Revolver Action

The Adams Revolving Carbine was a British revolver-action long arm developed from the popular Beaumont-Adams revolver. It featured a double-action trigger mechanism and a five-shot cylinder chambered in .44 Adams. The carbine was prized for its rapid-firing capability compared to contemporary single-shot military rifles.

The Allen & Thurber Sidehammer Revolving Rifle was an early American repeating rifle known for its unique side-mounted hammer. It featured an under-barrel pepperbox-style cylinder chambered in .31 or .36 caliber. The design anticipated many features later refined by Samuel Colt.

The Brown-Manhattan Revolving Rifle was a .36 caliber percussion revolving rifle produced by the Manhattan Firearms Company. It featured a distinctive five-shot cylinder with recessed chambers and a sidehammer design. The weapon offered frontier settlers a compact repeating rifle at an affordable price.

The Colt New Model Revolving Rifle was one of the earliest mass-produced revolving rifles, featuring a six-shot cylinder chambered in .44 or .56 caliber. It used a hand-rotated cylinder and a hammer-mounted firing pin. Its distinctive sidehammer design helped prevent accidental chain-fire discharges.

The Lancaster Revolving Carbine was a British four-barrel carbine featuring Charles Lancaster's patented oval-bore rifling system. It used a manually rotated four-shot cylinder and was chambered in .38 or .42 caliber. The weapon was prized for its accuracy and lack of gas leakage at the cylinder gap.

The LeMat Revolving Carbine was a distinctive longarm variant of the famous LeMat revolver, featuring a nine-shot cylinder above a single-barrel 20-gauge shotgun barrel. It was designed by Jean Alexandre LeMat as a multi-purpose cavalry weapon. The carbine could fire both revolver rounds and a grapeshot charge from the same weapon.

The Smith & Wesson Model 320 was a tip-up revolving rifle chambered in .320 S&W caliber. It featured the classic S&W tip-up frame design allowing easy cylinder removal and cleaning. The weapon was marketed as a gallery and small game hunting arm.

A unique revolving carbine based on the Taurus Judge revolver, capable of firing both .410 bore shotshells and .45 Colt cartridges.

The Walch Revolving Rifle was an unusual twelve-shot percussion cap revolving rifle using stacked chambers arranged one behind the other. Each of its six chambers could hold two shots, giving it a total capacity of twelve rounds. The weapon used two separate hammers and two triggers to fire each set of chambers.

The Whitney Revolving Rifle was a .36 caliber six-shot percussion revolving rifle manufactured by Eli Whitney Jr.'s company. It featured a robust frame and a ring-lever cocking mechanism beneath the trigger guard. The design closely resembled Colt's contemporary revolving rifles.