OLDEST REVOLVER ?

Berkley · 20th May 2010, 01:25 PM

It is generally believed that when Sam Colt briefly visited London in 1830 as a midshipman on the Brig Corvo he observed a flintlock revolver made according to the American inventor Elisha Collier's 1813 British patent.

Revolving firearms were made well before that time, as shown by this matchlock revolver from the Musee de L'Arme in Paris.

Colt's design employing the percussion ignition system was the first practical revolving cylinder multiple-shot firearm.

20th May 2010, 01:25 PM	#2
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	It is generally believed that when Sam Colt briefly visited London in 1830 as a midshipman on the Brig Corvo he observed a flintlock revolver made according to the American inventor Elisha Collier's 1813 British patent. Revolving firearms were made well before that time, as shown by this matchlock revolver from the Musee de L'Arme in Paris. Colt's design employing the percussion ignition system was the first practical revolving cylinder multiple-shot firearm.