This is a new one for my blog, guns are not quite my thing but with all the history thats handed down, model,and maker to buyers its quite a story.
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One of the collection as mentioned bellow, I will post the picture of them all later.
The largest far right Belgium by Dreprez for the Victorian market in Calcutta this would been for the wealthy...a center fired bullet
Middle and far left again Belgium pin fire, a early invention where the hammer struck a pin on the rim of the bullet, not very successful made for the middle class...
The center one with the norm handle., was mad by a knife making company in Birmingham Unwin and Rogers it is a black powder percussion single shot, and then it has a knife blade, and if that fails it has a cut throat razor - when London was rough!
To the right a 4 barreled sharps pepperbox 1859 American civil war era a carry gun if you could afford it, maybe 8$ - 10$ at the time only the rich...USA Philadelphia
Far left revolver civil war era Allen And Weelock 1859 USA Worcester Mass
This was a time of invention., not specifically the gun, but the bullet then the gun that could fire it So there was a transition from black powder to finding a bullet, that was quick to load and fire.
Bottom left USA Plant tit fire, the bullet loaded from the front, 1860 again not very successful made by Eagle Arms New York Cival war era.
Back to black power a revolving 5 shot pepper box, Allen and Thurber Worcester USA used a secondary weapon - a multi shot gun used during the 1849 gold rush and Cival war
Far right Scottish revolver Mortimer and sons Edinburgh a single action, pull the trigger fire!
But a mover in the right direction a bullet that worked,,,
The first double single action revolver beaumont Adams London., 1856-1880 pull the trigger fire, or cock the hammer and fire...but it was still only a black powder, but the first .45 bullet made around London bridge - the purpose was it could stop a crazed person running at you with a sword?
These were favored by British officers serve ring in India...
But the search for the bullet carried on? That could be loaded, fired and reloaded quickly
