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  2. Hammerless - Wikipedia

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    The hammerless repeating rifle is a firearm that operates without any external hammer or firing pin. [4] Hammerless firearms do not use a firing pin. This device was first introduced in 1879 with the Climax Safety Hammerless Gun, which was developed in order to prevent accidents from occurring while firing a weapon with a worn hammer/ firing ...

  3. Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless - Wikipedia

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    The Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless or Smith & Wesson New Departure (nicknamed by collectors as the Lemon Squeezer) is a double-action revolver that was produced from 1887 to 1940 by Smith & Wesson. Based on the Smith & Wesson Model 2 double-action design, the revolver incorporated an internal hammer and an external grip safety on its back-strap.

  4. Meriden Firearms Co. - Wikipedia

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    The Meriden Firearms Company of Meriden, Connecticut, USA manufactured small arms from 1905 to 1918. Meriden manufactured 20 varieties of hammer and hammerless revolvers with an output of 100 handguns a day in 1906. In addition to revolvers the company manufactured shotguns and rifles. [1]

  5. Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless - Wikipedia

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    The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless is a .32 ACP caliber, self-loading, semi-automatic pistol designed by John Browning and built by Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless is a variant introduced five years later in .380 ACP caliber. Despite the title "hammerless", the Model ...

  6. Snubnosed revolver - Wikipedia

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    A snubnosed revolver (colloquially known as a snubbie, belly gun, or bulldog revolver) is a small, medium, or large frame revolver with a short barrel, generally less than 3 inches in length. Smaller such revolvers are often made with "bobbed" or "shrouded" hammers and there are also "hammerless" models (where the hammer is entirely internal ...

  7. Category:Guns of the American West - Wikipedia

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    Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless; Spencer repeating rifle; Springfield Model 1865; Springfield Model 1866; Springfield Model 1868; Springfield Model 1869; Springfield model 1870; Springfield model 1871; Springfield model 1873; Springfield Model 1888; Springfield Model 1892–99; Starr carbine; Starr revolver

  8. Hammer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    An internal hammer cannot be accessed manually during operation. Pistols and shotguns in particular, which have an internal hammer may be referred to as being hammerless. [7] A striker is a type of firing pin operated by the direct action of a spring rather than by a hammer striking the firing pin. Striker-operated firearms lack a hammer.

  9. Daniel Myron LeFever - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Myron Lefever (August 27, 1835 – October 29, 1906) was an American gun maker, popularly known as "Uncle Dan Lefever". He is best known [citation needed] as the inventor of the hammerless shotgun, first introduced in 1878. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.