The Illustrated History of Guns by Chuck Wills

Author:Chuck Wills
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2014-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

COLT LIGHTNING RIFLE

In the early 1880s Colt introduced its “Lightning” series of rifles, based on a patent by William Elliott. Unusual for the time, the rifles used a pump, or slide, action, and they were never as popular as the lever-action guns of competitors like Winchester. The several models of the series were chambered for .32, .38, and .44.

MASSACHUSETTS ARMS COMPANY CARBINE

A breech-loading percussion .50 caliber carbine made by the Massachusetts Arms Company; this type of rifle, accurate up to 600, was known as a Maynard Carbine because it used Maynard primer tape for igniting the powder. The carbine was popular with the military as well as sportsmen. It was patented in 1851 and later saw wide use in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. However, this particular rifle, with its silver cartouche and the Napoleonic emblem, was actually owned by Napoleon III (1808–73; r. 1852–70), Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew.

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