A.P Casey was an army officer, he worked for the Colt Company as an arms inspector for the american military firearms. This antique revolver was used by the American cavalry from 1876 to the end of the Indian wars. A lot of the military firearms of that time were branded with the APC inspection mark. […]
In 1866 the New Haven Arms Company changed to Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The carbine has a barrel band and a saddle ring on the left. Same as the Sporting Rifle, this carbine has an improved tubular magazine and improved loading system. This Winchester 1866 Yellowboy Carbine has a round barrel. Were produced almost 130,000 […]
Was built by Winchester from 1894 to 1936, production of Winchester 1894 Carbine was started again in different calibres after World War II. This antique firearm was made in various models with a production of more than 6 million. Most carbines had a saddle ring on the left-hand side of the frame. From 1895 the […]
Designed by the Texas Ranger Capt. Samuel Walker who died in the Battle of Juamantha in Mexico in 1847. Colt produced some 1000 revolvers of the 1846 Walker, in 1847. This revolver is like gold for the antique firearms collectors, this piece can cost between $60.000 and $300.000 (us dollars). The 1846 walker […]
This revolver is the result of coo-participation between Wesson and Harrington of Worcester, Mass in 1871. The antique firearm has an unusual form of ejector which runs over an extension of the cylinder. The ejector can be used with the thumb and forefinger to empty the chambers.
This antique revolver was made in different models:
Model n1 […]
Remington Rolling Block 1864 Carbine was based on the design by Leonard Geiger, and patents owned by Joseph Rider. Remington factory built many firearms with this action type, mostly sporting rifles. Some main models are: Navy Rifle 1870 (total leng. 123.6 cm) and the Army rifle Model 1871(total leng. 131.5 cm).
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Originally was built as the Model 1870 in a .50 calibre after was changed to .45-70.The bayonet mount is below the muzzle.Were produced 232,000 rifles by Springfield Armory from 1884 to 1890. The military rifle and cadet rifle had two barrel bands.
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The Wesson Derringer 1868 was produced by Wesson from 1868 to 1880 aprox., and was made in three model sizes. This antique revolver often had a small blade in the hollow barrel shaft as an extra defense, which had to be used by hand.
The details of some models are:
Small frame:calibre .22Short RF; 51 or 64 […]
Model 1892 Carbine produced by Winchester from 1893 to 1941, was also called the Trapper carbine.
This antique firearm have a saddle ring on the left of the action frame; in the right contains the loading gate that provides access to the magazine below the barrel. Was made in many versions with barrel lengths from 30.5 […]
The british rifle Martini Metford based in the Martini falling-block action and with a barrel designed by the British Engineer W. Metford, a barrel with five or seven rifling turns. This rifle has a straight English stock. Some antique firearms collectors says that the Martini Metford is the intermediate rifle of the Martini-Henry and the […]
