Guns of the American West
18 entries in the Guns of the American West compendium.
Colt's New Model revolving rifleEarly repeating rifle with a rotating cylinder.Colt Pocket Percussion RevolversCompact Colt revolvers derived from Paterson designs, popular for self-defense.DerringerA small, concealable handgun popular in the American West.Harpers Ferry Model 1803First standard rifle made by an American armory.Model 1817 common rifleFlintlock rifle used from the 1820s to 1840s on the frontier.LeMat RevolverA nine-shot revolver with an integrated smoothbore shotgun barrel.Remington ElliotA scarce six-shot derringer with a unique revolving barrel cluster.Joslyn rifleA mid-19th century breech-loading rifle series by Benjamin Franklin Joslyn.Sharps rifleLarge-bore falling-block rifle famed for long-range accuracy in the Old West.Henry repeating rifleLever-action rifle that evolved into the Winchester and saw use at Little Bighorn.Starr carbineA breechloading carbine used by U.S. cavalry in the Civil War.M1819 Hall rifleFirst breech-loading rifle adopted in large numbers by any army.Pistol swordA blade with a built-in firearm, designed for the sword's use.Spencer repeating rifleWorld's first military metallic-cartridge repeating rifle.Colt House RevolverEarly Colt metallic cartridge revolver, infamous in the Fisk murder.Colt Open Top Pocket Model RevolverColt's first pocket metallic cartridge revolver, introduced in 1871.Colt New LineA pocket revolver introduced alongside the Single Action Army in 1873.Colt Model 1871-72 Open TopA transitional Colt revolver leading to the Single Action Army.
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