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  2. Colt's New Model revolving rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Colt New Model revolving rifles were early repeating rifles produced by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1855 until 1864. The design 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] They were mainly based upon the Colt Model 1855 ...

  3. Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver - Wikipedia

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    5-round cylinder. Sights. Post front sight, topstrap notch rear sight. The Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer, also known as the Colt Root Revolver after engineer Elisha K. Root (1808–1865), was a cap & ball single-action pocket revolver used during the American Civil War. It was made by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company.

  4. Savage 1861 Navy - Wikipedia

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    Caliber. .36. Action. double-action. Feed system. 6-shot Cylinder. The Savage 1861 Navy was a cap and ball revolver manufactured by the Savage Revolving Firearms Company from 1861 to 1862. This company is unrelated to the later Savage Arms Company. It was used by both sides during the American Civil War.

  5. Rodman gun - Wikipedia

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    The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War –era columbiads designed by Union artillery officer Thomas Jackson Rodman [1] (1815–1871). The guns were designed to fire both shot and shell. These heavy guns were intended to be mounted in seacoast fortifications. 8-inch, 10-inch, 13-inch, 15-inch, and 20-inch bore (20, 25, 33, 38 ...

  6. Colt Walker - Wikipedia

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    Colt, New York City. The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, is a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of black powder behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker.

  7. 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.

  8. Beaumont–Adams revolver - Wikipedia

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    Feed system. 5-round cylinder. Sights. Fixed front post and rear notch. The Beaumont–Adams revolver is a black powder, double-action, percussion revolver. Originally adopted by the British Army in .442 calibre (54-bore, 11.2 mm) in 1856, it was replaced in British service in 1880 by the .476 calibre (11.6 mm) [1] Enfield Mk I revolver.

  9. Daniel Leavitt - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Ruth Jeannette Ball. Daniel Leavitt (November 16, 1813 – July 27, 1859) [ a] was an early American inventor who, with his partner Edwin Wesson, patented the first revolver after Samuel Colt's, [ 2] and subsequently manufactured one of the first American revolving pistols. [ 3] The innovative design [ 4] was manufactured only briefly ...