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  2. Pepper-box - Wikipedia

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    A pepperbox by Allen & Thurber, one of the most common American designs A mid 19th century four barrel Russian pepperbox revolver. The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a revolving mechanism.

  3. Remington Zig-Zag Derringer - Wikipedia

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    A 6 shot 22 rimfire short, Remington's first firearm designed for metallic cartridge. Smith & Wesson patented the rim fire cartridge on August 8, 1854 patent number 11496. The patent was reissued in 1860. Six-Shot 3-3/16 barrel cluster with ZigZag grooves at the breech end working with diamond-shaped key extending in the interior from the ring ...

  4. Ethan Allen (armsmaker) - Wikipedia

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    Ethan Allen (armsmaker) 6 shot .36 caliber percussion pepperbox by Allen & Thurber (Worcester). Barrel flute bears 1837 patent date, hammer is marked "Allen's Patent". Ethan Allen (September 2, 1808 – January 7, 1871) was a major American arms maker from Massachusetts. He is unrelated to the revolutionary Ethan Allen.

  5. Repeating firearm - Wikipedia

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    Although multiple-barrel "pepper-box" guns had appeared for centuries and were popular handguns in the early 19th century, the revolver was the first true repeating handgun. In 1836, Samuel Colt applied a patent for a "revolving gun" later named the Colt Paterson; he was granted the patent on 25 February 1836 (later numbered 9430X).

  6. List of shotguns - Wikipedia

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    Marlin Firearms Company: 10 gauge 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge United States: 1954 MAUL (shotgun) Metal Storm: 12 gauge Australia: Molot Bekas-M: Vyatskiye Polyany: 12 gauge 16 gauge Russia: 1999 Mossberg 500: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore United States: 1960 Mossberg 590: O.F. Mossberg & Sons: 12 gauge 20 gauge.410 bore United ...

  7. GunBroker.com - Wikipedia

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    History. Established in 1999, GunBroker.com is one of the world's largest online marketplace for firearms. [2] GunBroker.com was founded by Steven F. Urvan after eBay started restricting gun sales. [3][4] Urvan ran the company until it was acquired by Ammo, Inc in 2021. [5] At the closing of merger, it had $60 million in revenue and 6 million ...

  8. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    While most improvised firearms are single-shot, multiple-shot versions are also encountered. The simplest multi-shot zip guns are derringer-like, and consist of a number of single-shot zip guns attached together. The pepper-box design is also used in homemade guns because it is relatively easy to make out of a bundle of pipes or a steel cylinder.

  9. List of firearm brands - Wikipedia

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    Hi-Point Firearms Hi-Point Firearms United States Civilian Handguns, carbines, accessories Horizon Firearms Kaspar United States Civilian HS HS Produkt: Croatia Civilian, law enforcement, military, security Handguns, machine guns Infinity Firearms Strayer Voigt Inc: United States Civilian Handguns Ithaca Ithaca, New York Ithaca Acquisition, Inc