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The Remington Navy revolver is slightly smaller framed than the Army and in .36 caliber with a 7.375 inch [Beals Navy 7.5 inch] barrel length. There were three progressive models made: the Remington-Beals Army & Navy (1860–1862), the 1861 Army & Navy (1862–1863), and the New Model Army & Navy (1863–1875). [3]
Beaumont–Adams revolver (UK – revolver – 1862) Bedil (Nusantara – hand cannon – 14th century) Berdan rifle (USA/UK/Russian Empire [a] – rifle – 1868) Bergman No.-series pistols (German Empire – semi-automatic pistol) Model 1894 (No. 1): 1894; Model 1896 (No. 2/3/4): 1896; Model 1897 (No. 5): 1897; Berthier rifles (France ...
Type 26 revolver: Koishikawa Arsenal: 9mm Japanese revolver: 6 Japan: 1893-1935 Landstad revolver: Halvard Landstad 7.5mm 1882 Ordnance: 2 (+ 6 extra rounds) Norway: 1900 (never entered production) Lefaucheux M1858: Casimir Lefaucheux: 12mm pinfire: 6 Second French Empire: 1858-1865 LeMat Revolver: Jean Alexandre LeMat.42 ball.36 ball 20 gauge
The expiration of Samuel Colt’s U.S. patents in 1857 afforded the Remingtons the opportunity to start their own revolver production. As the company had had little experience in the production of pistols, they hired an expert designer, Fordyce Beals, who had previously designed a revolver for Eli Whitney’s factory in 1854. Beals refined his ...
The Lefaucheux M1858 was a French military revolver developed for the navy, chambered for the 12 mm pinfire cartridge, and based on a design by Casimir Lefaucheux and his son, Eugene (also a gun designer). The 1854 model was the first metallic-cartridge revolver adopted by a national government; the 1858 was the first variant fielded. [4]
This unique action makes this revolver a semi automatic weapon, making it one of the very few semi-automatic revolver designs, another notable design being the Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver. The inclusion of the 454 Casull chambering makes the gun one of, if not the, most powerful semi-automatic handgun ever produced.
The first developed C78 models were single-action revolvers (Hahnspanner). They had a closed frame that was loaded through a tailgate. The closed frame was later also used for the manufacture of hunting rifles for hunting small game. [6] Later models, like the early Smith & Wesson Model 1, were made with a hinged frame. In contrast to the Smith ...
The Rohrbaugh R9 was a semi-automatic pistol produced by Rohrbaugh Firearms of Long Island, New York. It was chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum, and was designed to be a lightweight, compact self-defense weapon. The R9 was rated for standard pressure 9mm ammunition. Firing +P or +P+ ammunition in the R9 was not recommended by the manufacturer.