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Kit guns are multi-purpose utility handguns, intended to be used for small game hunting, plinking, pest control, and self defense. They are generally small, lightweight, .22 rimfire revolvers, designed to be easily packed in a hunting, camping or fishing "kit" . [ 1 ]
The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. Developed in the 1820s, it became synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and a trade rifle for fur trappers, traders, clerks, and hunters.
The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous was an annual rendezvous, held between 1825 and 1840 at various locations, organized by a fur trading company at which trappers and mountain men sold their furs and hides and replenished their supplies.
[9] [14] The 32 H&R cartridge was dimensionally longer than many other contemporary .32 caliber pistol cartridges, including the .32 S&W, .32 Short Colt, and .32 Long Colt, and was loaded with a stout 15 grains of black powder over an 88 grain projectile (compared to the 10 grain charge of the contemporary .32 S&W, or the 13 grain charge of the ...
This category is for articles about semi-automatic pistols introduced during the 19th century (1801–1900). Pages in category "19th-century semi-automatic pistols" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The auction house reported that the gun was offered for sale by a Kinman biographer Alan W. Maki, who bought the rifle from Kinman's great-great-granddaughter. [ 66 ] [ 61 ] [ 67 ] One of two pistols given to Kinman by President Buchanan was shown on Antiques Roadshow and valued for insurance purposes at about $50,000.