E. H. COLLIER, Nov. 24th 1818 patented flintlock-revolver, 5-shot, gas-sealed, hand-revolved. According to Sutherland's book Sam Colt bought one in London, and he developed out of this model the single action system = by cocking the hammer the cylinder turns. Sotheby's auction catalog and a copy of a broad sheet signed by famous makers Samuel Nock, W. A. Beckwith and Thomas Mortimer.
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2 posted on
09/22/2009 2:22:08 PM PDT by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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Great photos at site.
My favorite handgun website.
3 posted on
09/22/2009 2:22:13 PM PDT by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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4 posted on
09/22/2009 2:26:00 PM PDT by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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Note the fluted cylinder and rebated chambers - features thought to have come along decades later.
Of course, the Collier revolver can’t beat the repeating flintlocks I saw in the movies: the character fires his flintlock pistol, then merely recocks the hammer and closes the frizzen, and fires again!
Even that pales next to the everloading sixgun that never goes `click’: in one western flick I counted nineteen rounds out of a sixshooter before the cowpoke paused to reload and go on to win the gun duel.
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09/22/2009 3:10:25 PM PDT by
elcid1970
("O Muslim! My bullets are lubricated in pig grease!")
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thats a lot of sparkin going on next to 4 more cylinders full of explosive black powder
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