VOL1373/6511424/20091267/406507082.jpg' alt='American Gun Company Double Barrel Shotgun Serial Numbers' title='American Gun Company Double Barrel Shotgun Serial Numbers' />Swords, Sabers, Muskets, Rifles, Pistols and Accroutrements and Such Remember 911 God Bless Thanks Ted Anything you like Email me here. I have a 12 guage Lefever double barrel shot gun but cannot find the serial number marking anywhere on the gun It has Lefever Arms Co, Ithaca NY on one barrel and. Revolver Wikipedia. A revolver is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. Revolvers might be regarded as a subset of pistols, or as an equal ranking subset of handguns, distinct from pistols, which in this case are defined as handguns with a single chamber. The revolver allows the user to fire multiple rounds without reloading after every shot, unlike older rifles and single shot firearms. After a round is fired the hammer is either cocked by the shooter manually or by rearward movement of the trigger to turn the next chamber in line with the barrel. Revolvers still remain popular as back up and off duty handguns among American law enforcement officers and security guards and are still common in the American private sector as defensive and sportinghunting firearms. Famous police and military revolvers include the Webley, the Colt Single Action Army, the Colt Police Special, the Smith Wesson Model 3. Smith Wesson Model 1. Smith Wesson 1. Smith Wesson Model 3, and the Nagant M1. Though the term revolver usually only refers to handguns, other firearms may also have a revolving cylinder. These include some models of grenade launchers, shotguns, and rifles. These are different from other firearms with revolving chambers, such as miniguns and gatling guns in that revolvers typically require the hammer to be re cocked with each shot and require manual reloading, while miniguns are semi automatic or automatic and often belt fed. Historyedit. Detail of an 8 chambered matchlock revolver Germany c. In the development of firearms, an important limiting factor was the time it took to reload the weapon after it was fired. While the user was reloading, the weapon was useless, and an adversary might be able to take advantage of the situation and kill or wound the user. Several approaches to the problem of increasing the rate of fire were developed, the earliest being multi barrelled weapons which allowed two or more shots without reloading, referred to as pepperboxes. Later weapons featured multiple barrels revolving along a single axis. The earliest examples of what today is called a revolver were made in Germany in the late 1. These weapons featured a single barrel with a revolving cylinder holding the powder and ball. They would soon be made by many European gun makers, in numerous designs and configurations. However, these weapons were difficult to use, complicated and prohibitively expensive to make, and as such they were not widely distributed. Colt Paterson 2nd Belt Model. In 1. 83. 6, an American, Samuel Colt patented the mechanism that led to the widespread use of the revolver, the mechanically indexing cylinder. According to Samuel Colt, he came up with the idea for the revolver while at sea, inspired by the capstan, which had a ratchet and pawl mechanism on it, a version of which was used in his guns to rotate the cylinder by cocking the hammer. This provided a reliable and repeatable way to index each round and did away with the need to manually rotate the cylinder. Revolvers proliferated largely due to Colts ability as a salesmancitation needed. But his influence spread in other ways as well the build quality of his companys guns became famous, and its armories in America and England trained several seminal generations of toolmakers and other machinists, who had great influence in other manufacturing efforts of the next half century. Early revolvers were caplocks and loaded as a muzzle loader the user poured black powder into each chamber, rammed down a bullet on top of it, then placed percussion caps on the nipple at the rear of each chamber, where the hammer would fall on it. This was similar to loading a traditional single shot muzzle loading pistol, except that the powder and shot could be loaded directly into the front of the cylinder rather than having to be loaded down the whole length of the barrel. Importantly, this allowed the barrel itself to be rifled, since the user wasnt required to force the tight fitting bullet down the barrel in order to load it a traditional muzzle loading pistol had a smoothbore and relatively loose fitting shot, which allowed easy loading, but gave much less accuracy. When firing the next shot, the user would raise his pistol vertically as he cocked the hammer back so as to let the fragments of the burst percussion cap fall out so as to not jam the mechanism. Some of the most popular cap and ball revolvers were the Colt Model 1. Navy Model, 1. 86. Army Model, and Colt Pocket Percussion revolvers, all of which saw extensive use in the American Civil War. Although American revolvers were the most common, European arms makers were making numerous revolvers by that time as well, many of which found their way into the hands of the American forces, including the single action Lefaucheux and Le. Mat revolver and the BeaumontAdams and Tranter revolvers, which were early double action weapons, in spite of being muzzle loaders. A Smith Wesson Model 1, 2nd Issue. This is a two patent date variety shown next to a period box of. In 1. 85. 4, Eugene Lefaucheux introduced the Lefaucheux Model 1. It is a single action, pinfire revolver holding six rounds. On November 1. Daniel B. Wesson and Horace Smith signed an agreement for the exclusive use of the Rollin White Patent at a rate of 2. Smith Wesson began production late in 1. America, due to their association with Rollin White, who held the patent and vigorously defended it against any perceived infringement by other manufacturers much as Colt had done with his original patent on the revolver. Although White held the patent, other manufacturers were able to sell firearms using the design, provided they were willing to pay royalties. After Whites patent expired in April 1. Other gun makers were then allowed to produce their own weapons using the rear loading method, without having to pay a royalty on each gun sold. Early guns were often conversions of earlier cap and ball revolvers, modified to accept metallic cartridges loaded from the rear, but later models, such as the Colt Model 1. Open Top and the Smith Wesson Model 3, were designed from the start as cartridge revolvers. Colt Single Action Army, serial No 5. Cavalry during the Indian War period. In 1. 87. 3, Colt introduced the famous Model 1. Single Action Army, the Colt. Colt made models of the M1. Peacemaker, one of the most famous handguns ever made. This popular design, which was a culmination of many of the advances introduced in earlier weapons, fired 6 metallic cartridges and was offered in over 3. It is still in production, along with numerous clones and lookalikes, and its overall appearance has remained the same since 1. Although originally made for the United States Army, the Model 1. Its design has influenced countless other revolvers. Colt has discontinued its production twice, but brought it back due to popular demand and continues to make it to this day. In the U. S. the traditional single action revolver still reigned supreme until the late 1. In Europe, however, arms makers were quick to adopt the double action trigger. While the US was producing weapons like the Model 1. Europeans were building double action models like the French MAS Modle 1. British Enfield Mk I and II revolvers Britain relied on cartridge conversions of the earlier BeaumontAdams double action prior to this. HomeSpecializing in Winchester and Colt FirearmsFine AntiquesandA TREASURE OF THE AMERICAN WESTArizona Sheriff James V. Parks Personal Factory Engraved and Inscribed Colt Single Action Army. Factory Letter. James V. Parks was born in Hood County, Texas, in 1. Led by his father, Sheriff W. J. Parks, James joined the Arizona Duncan Rangers in 1. Apache Indians. Between 1. 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