American Weaponry from 1850 to 1900

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  • Period: to

    1850 - 1900

  • Saber

    Saber
    adopted by the US army were given to each foot soldier

  • The Hunting Gun

    The Hunting Gun
    Smith and Wesson was created and started a new erra in hunting guns.

  • The Gatling Gun

    The Gatling Gun
    In 1861, Doctor Richard Gatling patented the Gatling Gun, a six-barreled weapon capable of firing a phenomenal 200 rounds per minute. The Gatling gun was a hand-driven, crank-operated, multi-barrel, machine gun. The first machine gun with reliable loading, the Gatling gun had the ability to fire sustained multiple bursts.

  • A Lighter Version of the Saber

    A Lighter Version of the Saber
    It has a wide deep fuller which runs from ricasso to the beginning of the false edge, and there is a narrow fuller above the wide fuller which is about five inches shorter than the wide fuller.

  • Colt Revolver

    Colt Revolver
    It is the first made of the most famous gun ever produced in America.
    The pistol remained in production until World War II, when 357,859 had been manufactured. After the war, production resumed and an additional 500,000 have been made.

  • Maximgun

    Maximgun
    used in the american civil war made by sir hiram maxim it was a lighter machine gun