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[Moose242]

So some dude made a matchlock revolver? That's cool, and not what Yale was talking about.

But you can play the copy paste game all day.

[mustang_revival]

oh

[YALE]

Early revolvers were called pepper-boxes and they had multiple barrels which revolved about an axis and a common firing mechanism. The earliest ones exist from 1597 (a revolving arquebus) and use matchlock mechanisms. In the 1700s, James Puckle invented the "Puckle Gun" which had multiple firing chambers and one common barrel and firing mechanism. A hand crank rotated the firing chambers and brought each one in line with the barrel and firing mechanism. Elisha Collier of Boston, patented a popular revolver model in 1818, which used the flintlock firing mechanism. He also produced revolving shotguns and rifles. In 1819, John Evans of London bought Collier's patent and produced several weapons which were used by British soldiers stationed in India.

Many big developments in revolver technology were by Samuel Colt. In 1836, he patented his first revolver model. It was manufactured in Colt's factory in Paterson, New Jersey, and hence it is popularly called the "Paterson revolver." While Colt's name is the most famous one associated with revolvers, he never claimed to invent the concept. In fact, the Paterson revolver was an improved variant of the concept invented by Collier. Some of Colt's big innovations dealt with applying concepts of mass production, interchangeable parts and assembly line techniques to revolver production and this reduced the price of revolvers. He was also an excellent salesman and promoter and his weapons became extremely popular with the public. One of his later models was nicknamed "Peacemaker" and "Equalizer". A popular saying of the time went "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them all equal!"

Design is pointless without process engineering. That's why Sam Colt invented the revolver. You can put the qualifiers, "practical," or, "modern," in front of it, but it didn't exist for all intents and purposes before that. It's like saying that the Ferguson rifle was a viable repeater.

[BMCSean]

At least we can all agree that Uncle Sam invented the AR15!

[LANTIRN]

So SVO invented the revolver?

[svauto-erotic855]

Were they reliable percussion cap revolvers, or one-off experiments?

The one that Sam Colt bought from the tower of London used a flint that struck a sort of sealed pan. It is on display at the NRA Museum and from what I have read about it you would immediately recognize it as a revolver.

Before the Industrial Revolution everything man made on the planet was a one off experimental prototype.

[YALE]

The one that Sam Colt bought from the tower of London used a flint that struck a sort of sealed pan. It is on display at the NRA Museum and from what I have read about it you would immediately recognize it as a revolver.

Before the Industrial Revolution everything man made on the planet was a one off experimental prototype.

It looks like it would be a total pain in the ass to use.