbine (USA – rifle – 1838) Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver" Root Revolver" (USA – revolver – c.1855) Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top (USA – revolver – 1871) Colt New Line (USA – revolver – 1873) Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver (USA – revolver – 1871) Colt Paterson (US – revolver – 1836)
The Springfield Model 1855 was a rifled musket widely used in the American Civil War. It exploited the advantages of the new conical Minié ball , which could be deadly at over 1,000 yards (910 m). It was a standard infantry weapon for Union and Confederates alike, until the Springfield Model 1861 supplanted it, obviating the use of the ...
Gward revolver: KMW "Wifama".38 Special: 6 Poland: 1990 High Standard .22 revolver: High Standard Manufacturing Company.22 Short.22 Long.22 Long Rifle: 6 United States: 1955–1980s Iver Johnson Safety Automatic: Iver Johnson.32 S&W.38 S&W: 6 United States: 1894–1895 (1st model) 1896–1908 (2nd model) 1909–1941 (3rd model) IOF .22 revolver
In 1855, the Sidehammer was the first Colt revolver to use the "creeping" loading lever. This loading mechanism was used again in 1860 in the design of the Colt Army Model 1860, the Colt Navy Model 1861, and the Colt Police Model 1862. In 1855, the Sidehammer was the first Colt's solid-frame spur-trigger gun.
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Adams was the manager for the London arms manufacturers George & John Deane. On August 22, 1851, he was granted a British patent for a new revolver design. [2] The .436 Deane and Adams was a five-shot percussion (cap-and-ball) revolver with a spurless hammer, and the first revolver with a solid frame. The revolver used a double-action only ...
As Samuel Colt's patent on the revolver was set to expire in 1856, Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson were researching a prototype for a metallic cartridge revolver. When they discovered that a former Colt employee named Rollin White held the patent for a "Bored-through" cylinder, a component needed for this new invention, the two partners approached White to manufacture a newly designed ...