Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. This listing also includes other small arms of the period such as hand grenades, infantry mortars, and related man-portable systems.

This category is for articles about military equipment introduced during the period 1840–1849.

2024年2月12日 · For a project I am working on, I would like to have some information about what types of firearms were used during the Mexican War of the 1840s, what gun innovations may have taken place in the 1850s and what firearms would …

2021年4月5日 · In the 1840s, this pocket-sized “Baby” Paterson would have been considered an ideal arm for those who felt the need to have a multi-shot sidearm, yet still be discreet. A Baby Paterson was the choice of this 1840s dandy, since it could easily be …

2015年12月10日 · During the height of the Mountain Man Era — call it 1808-1840 (only a small part of the broader North American Fur Trade) — the primary Mountain Man rifle was pretty much the same rifle the Long Hunters carried across the Appalachians: some variant of the flintlock, Lancaster-style long rifle.

2024年1月3日 · Dreyse Needle Gun . Developed by Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse and patented in 1840, the first breech-loading bolt-action rifle used a needle-like firing pin to pierce through a paper cartridge to strike a percussion cap at the base of the bullet.

The Britsh gun manufacturers referred to the early 1850s as the 'Australian years', because of the large number sold to the goldfields. For those who could afford them, the favoured pistol was the machine-produced revolvers of American Samuel Colt, due to the interchangeability of parts and comparative ease of repair.

Fortunately a number of collectors today have sharp, fond memories of these shows, which helped to establish the provenance of this very un-usual pistol.1 The pistol on first glance is a Model 1836 contract pistol fabri-cated by Robert Johnson of Middletown, Connecticut 1836-1845 and Asa Waters of Millbury, Massachusetts 1837-1845.

In 1841 they adopted the Leichte Perscussions-Gewehr (Light percussion gun). It was renamed Zündnadelgewehr (Needle ignition gun) in 1855, but retained an M1841 designation. Both names were deliberately selected to mislead other nations and omit the breech-loading capacity, which used the first bolt action, executed by turning and pulling a ...

2020年5月9日 · In the late 1840s i think europeans started making pinfire revolvers. A cavalry officer would have had a pistol. The only pre-1847 Colt was the Paterson. Not many were made, but I guess it's possible. Colt was very enthusiastic about patent enforcement, and I don't know of any copies made in significant numbers.