Most modern revolvers can trace their lineage all the way back to Colt's designs of the 1840's, but not these...

In this episode of Up In Arms, Curatorial Assistant Christian Wellard is looking at a beautiful set of early percussion revolvers belonging to King Ferdinand II of Sicily.

The Pepperbox revolvers were the most popular and probably most effective self defence weapons until the introduction of the modern revolver designs. Probably the best and most elegant system was developed in Europe at the end of the 1830s by Guillaume and Gilles Mariette. They worked in Cherrat,...

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Clockwork Basilisk: The Early Revolvers of Elisha Collier & Artemas Wheeler reveals the first attempt to put a multi-shot firearm in the hands of the common soldier and sportsman. This novel device—patented in America in 1818 by A...

The LeMat revolver - even if it is a reproduction - is an arm you want to own once in your lifetime if you are black powder shooter. Definitely different from all other muzzle loading side arms of the American Civil War. This episode covers the history of the development and also shows the operat...

Shooting percussion revolvers is always interesting, but this is especially true for the 10 shot LeMat revolver. 9 .44 cal revolver cartridges and a 20ga shotgun barrel. Stay tuned for more!

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball In the early 1850s Colt's biggest European competitor was Adams, with his fine .44 caliber double action percussion revolver. On the 10th September 1851 tests were carried out in the Woolwich Royal Arsenal. The officers tested the strength,...

In this episode Matt examines an intriguing Colt Paterson No.5 Holster percussion revolver which has been adapted at some point with a loading lever. Developed by Samuel Colt and manufactured at his short-lived Patent Arms Company the Paterson revolvers were Colt's first foray into revolver manuf...

Jonathan finds himself at home with a pair of Victorian British pistols, one percussion and the other converted to fire cartridges. The Daw, who was in fact only the marketer and vendor of the weapons, is a superb example of period craftmanship but failed to capture enough traction to make it a m...

A quintessential What is this Weapon, the Turret Pistol is a dead end of firearms design, developed under the misapprehension that conventional revolvers were all doing it wrong. Join Jonathan as he investigates why you would want to revolve on a whole other plane of movement.

Please support us: https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying our Civil War cartridge boxes: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 Test firing a short barrel Uberti 1861 Colt Navy "Gambler" custom modified .36 cal percussion revolver.

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball I received the remaints of this 1858 Remington percussion revolver a few days ago. The owner loaded it with smokeless powder... Well here is the result. He was lucky as nobody was injured... So remember: NEVER LOAD ANY KIND OR ANY VOLUME OF...

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Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball This is your video if you are fed up with your jamming open top percussion Colt revolver. Here is a simple solution for the problem that I found on www.theopenrange.net. Enjoy! A link to the article: http://www.theopenrange.net/articles/col...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Buy a Capandball product: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 Getting back to the early days of percussion revolvers. Pepperboxes were the fast shooting irons until the appearance of the real double action revolvers. Th...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Shooting an original 1851 Colt Navy revolver and comparing it to an Uberti reproduction. And an article with additional info: http://capandball.eu/colts-1851-navy-revolver-the-untold-stories/ Magyar szöveg: http://kapszli.hu/eredeti-es-repl...

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Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The Massachusetts Arms Company produced one of the best percussion revolvers of the American Civil War. It was the .36 copy of the 1856 Beaumont-Adams DA/SA percussion revolver. It was never as popular as the Colts and Remingtons, but it pl...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Here is one of the real ugly ducklings of the Civil War times. The Savage Navy is not the best looking small arm of the World, but surely has some straightforward feauters. Here is my review of this percussion revolver. Magyar szöveg: http:...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The next step in the "original vs repro" series. It is time to make some smoke with the 1863 Pocket Navy or the "Pocket Model of Navy Calibre" as it was originally called. Uberti repro vs the original probably made in 1861. Similarities and...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball My friend, Gyula Mészáros won the gold medal of the special event for open top percussion revolvers at the 27th MLAIC World Championships in Hungary, 2016 with an Uberti 1847 Walker revolver. I asked him to shoot together, and to tell us hi...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Nuts and bolts, simmilarities and differences, and shooting an original Colt 1861 Navy revolver straight from the civil war times and its modern time repro by Uberti.

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Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball I think that's my favorite percussion revolver: The single action / double action Adams is clearly the most elegant revolver of the 19th century. Here is some history, range test, and comparison with the great competitor Colt system. Want t...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Continuing the original vs repro series: the 1862 Colt Police is one of the best looking percussion revolvers ever. Let's compare an original made in 1862 to the Uberti repro. And let's shoot them both of course! Want to support our work? B...