The first pull drops the right hammer, firing the front load, the second pull drops the left hammer, firing the rear load.Ī bizarre rifled musket adopted by the US military, on paper it could double the firepower of a soldier. 58 cap and ball, two superposed shot, two hammers dropped sequentially by a single trigger. Patented in 1860 and manufactured in 1863 in New York for the Union Army. One of the many single shot carbine of the American Civil War, the rifle variant was the first breechloading firearm manufactured by the Springfield armory. 54/13,7x22RF Joslyn single shot, breech loading, saddle ring, manually cokec hammer. 56-56 Spencer seven-round tubular stock magazine, lever action repeater with manually cocked hammer, socket bayonet.īecause poking people with pointy things is the basis of warfare.ĭesigned by Benjamin Franklin Joslyn, manufactured by Joslyn Firearms Company c.1864-65 - serial number 14892. It was a far cry from the revolutionary designs of the French rifle trials of the early 20th century, but it was decently reliable and provided a lot more firepower than the old Lebel Mle1886.ĭesigned by Christopher Miner Spencer, manufactured by Burnside Rifle Company c.1865-69 - serial number 4563. Made with several Lebel parts, the RSC Mle1917 was the first semi-automatic military rifle to be mass-issued and used during a major conflict, namely World War one. Samuel Colt managed to get in a few military contracts for his new product thanks to his prior sales of Paterson ring lever rifles to various US Army regiments - a total of 1100 military style Root revolving rifle were thus produced, which in turn boosted the sales on the civilian market.ĭesigned by Ribeyrolles, Sutter, and Chauchat - made by the Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle in France c.1917~18.Ĩx51mmR Lebel five-round en-bloc clip, gas-operated semi-automatic, loaded from the bottom.

I can’t help but love these things even though they weren’t the most practical.

44 cap and ball six-round cylinder, Root sidehammer single action, creeping loading lever, military style full length foregrip. Root and made by the Colt Manufacturing Company for its 1856 military contract - serial number 322 from an order of 101 guns. Colt ‘Root’ 1855 military revolving rifleĭesigned by Elisha K.

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