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FIREARMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
by Charles Winthrop Sawyer
Volume Two- The Revolver
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This Volume II reprint of the famous series by premier 19 th century firearms antiquarian Charles W. Sawyer covers the evolution of revolvers from the early nineteenth century through the beginning of the 20 th century. Vol. II Firearms in American History- The Revolver 1800 to 1911 was first published by The Arms Company and printed at the press of George H. Ellis Co. in Boston , MA in 1911. The Sawyer collection was one of the pioneer antique arms collections, and this book describes the evolution of revolving pistols- matchlock, flintlock, percussion, and cartridge types spanning several centuries but mainly the nineteenth century. Illustrated and described. Book lists the evolution of patents and manufacturers. Sawyer is a wonderful, entertaining writer. He includes in this volume a lengthy discussion of Colt and his firearms as well as a delightful chapter about sportsmen and their guns. Soft cover bound book, 5 ½ inches by 8 ½ inches, Fully Illustrated, 88pp. (Not abridged- even the ads are included) Re-set in modern type. This book is a must have for any weapon collector!
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Representative Chapters in Alphabetic order:
Conversions
Early Cartridge Revolvers Of Developed Design
Early Revolvers, Their Parts And Appliances, Invented Or Patented In The United States
List Of Makers Of Revolvers Considerably Used In America To The End Of The Year 1865
Pre-Metallic Cartridge Revolvers, Not Colt's
The Development Of The Revolver And The Struggles Of The Inventor
The Influence Of The Revolver In American History
The Revolver In Sport
Transition-Period Revolvers
Partial List of Weapons and Weapon Makers discussed/depicted:
Adams Army Revolver
Adams Pocket Revolver
Adams, Robert
Allen & Wheelock Navy Revolver
Allen Cartridge Pocket Revolver
Allen, Daniel
Allen's Pocket Revolver
Armes a Feu a Culasse Tournante
Barnett, J
Berry , W
Blunt & Syms
Brady
Brooklyn Arms Co. Slocum Revolver
Busk, Hans
Butterfield Revolver
Chambers
Chase, Anson
Cochran Revolver
Cochran Revolving Rifle
Collier, Elisha
Colt Army Pistol, Model 1847, 1848
Colt Army Pistol, Model 1860
Colt Belt Pistol
Colt Guns and Pistols, so-called Model 1855
Colt Holster Pistol
Colt London Models
Colt Miniatures
Colt Model 1836, 37, 39 rifle or carbine
Colt Navy Pistol, Model 1851, 61
Colt patents 1855, 58, 59
Colt Pocket Pistol, Model 1848, 49
Colt Pocket Pistols
Colt Police Pocket Pistol, Model 1851
Colt, Samuel
Cooper Pocket Revolver .
Coult, Dr.
Crimean War
Crispin Revolver
Damascus twist
Devisme Revolver
Dragoon School of Practice
Eagle Arms Co. Revolver .
Ells Pocket Revolver
Emmet, Addis
Everglades
Fisher Gun
Flint-lock revolving gun; six shots
Hackett, Baron
Hanson, Frederick
Hart Pocket Revolver .
Henshaw, Richard
Holsman, Daniel
Joslyn Army Revolver
Joslyn Cartridge Revolver
Kerr Pocket Revolver
Lang, Joseph
Le Mat Revolver
Leavett revolver
Leavitt Revolver
Libeau Revolver
Libeau, VGW
London Pistol Co. Pocket Revolver
Manhattan Navy Revolver
Marston Phoenix Revolver
Massachusetts Arms Company Pocket Revolver
Massachusetts Arms Company Pocket Revolver .
Mexican War
Moore Cartridge Army Revolver .
Moore Cartridge Pocket Revolver
Moore Revolver
National Arms Co. Revolver .
Nepperan Pocket Revolver.
Noel Pocket Revolver
Ogden, Elias
Old Model Army Pistols
Patterson Colt
Pearl Street
Pepperbox
Pettengill Army Revolver
Pierson, John
Plant Revolver .
Polain-Elliott Revolver
Pond Developed Revolver
Pond Separate-chambers Revolver
Porter Revolver
Porter Revolving Rifle .
Remington-Beals 1856 Patent Pocket Revolver .
Remington-Beals Army Revolver .
Remington-Rider Double Action Pocket Revolver
Rifleman's Manual
Rogers & Spencer Army Revolver
Root, Elisha
Ruggles
Savage Navy Revolver
Seminole Indians
Sepoy Rebellion
Six-shot revolving match-lock gun
Smith & Wesson Pocket Revolver .
Smith, an
Springfield Armory
Springfield Arms Co. Cartridge Pocket Revolver
Springfield Arms Company Revolver
Starr Army Revolver
Sultan of Turkey
Texas Pistol
The Patent Arms manufacturing Company
Tranter Pocket Revolver
Vanarsdale, Elias
Walch Pocket Revolver
Walker Colt
Walker, Hall, Samuel
Warner Pocket Revolver
Warner, Thomas
Warner's Patent
Wesson, Edwin
Wesson's and Leavitt's Patent.
Whitney Hand Turning Pocket Revolver
Whitney Navy Revolver .
Whitney, Eli
Whitney-Beals Ring Trigger Pocket Revolver
Whittier Revolving Rifle
Selection from Chapter VIII (24 pages):
CHAPTER VIII
EARLY REVOLVERS, THEIR PARTS AND APPLIANCES, INVENTED OR PATENTED IN THE UNITED STATES
The date given is the date of Patent.
Where marked *, manufacturer unknown. For others see List of Makers.
Names, arranged alphabetically.
ADAMS, JOHN-DALSTON , ENGLAND
Assigned his English patent of November 7, 1857, to Thomas Poultney of Baltimore , Maryland , November 6, 1860...
Peculiarities. The Adams double-action revolver.
ADAMS, ROBERT-LONDON , ENGLAND
May 3, 1853
Peculiarities. -Raising the hammer and revolving the cylinder by the usual movement of the trigger. This revolver, as made by Deane Adams & Deane, was a 5-shooter; the cylinder pin could be drawn wholly or partially out, forward; the ratchet, fastened on the rear of the cylinder by two screws, could be removed; a stop on the left side of the frame could hold the hammer slightly raised in order to revolve the cylinder to load; bullets, seated by finger pressure, were cast with a small tang on which a wad was fixed.
ALLEN, ETHAN-GRAFTON , MASSACHUSETTS
November 11, 1837
Peculiarities. -Firearm lock of new design for raising and releasing the hammer by movement of the trigger; hammer without thumb-piece. First applied to "Pocket Rifles," then to pepperboxes, then to revolvers.
ALLEN, ETHAN-WORCESTER , MASSACHUSETTS
January 13, 1857
Peculiarities. -Trigger-guard lever with geared teeth acting on a rammer.
September 7, 1857
Peculiarities. - In connection with the cylinder pin a surface formed in front of the cylinder to deflect upward the escaping gas.
November 9, 1858
Peculiarities. -Internal lock improvements in a rim-fire metallic cartridge revolver having the hammer on the right side of the frame. July 3, 1860
Selection from Chapter IX:
CHAPTER IX.
LIST OF MAKERS OF REVOLVERS CONSIDERABLY USED IN AMERICA TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1865
Alphabetically Arranged
Name of Manufacturer Place of Manufacture Kind of Revolver
ADAMS, JOHN London , England Adams 's patent.
ALLEN (C. B.) & FALLS Springfield , Mass Cochran's patent.
ALLEN (ETHAN) & THURBER . Grafton , Mass. , 1837-42; Norwich , Conn. , 1842-47; Allen's patent.Worcester, Mass. ,1847-56
ALLEN (ETHAN) & WHEELOCK Worcester,Mass.,1856-65 Allen's patent.
AlSOP, C. R Middletown, Conn Alsop's patent.
AMERICAN STANDARD TOOL CO. Newark , N. J Query ?
AMES ARMS CO Chicopee Falls, Mass Adams's patent (English).
BACON ARMS CO Norwich , Conn Bacon's, Hopkins 's, and other patents.
BAILEY, THOMAS New Orleans , La Bailey's patent.
BANDLE GUN CO Cincinnati , Ohio Unknown.
BERRY , W Poughkeepsie , N.Y. Cochran's patent.
BILLINGHURST Rochester , N.Y. Billinghurst's designs, no patents.
BLISS & GOODYEAR New Haven , Conn Query ?
BLUNT & SYMS New York City , 44 Chatham St. ...Orrison Blunt's designs, no patents.
BOURNE, WILLIAM Savannah , Ga. Imitation Colt's
and Remington's during Civil War. Marks, "W. B., C. S. A."
BOYD Montreal , Canada Flat top-hammer revolvers, pepper-box shapes.
BRAND ARMS CO Norwich , Conn Unknown.
BROOKLYN ARMS Co Brooklyn , N.Y. Slocum's patent.
BUTTERFIELD, J. S Philadelphia, Pa Butterfield's patent,
with priming magazine below lock.
CHRIST, ALBERT Birmingham , England . America ..Christ's revolver, not patented until Sept. 11, 1866.
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