6 shot Revolving Cap and Ball
FULL Automatic Rifle Mershon and Hollingsworth revolving cylinder automatic rifle. Patented in 1855. A spring mechanisim automatically fired and rotated the cylinder. The trigger could be locked in back position for full automatic fire. To wind up the spring, a ratchet lever is located just behind the receiver. Six shot percussion .40 caliber.
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The rest these firearms are manuals of some sort or nother,
The Roper Shotguns were neat, the first Open Bolt shotgun of the 1800's!!
North & Savage, Middletown, Connecticut,
H. S. North & Edward Savage where helped by Chauncey D. Skinner to create their revolving rifle.
6 shot percussion rifle, marked NORTH & SAVAGE, MIDDLETOWN, CONN. PTTNTED JUNE 1, 1852, CAST STEEL
Rifle similar to the "Figure 8" pistol, marked E. SAVAGE, MIDDLETOWN, CT H.S. NORTH PATENTED, JUNE 17th, 1856. The Edward Brown collection has one specimen. Attached Thumbnails
North & Skinner Revolving Arms Co. North & Skinner, Middletown, Connecticut.
Produced from 1856 to 1859, this revolving rifle looked much like the other revolving rifles that were being tried. One difference however was that it was not a "single-action" type where you cocked the hammer to rotate the cylinder.The North & Skinner was a levergun. Shoving the combination lever & triggerguard down cocked the hammer and rotated the cylinder into firing position.Most were made in .44 caliber. Some .60 caliber shotguns were produced also.There were a number of different types of revolving rifles produced around this time. The biggest reason they did not last was ... the Volcanic rifle and it's offspring! Attached Thumbnails
Savage Revolving Rifle Savage Revolving Rifle
41 Cal
Serial #: 1 Manufacturer: Savage
Model: Revolving Type: Rifle
Barrel Length: 24 inch part octagon
Finish: blue Stock: walnut
Description: These rifles are known by many names. They were made under the 1 June, 1852 patent of Henry S. North and Chauncy D. Skinner, so they are sometimes called "North & Skinner". They were made by the firm of North & Savage (same North with Edward S. Savage) and are sometimes called by that name. The latter firm became Savage Revolving Firearms Co. so they are most often simply called "Savage". The action of these early revolving rifles is more complicated than the later revolvers. There is a wedge behind the cylinder. When the lever below the cylinder is pulled down, it also pulls the wedge down and allows the spring around the cylinder pin to push the cylinder away from the barrel, disengaging the protruding mouth of the chambers from the barrel. When it is loose, a tooth on the wedge engages the track on the back of the cylinder causing it to turn to the next chamber. A link fastened to the lever behind the wedge cocks the hammer. When the lever is returned, the wedge forces it tight against the rear of the barrel. There are no external marks visible except the number "1" stamped on top of the receiver at the barrel junction. Vestiges of the address are barely visible in front of the rear sight. An assembly number "240" appears on the cylinder, cylinder pin, the bottom of the barrel under the cylinder pin, wedge, lever, buttplate, hammer, and right side plate internally. It also appears on the rear sight leaf but the 4 is stamped upside down. The number 114 appears on the right side of the lever and cocking link,195 on the left side plate and 69 on the trigger. The trigger and hammer both have two pivot holes so they can be assembled on another frame or frames. The different assembly numbers indicate a cleanup of factory parts or a period factory repair. The cylinder pin wedge, which goes into the slot to the rear of the recoil shield, is missing. The left wood to side plate screw, trigger spring, and trigger spring screw are also missing. The round brass patch box is mounted on the left side of the butt stock instead of the right where it is normally found. The buttplate is iron. Only a few hundred of these were made. Attached Thumbnails
Roper Repeating Rifle Co Nouvelle page 0http://www.roperld.com/ropersylvester.htmSylvester Ropers Steam Automobile, 1860s
Sylvester Roper was an early automobile designer in America. His cars were steam powered, and he made a steam motorcycle which had to be the first motorcycle ever made, and a steam powered buggy, or automobile as they were called later.
Roper was a prolific inventor, and patented many versions of his vehicles, as well as the first repeating cartridge shotgun.
On 10 April 1866, Sylvester Roper of Roxbury, Mass patented a shotgun (53881) with a bolt mechanism and a revolving cylinder magazine. Cocking the hammer withdrew the breech bolt, extracting a spent cartridge form the barrel as it did so. When the hammer had been retracted, a magazine spring revolved a new cartridge into line with the chamber, pulling the trigger released the bolt to fly forward and fire the chambered round in a 'slam bang' motion.
To reduce the shock, the hammer could be lowered onto the chamber and then pulled back to an intermediate position from which the cap on the cartridge-base nipple could be fired without partially extracting the case.
Made originally in 16 and (later) in 12 bore by the Roper Repeating Rifle Company of Amherst Mass, the shotgun was a minor success.
Most examples had a detachable choke patented in July 1868 (79861).The Roper Sporting Arms Company, formed in Hartford in March 1869, was effectively a partnership between Christopher Spencer and Charles Billings. Production of .40 rifles and 12 bore shotguns continued into the early 1870s but never in sufficient quantity to make any real impact. Attached Thumbnails
Warren & George Evans Nouvelle page 0 The shown model is New Model, the last model, manufactured in the years 1880.
Evans leave ordinary by their splendid completion, their hammer placed under the frame, but especially by their magazine, container either 28, or 34 cartridges with central percussion according to whether it is about gauge .30 Evans shorts, .30 Winchester Long or .44-40 Winchester. This tubular magazine, placed in the action, comprises a Archimedes' screw actuated by the trigger guard/lever of trigger guard.
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If only he could have sold them Joe Vincent MeigsThis is an incredible rare MEIGS .50 calibre magazine rifle cartridge with a 50 round magazine.
Only three ever produced and this is serial 2.
One was kept by the descendants of the inventor and is now in a major collection in the US. The second is located at the Cody museum in the US. Donated by the army who received one from Meigs to be test fired.
This unique prototype 50-shot breech-loading rifle, only three in existence, was invented by Joe vincent Meigs(1840-1907) under U.S. patent N° 54934, issued may 22, 1866.
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