The revolver they *should* have used in the movie 'Zulu': The Adams Mk.I revolver
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As with many of the weapons we've featured in this series, this week's firearm is a conversion of vast stocks of obsoleted percussion cap Adams Revolvers in order to give them a new lease of life into the second half of the 19th century.
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