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.

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 ...

The gun’s most notable feature was its side-action “mule ear” lock. Two versions were manufactured—one that handled standard percussion caps and a second, in limited numbers, fitted with a ...

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 ...