The Adams M1851 revolver is a double-action ... rifle was a standard percussion cap musket and saw extensive usage by both sides over the course of the conflict. By the end of the Civil War ...

The Adams M1851 revolver is a double-action ... rifle was a standard percussion cap musket and saw extensive usage by both sides over the course of the conflict. By the end of the Civil War ...

Its famed lever action fought the American Civil War and many other ... Like most rifles of the period, Hunt’s and Jenning’s guns needed percussion caps to ignite the ammunition.

"It had just a small hole drilled in the back where the spark from the percussion cap would travel to ... prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, hundreds of the guns were sold to a number of ...

1807 - Percussion-detonating principle patented. 1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock ... Introduced at the start of the Civil War, Spencer repeating ...

The Civil War was by far ... 58 caliber rifle with a forty-inch barrel. It was loaded through the muzzle and fired by pulling the trigger, which struck a percussion cap and detonated the black ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Civil War ... rifle with a forty-inch barrel. It was loaded through the muzzle and fired by pulling the trigger, which struck a percussion cap and detonated ...

It was a percussion arm ... When the Civil War ended, the bottom fell out of the market for Spencers. But waiting in the wings was the first lever action rifle as we know it, the Henry repeater.