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Winchester 1866 Yellowboy Carbine

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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 [...]

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Winchester 1894 Carbine

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

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 [...]

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Colt 1846 Walker

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

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 [...]

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Wesson and Harrington 1871

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

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 [...]

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Remington Rolling Block 1864 Carbine

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

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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Springfield 1873/1874 Trapdoor Rifle

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

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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Wesson Derringer 1868

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

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 [...]

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Winchester Model 1892 Carbine

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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 [...]

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Martini Metford MkIV 1886

Friday, February 1st, 2008

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 [...]

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Winchester 1873 Sporting rifle

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Were produced more than 7o0.000 of these firearms from 1873 to 1919. Model 1873 was built in 3 versions: the sporting rifle with a 24″ (61 cm) octagonal, round barrel; the carbine with a 20″ (51 cm) round barrel and the musket with a 30″ (76.2 cm) round barrel.
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