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Knoxville, Tennessee: Rifles S. C. Robinson Arms Manufactory (Samuel C. Robinson) Richmond, Virginia: Produced a variant of the M1859 Sharps carbine: ca. 3,000 .52 caliber Sharps carbines. Marks, “Robinson Arms Co.” Selma Naval Foundry & Ironworks (Selma Arsenal & Gun Works) Selma, Alabama: 1861 Iron plating, Brooke rifled cannon, ironclad ...
These were large pistols in .36 caliber ("navy") or .44 caliber ("army"), and were the military issue cap and ball black-powder revolvers used during the Civil War by both Union and Confederate ground troops. The effect of the law was to restrict handgun possession to the upper economic classes.
Union Automatic Revolver: Union Firearms Company.32 S&W: 5 United States: 1909-1912 Walch Revolver: Walch Firearms & Co. .36 caliber cap and ball black powder 5 or 6 United States: 1859-1862 Webley RIC: Webley & Scott.442 Webley.450 Adams.500 Tranter 6 United Kingdom: 1868-? Webley Revolver
More than 2.75 million pounds of first-quality gunpowder (a majority of the powder used by the Confederacy) were produced before its closure in 1865. [5] By comparison, Union gunpowder manufacture was distributed among many mills, with the larger Hazard Powder Company of Connecticut producing 40% of the annual production of 8.4 million pounds. [6]
A double-action only revolver and predecessor to the Beaumont–Adams M1862. Allen & Thurber M1837 revolver pepperbox: With the shortage of pistols in the American Civil War, many soldiers on both sides carried these as a backup arm. Allen & Wheelock M1861 revolver: Beaumont–Adams M1862 revolver: Imported by both the Union and the Confederacy.
LeMat Revolver, original cap & ball model, used by Confederate States troops in the American Civil War. When war broke out, LeMat received Confederate contracts to produce 5,000 revolvers, and plans were laid to manufacture the gun abroad and then import them into the Confederacy, which lacked the necessary facilities to produce the weapon locally.
Colt 1851 Navy Revolver; Colt Army Model 1860; Colt Dragoon Revolver; Colt M1861 Navy; Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver; Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top; Colt Paterson; Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers; Colt Walker
The company eventually complied, and the Union acquired 25,000 of the single-action revolvers for $12 each (equivalent to $297 in 2023). However, the price paid by the government for the DA army revolver was $25. [4] The State of Ohio purchased 500 of the .36 Caliber Navy version for $20 each. [5]